[ql-users] OT (a bit) Sinclair TV
Hi guyz, I know, it sounds Off Topic. I 've just got a Sinclair Flat-Screen Pocket TV, and I am trying to use an external PSU, but there are no specs for it. Has anybody used it? could anybody give me the specs? I suspect it's 6V DC, and the socket seems like the Nokia GSM's power plug, but I need the correct polarity. Thanks in advance - Original Message - From: "Ken Brickwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 8:52 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Sermouse > > Hi, Phoebus, > > The best solution would be to get a replacement from one of the traders. > Master Disks with one or more corrupted files > are liable to let you down when you really need to replace lost or > damaged items. > > Regards, > > Ken Brickwood > > Phoebus Dokos wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > after I rebuild my Aurora system I found out that my SMSQ/E disk was > > corrupted and while I have everything else on backup, SERMOUSE that was > > included in the disk does not longer function. Anybody has a copy of it? Of > > course I never used it before (okay only once or twice) but now that I > > needed well... it died :-) Murphy > > > > Phoebus
Re: [ql-users] Q40 + QDOS Classic + Qubide
On Fri, 6 Sep 2002 at 23:01:11, Tony Firshman wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > >On Fri, 6 Sep 2002 at 11:33:55, wrote: >(ref: ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > >> >>Quiet in here innit? Did everyone OD on Guinness at/after the QL show >>and still suffering the mothers of all hangovers?? ;O) >What - all seven of us (8-)# >> >>Can somebody enlighten me as to what a Qubide hard disk is? Is it a >>special hardware unlike a normal IDE disk and only available from one >>supplier? Is it a normal disk but supplied with some unique low level >>format? >Neither - just a std IDE with absolutely any data on it. >I have even used qubide to zap a disk that had a corrupted sector zero, >and crashed the PC on power up! Sorry I misread. Of course it is the latter - ie normal IDE disk with a special qubide format. >> >>I tried to partition a harddisk using the partition_exe program from >>the qub156.zip. The disk had been partitioned previously but they had >>all been deleted using a Linux fdisk. >> >>The partition_exe program detected the disk device but complained when >>trying to create a partition that it was not a Qubide disk. Is some >>other preparation procedure needed to turn a normal IDE disk into a >>Qubide one? What motherboard are you using and what expansion? If std QL and GC/SGC then take out the processor. Also there is a lot of noise with std motherboard, so try different configurations. That can cause the problem you are getting. With std motherboard, I found the best with mine was SGC on the qubide through connector and using the first slot (if Qplane). Backplane is critical too. The only two that are satisfactory I find are Qplane and Mplane. It needs a good ground plane, pullups on critical lines and extra decoupling caps etc. Some had none of these! With Mplane I find that absolutely any configuration works OK with Aurora. Since using that combination I have had no main HD problems at all - so much so that it once took me months to realise the backup HD wasn't working, and that was a failed HD. I have had 24 hour per day experience on my BBS with Qubide since it first came out. -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67) +44(0)1442-828255 tony@.demon.co.uk http://www.firshman.demon.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG
