Re: [ql-users] List is very quiet?

2003-03-08 Thread voyager
PoNG! it's almost the end of carnival over here... so, we party all the time :-) you should worry in case you DID get any messages :-) - Original Message - From: "James Hunkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 8:29 PM Subject: [ql-users] List is

Re: [ql-users] Keyboard Membranes

2002-10-29 Thread Voyager
I think that you are jumping to very wrong conclusions. I do not think that anybody was obliged to sign in your personal mini-poll. Alot of people (including me) have expressed their interest so far in public.   I believe that you should be (personally) worried why no one signed in your per

Re: [ql-users] QL Keyboard Membranes - moving on

2002-10-16 Thread Voyager
I am already talking to Thomas :-) It's a joint venture ;-))) (at least if we manage to organize the production) > > Thomas at Sintech already produces membranes for other machines, and has > offered to produce QL ones if someone can send him a broken one to use as a > template. By all accounts,

Re: [ql-users] QL Keyboard Membranes - moving on

2002-10-16 Thread Voyager
> > > I thought to be clear, that replacing membranes is something completelly > > different than refurbishing and replacing parts of the QL itself. > > Qeyboard might be a very nice idea, but useless if you need to keep the > > QL in original condition. My point of view is not of the developer/Q

Re: [ql-users] QL Keyboard Membranes - moving on

2002-10-16 Thread Voyager
I thought to be clear, that replacing membranes is something completelly different than refurbishing and replacing parts of the QL itself. Qeyboard might be a very nice idea, but useless if you need to keep the QL in original condition. My point of view is not of the developer/QL fan etc., b

[ql-users] QL Keyboard Membranes - moving on

2002-10-15 Thread Voyager
If you guys are interested in the membranes, please drop me a line too, at   QL(at)retrocomputing.eu.com, or , QL(at)retrocomputing.gr   in order to make a list and keep you updated with the venture. I already have already contacted 30+ membrane manufacturers worldwide and keep on searching,

Re: [ql-users] Keyboard membranes

2002-10-13 Thread Voyager
responses to my message so far - hopefully I'll be back in the 'QL Zone' pretty soon since I've had some very helpful replies already, and a couple of promising possibilities to explore.   I don't know if the estimates by Voyager are accurate or not, although I ima

Re: [ql-users] Keyboard membranes

2002-10-13 Thread Voyager
Thanks for the messages and the interest. My point of view, is purelly the "retro-computing" as I collect systems for display/demonstration as near as the original state as possible. All the hardware development effort since the days of the mid-80's is really great, but I know, that there ar

Re: [ql-users] Keyboard membranes

2002-10-13 Thread Voyager
Hi! Tony had a stock of membranes, but he is running out on them. I am planning on mass-producing them, but I have none available yet. Are you in desperate need? I have a couple of spare membranes, but I need them for my systems. Regards George - Original Message - From: "Callum Davidso

[ql-users] OT?-Looking for stats

2002-09-22 Thread Voyager
Hi guys I am working on an essay, and I need statistics and figures from the 80's on sales, value, models, types of computers sold. Any number would be appreciated. I need to cover not only the PC market, but the home computer market too. Looking for numbers like like, how many Ti99/4A were so

[ql-users] OT (a bit) Sinclair TV

2002-09-07 Thread Voyager
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 nee

[ql-users] QL PSU

2002-07-06 Thread Voyager
Hi guys, It might sound off-topic, but I'm looking for a couple of original QL PSUs. Could anybody help me out? I need the special plugs, and I do not want to modify my QLs and pull out cables. Even fried or broken PSUs would do the trick. Thanks in advance George Athens/Greece

[ql-users] [OT] I'm back!

2002-07-03 Thread Voyager
Hi there, are you by any chance Greek? or visiting Greece? - Original Message - From: "Phoebus Dokos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 7:46 PM Subject: [ql-users] I'm back! > Hi everyone! > I am back! > I hope everyone's okay and the US show wa