Tony Firshman wrote, on 26/Aug/12 12:12 | Aug26:
Norman Dunbar wrote, on 23/Aug/12 18:37 | Aug23:
On 23/08/12 16:26, Tony Firshman wrote:
I find mine *does* need an external power supply when running some
keyboards.
Yes, the two USB ports are poly-fused to 100mA each. Some keyboards
and/or mi
Norman Dunbar wrote, on 23/Aug/12 18:37 | Aug23:
On 23/08/12 16:26, Tony Firshman wrote:
I find mine *does* need an external power supply when running some
keyboards.
Yes, the two USB ports are poly-fused to 100mA each. Some keyboards
and/or mice draw more so the fuses kick in and increase res
ze the computer.
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From: Norman Dunbar
Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] the heat!
How about debugging DJToolkit way back when, by single stepping through
my code and making sure everything was doing what it was expected to,
and just as I was about to get to the stage where I susp
Hi folks,
summer is almost over and I'm still recovering from my "Sinclair Microdrive
Nightmare" *1.
Dilwyn Jones wrote:
> And if you plug a ZX Spectrum microdrive drive unit into the QL expansion
> port there were several problems:
>
> 1. It faced away from you with a standard microdrive ribbon
On 24 Aug 2012, at 12:11, Norman Dunbar wrote:
>>> any one got any tales of annoying little things which in retrospect are
>>> quite charming?
>
> How about debugging DJToolkit way back when, by single stepping through my
> code and making sure everything was doing what it was expected to, an
any one got any tales of annoying little things which in retrospect are
quite charming?
How about debugging DJToolkit way back when, by single stepping through
my code and making sure everything was doing what it was expected to,
and just as I was about to get to the stage where I suspected a
fern
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From: "Dilwyn Jones"
Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] the heat!
If you ever had a ZX80, that thing got even hotter than a QL. It was
rumoured back then you could fry an egg on it, although I'm not sure anyone
ever dared to try! Amazingly despite getting so hot i
Am 23.08.2012 um 18:58 schrieb Dilwyn Jones:
>> any one got any tales of annoying little things which in retrospect are
>> quite charming?
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> fern
> 1. It faced away from you with a standard microdrive ribbon cable. You had to
> fold and crease the short cable to make it face t
From: "Tony Firshman"
Ralf Reköndt wrote, on 23/Aug/12 18:18 | Aug23:
BTW: If you put a germanium diode in the MDV select pin, you can access
both mdv1_ and mdv2_ with one drive Was very good in a small dektop
case.
Fun if you try to copy form mdv1_ to mdv2_ (8-)#
Tony
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Hehe ;
Norman Dunbar wrote, on 23/Aug/12 18:37 | Aug23:
On 23/08/12 16:26, Tony Firshman wrote:
I find mine *does* need an external power supply when running some
keyboards.
Yes, the two USB ports are poly-fused to 100mA each. Some keyboards
and/or mice draw more so the fuses kick in and increase res
Ralf Reköndt wrote, on 23/Aug/12 18:18 | Aug23:
From: "Dilwyn Jones"
BTW: If you put a germanium diode in the MDV select pin, you can access
both mdv1_ and mdv2_ with one drive Was very good in a small dektop
case.
Fun if you try to copy form mdv1_ to mdv2_ (8-)#
Tony
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t...@
On 23/08/12 16:26, Tony Firshman wrote:
I find mine *does* need an external power supply when running some
keyboards.
Yes, the two USB ports are poly-fused to 100mA each. Some keyboards
and/or mice draw more so the fuses kick in and increase resistance (why
am I telling you this?) reducing cur
From: "Dilwyn Jones"
2. Spectrum microdrives would not format cartridges on a QL, though you
could usually read and write OK. I think there was a bit of a speed
difference IIRC, that Sinclair made changes to make QL drives work at
higher capacity.
I have discovered this, when I have built my
any one got any tales of annoying little things which in retrospect are
quite charming?
cheers
fern
If you ever had a ZX80, that thing got even hotter than a QL. It was
rumoured back then you could fry an egg on it, although I'm not sure anyone
ever dared to try! Amazingly despite getting so h
Norman Dunbar wrote, on 23/Aug/12 15:37 | Aug23:
Hi Tobias,
On 23/08/12 15:22, tobias.froesc...@t-online.de wrote:
Hi,
another aspect of computing in the early eighties - not related to
heat (even if it had some potential to heat up the atmosphere) - were
the competing interests for the (sole)
Hi Tobias,
On 23/08/12 15:22, tobias.froesc...@t-online.de wrote:
Hi,
another aspect of computing in the early eighties - not related to heat (even
if it had some potential to heat up the atmosphere) - were the competing
interests for the (sole) TV set in the house.
Kids of today can't reall
richt-
Von: fernando gonzalez
An: ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com
Betreff: [Ql-Users] the heat!
Datum: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:56:11 +0200
hi all
little reminiscence
last week while we had rather more seasonal temperatures (ie it was warm),
one of the most annoying aspects of computing in the 80s rapid
hi all
little reminiscence
last week while we had rather more seasonal temperatures (ie it was warm),
one of the most annoying aspects of computing in the 80s rapidly
re-asserted itself:
1) QL would last about 15 minutes and then crash badly.
2) quickly check all the chips were seated properly.
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