Some time ago there we had that topic... In the meantime I got one of the later QLs a original JS-machine with an ISS7 motherboard (the latest UK-made PCB-design). It has the serial-number D16-122418.
To rescue some information about "QL build-standards/ PCB-issues and production figures" I did a Q&D web-page which can found on my homepage. I own 7 QL's now, from 3 of them you'll find pictures concerning "build-standard/serial-number", "CPU/ZX8301", "PCB-view" and "PCB-issue" on this page. Based on approved informationen I know that at least 122'793 english QL's (D16-122793), 5854 US QL's (S13-005854) and 10'800 german QL's (SG18-010800) were produced. I'm still searching for a pre D05 (D00 to D04), a post D16 (D17) and a S13 QL. If someone knows how I could obtain such a machine, please let me know, Thank You! Viele Grüsse aus der Schweiz / Best regards...Urs König http://mypage.bluewin.ch/QLvsJaguar/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arnould Nazarian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2001 7:54 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] D17-QL? > : The latest SG18 machine I know has serial-number SG18-010800 > : (another german QL) and this machine was produced by Samsung > : in Korea in May! 1986, one month after Amstrad bought Sinclairs > : computer business. (Funny...did Amstrad forgot to cancel the > : contract?) > > Tony Tebby once told me during a trip to Eindhoven that far > more QLs were produced than officially known. IIRC because > Korea did not stop production immediately after the Amstrad > take over, or even because there were other ways to get QLs > than through Sinclair... I do not know the exact details. > > Arnould >