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excerpt: "Finally, the QL is to get a major revamp of it’s graphics capability - rumours of this piece of hardware started a while back, when the Super Goldcard was still in development, and Stuart Honeyball himself finally put a stop to them - by making public the specifications - at the Reggio Emillia \"Garage meeting’…"
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# The Shape of Things to Come

Finally, the QL is to get a major revamp of it’s graphics capability – rumours of this piece of hardware started a while back, when the Super Goldcard was still in development, and Stuart Honeyball himself finally put a stop to them – by making public the specifications – at the Reggio Emillia “Garage meeting’ in Italy, which I had the pleasure of attending. The card is a small PCB which plugs into the socket of the 8301 ULA chip, replacing it. That way there are no added connectors – the standard monitor output is still used. If you wish to use a VGA/SVGA monitor (highly recommended), an adapter will be made available.