P Witte wrote:
>> For example, I own a fairly early QXL card -- nice, but it wasn't
>> stressed (mentioned? ... oops!?!) that the screen image was reduced
>> (i.e., equivalent, at best, of a 10" when viewed on a standard 14" VGA
> Sounds odd. Is this a problem with early QXLs or can anyone help A
On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 at 00:08:10, P Witte wrote:
(ref: <001801c1c946$aca80230$0100a8c0@gamma>)
>Al Feng writes:
>
>> I *know* (for example) that SMSQ/E is BETTER, but I doubt that I could be
>> convinced to buy it, now, without first seeing what it can/cannot do
>> compared to the plain-jane var
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
>Dilwyn wrote:-
>
>>My favourite though was the little Diren keyboard interface. Tiny,
>>easy to install and reliable. Pity Robin Barker stopped doing that
>>one.
>
>I have about 3 or 4 customers wanting a Di-Ren keyboard interface. Many
>ne
Al Feng writes:
> For example, I own a fairly early QXL card -- nice, but it wasn't
> stressed (mentioned? ... oops!?!) that the screen image was reduced
> (i.e., equivalent, at best, of a 10" when viewed on a standard 14" VGA
Sounds odd. Is this a problem with early QXLs or can anyone help Al h
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Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 10:12 AM
Subject: Re: [ql-users] Membranes
>
>
>
>
>
> Dilwyn wrote:-
>
> >My favourite though was the little Diren keyboard interface. Tiny,
>
Tony Firshman wrote:
>
> On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 at 08:21:39, Norman Dunbar wrote:
> >-Original Message-
> >From: Tony Firshman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >>> ... the tails are bent round
> >>> in a tight 180% degrees, and the bend is under tension.
> >If I remember correctly, 180 degre
Dilwyn wrote:-
>My favourite though was the little Diren keyboard interface. Tiny,
>easy to install and reliable. Pity Robin Barker stopped doing that
>one.
I have about 3 or 4 customers wanting a Di-Ren keyboard interface. Many
need one over the sH because it doesn't need drivers - it work
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From: Tony Firshman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 9:18 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [ql-users] Membranes
>> No - I mean 180 degrees. Tails come out on one direction in the line of
>> the keyplate, and are bent 180 degree
On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 at 08:21:39, Norman Dunbar wrote:
(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>-Original Message-
>From: Tony Firshman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
>>> ... the tails are bent round
>>> in a tight 180% degrees, and the bend is under tension.
>
>If I remember correctly, 180 degrees is
-Original Message-
From: Tony Firshman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> ... the tails are bent round
>> in a tight 180% degrees, and the bend is under tension.
If I remember correctly, 180 degrees is not bent at all - it's a straight
line.
Don't you mean 360 degrees :o)
(Sorry, couldn't r
On Sun, 10 Mar 2002 21:13:33 + Tony Firshman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Sun, 10 Mar 2002 at 09:37:23, Al Feng wrote:
> (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>
< snip >
> I see you live in the same town as John Impellizzeri - I assume you
> two
> know each other.
> How about a joint trip to the
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>
>
>On Sun, 10 Mar 2002, Al Feng wrote:
>
>> The significant problem [which *I* found] is the SHAPE of the top of the
>> QL's tiles ... if you are a moderately fast typist, you are not looking
>> at the tiles AND your fingers are not
On Sun, 10 Mar 2002 at 09:37:23, Al Feng wrote:
(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>Heck, if I lived in New England (or, England) and could actually see
>ANY-/everything demo'd ahead of time, I would probably own a lot more QL
>related hardware/software ... or, certainly, different hardware/software
I
On Sun, 10 Mar 2002, Al Feng wrote:
> The significant problem [which *I* found] is the SHAPE of the top of the
> QL's tiles ... if you are a moderately fast typist, you are not looking
> at the tiles AND your fingers are not locked onto the tiles, either; so,
> you will inevitably be striking t
On Sun, 10 Mar 2002 15:34:24 + Tony Firshman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Sun, 10 Mar 2002 at 06:48:31, Al Feng wrote:
> (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>
> >On Sun, 10 Mar 2002 09:03:21 + Tony Firshman
> ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> >
> >I presume by "clear" you mean window glass c
On Sun, 10 Mar 2002 at 14:28:26, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
(ref: <005701c1c83f$f7857ce0$02065cc3@default>)
>
>>After swapping out my fourth [!?!] membrane, I was more than happy to
>>pony up the funds for the maligned-by-others Falkenberg keyboard
>>interface [the earlier Scho(e)n & ABC keyboards with
On Sun, 10 Mar 2002 at 06:48:31, Al Feng wrote:
(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>On Sun, 10 Mar 2002 09:03:21 + Tony Firshman
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>I presume by "clear" you mean window glass clear
Yes. I have seen this sort of plastic on many other computers - eg Apple
powerbook, AST
>After swapping out my fourth [!?!] membrane, I was more than happy to
>pony up the funds for the maligned-by-others Falkenberg keyboard
>interface [the earlier Scho(e)n & ABC keyboards with proprietary
>interfaces did not seem like a wise choice].
I have had a Falkenburg Keyboard90 interface in
On Sun, 10 Mar 2002 09:03:21 + Tony Firshman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> We tried to get the manufacturers to change the spec, but they said
> they
> would only work to the specs they had. I wonder who made the good
> ones.
> >
> >Regardless, "pure" vinyl, or materials approaching sam
On 9 Mar 2002, at 13:06, Tony Firshman wrote:
> >Woflgang
> Who he?
Why, that's em, of course...
Wolfgang
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www.wlenerz.com
On Sat, 9 Mar 2002 at 20:19:17, Al Feng wrote:
(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>BTW. Just as many want to hold to their notion that the material
>selection, alone, is the problem, I will maintain my belief that if the
>tails were not located in proximity of the heatsink that the problem of
>prematu
On Sat, 9 Mar 2002 at 20:22:39, Al Feng wrote:
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>On Fri, 8 Mar 2002 15:33:24 + Tony Firshman
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> On Fri, 8 Mar 2002 at 06:20:22, Al Feng wrote:
>> (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>>
>> >EVERYONE!
>> >
>> >Speculation about the material used i
Dave,
Well, best of luck ...
I'm glad to read that you are, at least, thinking of NOT going with a
replica of the original membrane ...
BTW. Just as many want to hold to their notion that the material
selection, alone, is the problem, I will maintain my belief that if the
tails were not locate
On Fri, 8 Mar 2002 15:33:24 + Tony Firshman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Fri, 8 Mar 2002 at 06:20:22, Al Feng wrote:
> (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>
> >EVERYONE!
> >
> >Speculation about the material used in the QL's membranes by
> Sinclair
> >or otherwise seems futile.
> Nope. As I
On Sat, 9 Mar 2002, Wolfgang Lenerz wrote:
> If you're going to invest several thousand dollars in a Ql project, my
> advice would be:
>
> don't.
>
> (unless you don't care to get'em back)
That's why I'm calling it a 'project' and not a 'business' ;)
Anyway, as far as a membrane project is co
On Sat, 9 Mar 2002 at 11:39:59, Wolfgang Lenerz wrote:
(ref: <3C89F48F.30211.39C748@localhost>)
>On 8 Mar 2002, at 20:50, Timothy Swenson wrote:
>
>> After 12 years of using my QL with a keyboard interface, there is no way
>> that I am going back.
>>
>> Yes, that was one of the first things I di
On 8 Mar 2002, at 14:42, Dave wrote:
> If I am going to invest several thousand dollars in a project, I am going
> to make sure I understand 100% all the issues involved with my designs,
> and with the design decisions of the original membrane.
If you're going to invest several thousand dollar
On 8 Mar 2002, at 20:50, Timothy Swenson wrote:
> After 12 years of using my QL with a keyboard interface, there is no way
> that I am going back.
>
> Yes, that was one of the first things I did with my QL, as well.
Keyboards, of course, are a matter of taste. I found the Ql one a
disaster.
On 9 Mar 2002, at 0:01, Phoebus Dokos wrote:
> Well yes but doesn't that defeat the purpose?
