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Unusual SPEM Disk Interface
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 9:54 am
by RWAP
One of the Italian QL users on Facebook has uploaded some images of a rather rare SPEM QL Disk Interface - called SPEM INT-Disk
I never even knew that SPEM made a disk interface - I certainly don't recall any adverts etc - does anyone have any details?
Re: Unusual SPEM Disk Interface
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 3:26 pm
by Dave
Hehe. I remember these. Like everything made by SPEM, they were badly assembled so of poor mechanical quality. The chipsets and firmware were fairly standard.
Re: Unusual SPEM Disk Interface
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2014 9:18 am
by belg4rion67
Dave wrote:Hehe. I remember these. Like everything made by SPEM, they were badly assembled so of poor mechanical quality. The chipsets and firmware were fairly standard.
is not really true that Italians do it better !

- Another piece of hardware by SPEM
Re: Unusual SPEM Disk Interface
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2014 9:45 am
by chriskgnr
belg4rion67 wrote:
Spem_System2-inside.jpg
yikes!!!

Re: Unusual SPEM Disk Interface
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2014 9:49 am
by vanpeebles
That looks brilliant! What is it?

Re: Unusual SPEM Disk Interface
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2014 2:00 pm
by belg4rion67
Ok..made by SPEM Italy (Torino) and recovered from an old fan of QL near Milano by another fan also in Milano (this is a link to see whole story...sorry only in italian:
http://compvter.blogspot.it/2013/10/spe ... liano.html )
There are some interesting picture of this strange system...
Ciao
Paolo
Re: Unusual SPEM Disk Interface
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2014 2:06 pm
by belg4rion67
...but 2 picture are here:

- front view

- inside
Re: Unusual SPEM Disk Interface
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2014 2:22 pm
by vanpeebles
Great pics there. The quest memory expansion looks huge too!
Re: Unusual SPEM Disk Interface
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2014 2:26 pm
by Derek_Stewart
Hi,
I like the QL Keybaord solution.
I visited the URL with Chrome Browser and it translated it in English.
Re: Unusual SPEM Disk Interface
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2014 8:19 pm
by RWAP
Who owns that stuff - would like some more details and photos of the SPEM System-2 (?) box - I see there is a manual, and the Quest memory expansion too for the QL Wiki
