How about our friend in Brazil, Clístones, can anyone help him? Or was it handled via direct email by someone? Dennis
----- Original Message ----- From: "Clístones Livio Pedreira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 10:32 AM Subject: [ql-users] A new QL user needs your help :) > Hi! > Some months ago, I bought a QL, just to know more about this great > computer, never released in Brazil. Now I think I'm in love with it :) > I read this list and I see that QL is really a COMPUTER, not just > an old computer from the 80s. It's amazing to see people talking about > the future of this plattaform. This is really a great step: today's > computer's users just wait for a new hardware, a new version of this or > that OS and keep using, with (almost) no participation on its > development. > So, I got a QL, a QUBIDE and an Super Gold Card. My QL has also > manual and original microdrives. What I have to do to start using it? > 1) What is the best way to plug SuperGoldCard, QUBIDE and cables, > AT powersupply (for floppy and HD), floppy and HD to QL. May I put it > all in a box and plug QUBIDE to QL using a flex cable? > 2) SuperGoldCard needs a external PSU or it uses from QL bus? > 3) Is there any ROM upgrade I need to do in my QL/ (its serial > number is D009-something). > 4) What shall I use to: > A) wordprocessor > B) spreadsheet (w/ .xls translation or something similar) > C) database (not complex, just for a collection control) > D) mail and navigation (as far as I read here, it is not > possible by now, right?) > E) programming (is SuperBasic the best for an old Spectrum > user and a free-time VB programmer?) > F) games (of course, I little fun is not bad) > 5) My TV is PAL-N, PAL-M and NTSC, but screen is always black and > with, even using a PAL>NTSC transcoder. Is there any way to connect a > CGA or VGA monitor? Is there a kind of multisync VGA to use with old > computers? > > I think it's all by now. I hope you all could help me! > > Thanks a lot! > > Clístones Pedreira > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