> I for one never liked QLs with all sorts of cables hanging out of them :-)... I
>prefer the original look... contained, small, sleek and
> beautiful :-)
I never got a hang up on the Ql design itself
??? 8/3/2002 11:50:26 ìì, ?/? Timothy Swenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ??:
>After 12 years of using my QL with a keyboard interface, there is no way
>that I am going back.
>
>I think the true solution to the membrane issue is to get a keyboard
>interface. Then, if the keyboard dies, there are t
After 12 years of using my QL with a keyboard interface, there is no way
that I am going back.
I think the true solution to the membrane issue is to get a keyboard
interface. Then, if the keyboard dies, there are tons more
available. Plus, you can get one to the layout and color that you lik
On Fri, 8 Mar 2002 at 22:52:34, Dave wrote:
(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>
>
>On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, Tony Firshman wrote:
>
>> 1) Keybounce. They produced a replacement 8749 to 'cure' this, which it
>> did. Unfortunately it killed ser2 (8-(# Hermes/superHermes have cured
>> key bounce with all ke
On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, Tony Firshman wrote:
> 1) Keybounce. They produced a replacement 8749 to 'cure' this, which it
> did. Unfortunately it killed ser2 (8-(# Hermes/superHermes have cured
> key bounce with all keyboards using the pcb connectors.
> 2) The pcb was sub-standard, and the 'gold'
On Fri, 8 Mar 2002 at 21:24:28, Tony Firshman wrote:
(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>2) The pcb was sub-standard, and the 'gold' plated contacts weren't.
Weren't 'gold' I mean.
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I was in the middle of replying to a msg from Dave, but my m/c crashed
and I cannot find the original now (8-(#
A mention was made of a keyboard type with carbon pads onto a pcb and
ribbon cable tails. This is exactly what a UK Co (Keyboard Products)
used to make for the QL - it replaced the QL
able ICs and the microdrives). I wish
I'd kept it now...
Ian.
> -Original Message-
> From: tony
> Sent: 08 March 2002 15:33
> To: ql-users
> Cc: tony
> Subject: Re: [ql-users] Membranes
>
>
> On Fri, 8 Mar 2002 at 06:20:22, Al Feng wrote:
On Fri, 8 Mar 2002 at 06:20:22, Al Feng wrote:
(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>EVERYONE!
>
>Speculation about the material used in the QL's membranes by Sinclair
>or otherwise seems futile.
>
>It is worth noting, IMO, that the reason that the membranes have failed
>in the past, and will probably f
On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, Al Feng wrote:
> Speculation about the material used in the QL's membranes by Sinclair or
> otherwise seems futile.
I disagree. Here's why.
They fail. We have to produce something that does the same function. We
don't want it to fail the same way.
> It is worth noting, IM
EVERYONE!
Speculation about the material used in the QL's membranes by Sinclair or
otherwise seems futile.
It is worth noting, IMO, that the reason that the membranes have failed in
the past, and will probably fail in the future in a standard QL configuration IS
singularly BECAUSE of th
On Thu, 7 Mar 2002 at 13:50:20, Phoebus Dokos wrote:
(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>At 01:48 ìì 7/3/2002, you wrote:
>
>
>
>>In reply to my own post, I have one particular question.
>>
>>What is the specified and typical force required to actuate a key on a QL
>>keyboard? Newtons or ounces please!
At 01:48 ìì 7/3/2002, you wrote:
>In reply to my own post, I have one particular question.
>
>What is the specified and typical force required to actuate a key on a QL
>keyboard? Newtons or ounces please!
>
>Dave
>ql.spodmail.com
Maybe an owner of the QL Service manual will be able to answer
In reply to my own post, I have one particular question.
What is the specified and typical force required to actuate a key on a QL
keyboard? Newtons or ounces please!
Dave
ql.spodmail.com
I've been doing some 'research' into the membrane situation for a few
weeks, working out the situation with membranes...
It turns out they use a plasticiser called DEHP, which is a pthalate.
Pthalates are carcinogenic, and they leach out of products. Don't worry,
you'd have to suck on a HUGE amo
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