Re: [Ql-Users] Hello and a question
Petri Pellinen wrote: greetings from sunny Finland. I recently found my old QL in my father's attic and am going to put in some quality retrocomputing time. It's great to see that there are still people active around this piece of hardware. Is it the Finnish or English version of the QL? A few days ago I bought a Finnish version (MGY ROM) on eBay. I made a few pictures and put them on my Windows Live Photo Gallery. See: http://cid-c250d8748980ce5a.photos.live.com/browse.aspx/Sinclair%20QL/QLcomp uters There's a stricker on the bottom of my Finnish QL. It seams to have a sentence in both Finnish and Swedish. http://cid-c250d8748980ce5a.photos.live.com/self.aspx/Sinclair%20QL/QLcomput ers/SinclairQL^_Finnish^_version^_MGY^_ROM-P1050787.JPG It reads: SINETIN MURTAMINEN KIELLETTY FÖRSEGLINGEN FAR EJ BRYTAS Could you please translate this for me? Greetings from Switzerland, Urs QLvsJAGUAR - Much more than retro! - Always remember: QL forever! Website: http://www.qlvsjaguar.homepage.bluewin.ch Videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/QLvsJaguar Pictures: http://cid-c250d8748980ce5a.photos.live.com/albums.aspx ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Hello and a question
Urs Koenig (QL) wrote: Petri Pellinen wrote: greetings from sunny Finland. I recently found my old QL in my father's attic and am going to put in some quality retrocomputing time. It's great to see that there are still people active around this piece of hardware. Is it the Finnish or English version of the QL? A few days ago I bought a Finnish version (MGY ROM) on eBay. I made a few pictures and put them on my Windows Live Photo Gallery. See: http://cid-c250d8748980ce5a.photos.live.com/browse.aspx/Sinclair%20QL/QLcomp uters There's a stricker on the bottom of my Finnish QL. It seams to have a sentence in both Finnish and Swedish. http://cid-c250d8748980ce5a.photos.live.com/self.aspx/Sinclair%20QL/QLcomput ers/SinclairQL^_Finnish^_version^_MGY^_ROM-P1050787.JPG This link doesnt seem to work It reads: SINETIN MURTAMINEN KIELLETTY FÖRSEGLINGEN FAR EJ BRYTAS The seal must not be broken Could you please translate this for me? Greetings from Switzerland, Urs Per ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Hello and a question
On Monday 13 Sep 2010 07:50:42 P Witte wrote: Urs Koenig (QL) wrote: http://cid-c250d8748980ce5a.photos.live.com/self.aspx/Sinclair%20QL/QLcom put ers/SinclairQL^_Finnish^_version^_MGY^_ROM-P1050787.JPG This link doesnt seem to work The link does work, but it is line sliced and as a URL should just be http://cid- c250d8748980ce5a.photos.live.com/self.aspx/Sinclair%20QL/QLcomputers/SinclairQL^_Finnish^_version^_MGY^_ROM- P1050787.JPG If that does not work try http://cid-c250d8748980ce5a.photos.live.com/self.aspx/Sinclair%20QL and then click on the image. On the next screen choose the QLcomputers icon. Regards John ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Hello and a question
Per Witte wrote: http://cid-c250d8748980ce5a.photos.live.com/self.aspx/Sinclair%20QL/QL comput ers/SinclairQL^_Finnish^_version^_MGY^_ROM-P1050787.JPG This link doesnt seem to work Try this one which links to the folder with the pictures: http://cid-c250d8748980ce5a.photos.live.com/browse.aspx/Sinclair%20QL/QLcomp uters It reads: SINETIN MURTAMINEN KIELLETTY FÖRSEGLINGEN FAR EJ BRYTAS The seal must not be broken Thanks! I assume the 2nd line is Swedish which is not that far from Norwegian. Right? A 1:1 translation to German shows that with some inspiration one could translate without asking ;-) VERSIEGELUNG DARF NICHT BRECHEN Urs ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Hello and a question
