*died not dids ! >>> "Neil Riley" <neil.ri...@boxclever.co.uk> 03 February 2011 16:32 >>> My first QL arrived after many months of waiting... as no doubt did everyone. No dongle as i recall but it dids within a few minutes of switching on, so was promptly retuned. A replacement arrived a week or two later with AH Roms, It at least was reliable for the time I owned it.
Seeing as I ordered my QL as soon as those fancy brochures appeared in PC World and other PC Mags, I do wonder how close I was to receiving a Dongled specimen. Neil >>> Rich Mellor <r...@rwapservices.co.uk> 03 February 2011 13:08 >>> On 03/02/2011 12:49, Dilwyn Jones wrote: >> It was followed by FB which may never have left the factory - we know >> that Psion had to alter their boot programs to cope with the >> difference in the AT command in the FB ROM compared to later QL ROMs >> (they didn't bother checking for the earlier PM ROM). No-one else >> had to make this change or ever use it, so it looks as though by the >> time the public got their hands on the QL, the operating system was >> at least AH (which was soon followed by JM, JS and MG ROMs). > I'm pretty sure I had an FB machine when they came out, as I remember > the AT x,y problem quite clearly . > > Also, as I didn't find out about version PM until many years later (I > remember Simon explaining about it), I'm sure it must have been > version FB ROM which I had. That QL got returned within weeks for an > update, but I don't know if the machine which came back was the same > one as I first had, or a different computer. > > So, assuming that the old DJ memory chips are working correctly and > I'm correct, FB must have been issued to some early customers. > > Dilwyn Jones > > > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm > > I guess some customers did have the FB ROMs - (interesting) The odd thing is that only the main 4 Psion packages ever made allowance for the difference in the AT command - presumably no-one else ever raised this with an issue with software producers, as all the machines were returned to Sinclair. Turbo and Q-liberator would have fun compiling the AT command if it was written on the FB ROM ! -- Rich Mellor RWAP Services http://www.rwapsoftware.co.uk http://www.rwapservices.co.uk -- Try out our new site: http://sellmyretro.com _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm *********************************************************************************** The contents of this email are confidential to the intended recipient. It may not be disclosed to or used by anyone other than the addressee, nor may it be copied in any way. If received in error, please contact the company on 01793-715380, then delete it from your system. Please note neither the company nor the sender accepts any responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan attachments (if any) for viruses. No contract may be concluded on behalf of the company by means of email communications. BC Services (UK) Limited (trading as Boxclever), Technology House, Ampthill Road, Bedford, MK42 9QQ. Registered No. 5290544 England www.boxclever.co.uk *********************************************************************************** _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