Rich Mellor wrote, on 13/Sep/10 08:55 | Sep13: On 13/09/2010 07:32, Urs Koenig (QL) wrote: Petri Pellinen wrote: greetings from sunny Finland. I recently found my old QL in my father's attic and am going to put in some quality retrocomputing time. It's great to see that there are still people active around this piece of hardware. Is it the Finnish or English version of the QL? A few days ago I bought a Finnish version (MGY ROM) on eBay. I made a few pictures and put them on my Windows Live Photo Gallery. See: http://cid-c250d8748980ce5a.photos.live.com/browse.aspx/Sinclair%20QL/QLcomp uters There's a stricker on the bottom of my Finnish QL. It seams to have a sentence in both Finnish and Swedish. http://cid-c250d8748980ce5a.photos.live.com/self.aspx/Sinclair%20QL/QLcomput ers/SinclairQL^_Finnish^_version^_MGY^_ROM-P1050787.JPG It reads: SINETIN MURTAMINEN KIELLETTY FÖRSEGLINGEN FAR EJ BRYTAS Could you please translate this for me? Greetings from Switzerland, Urs Is it me, or does that machine have two R letters on the keyboard with no apparent difference between the two? Looks like someone had simply lost a key: http://frontype.com/keyboard/Finish-keyboard-layout.html BTW to reply to what John (in Wales?) said about line broken URLs. Two solutions: 1) still can break: URL:http://thisisalongURL_thisisalongURL_thisisalongURL_thisisalongURL_thisisalongURL_thisisalongURL_thisisalongURL_thisisalongURL_thisisalongURL_thisisalongURL_thisisalongURL_thisisalongURL_thisisalongURL_thisisalongURL_thisisalongURL_thisisalongURL_.htm 2) see http://tinyurl.co.uk - *always* works. Tony -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:257/67) +44(0)1442-828255 t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Hello and a question
Tony Firshman wrote, on 13/Sep/10 09:04 | Sep13: BTW to reply to what John (in Wales?) said about line broken URLs. Two solutions: 1) still can break: URL:http://thisisalongURL_thisisalongURL_thisisalongURL_thisisalongURL_thisisalongURL_thisisalongURL_thisisalongURL_thisisalongURL_thisisalongURL_thisisalongURL_thisisalongURL_thisisalongURL_thisisalongURL_thisisalongURL_thisisalongURL_thisisalongURL_.htm ... and worked perfectly with Thunderbird 3.1.3 2) see http://tinyurl.co.uk - *always* works. Tony -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:257/67) +44(0)1442-828255 t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Hello and a question
Rich Mellor wrote: Is it me, or does that machine have two R letters on the keyboard with no apparent difference between the two? Thanks for letting me know. Even the seal is not broken the machine seams to be modified. Right, removing/changing QL keytops is possible without opening the case. Will have another look at this QL to see if other keys are wrong. Urs ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Hello and a question
Re; Tony's - BTW to reply to what John (in Wales?) said about line broken URLs. -- Not me sir! - but now everyone knows why - just not being 'any boring old John' - I've always *proudly* qualified it here ;-) Best wishes to all, John in Wales PS Adding our country, as a postscript, contributes to 'list camaraderie' as well as aiding contributor-identity? ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Hello and a question
At 21.21 09/09/2010, you wrote: Hi everyone, greetings from sunny Finland. I recently found my old QL in my father's attic and am going to put in some quality retrocomputing time. It's great to see that there are still people active around this piece of hardware. I would appreciate any help or hints on a hardware problem... After the machine warms up the display starts to degrade especially near the bottom of the screen. It seems that the bottom fifth of the picture is not stable and there is a definite skew to the picture. Also, the colours are a bit off. I found the service manual online and managed to get some spare parts from Rich @ RWAP Services (wonderful service, by the way!). Specifically, I changed IC 22 and IC 28 (the 8301 ULA and the MC1377P). That didn't help so now I'm thinking maybe I should swap the relevant capacitors (C23, C24, C25) as per the service manual's suggestion. Has anyone else had a similar problem? Any ideas on what to try next? By the way, I was amazed that the microdrives worked and I was able to load stuff from the cassettes... Thanks in advance for any help :) Best regards, Petri _ Are you using RGB output or RF output? Gennaro ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
