On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 23:14:23 +0100, Roy wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tony Firshman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
It could be that the drives themselves need a good clean (as with all
tape heads) - cotton bud and meths (Tony is that the best thing to
use??) is requ
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tony Firshman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
It could be that the drives themselves need a good clean (as with all
tape heads) - cotton bud and meths (Tony is that the best thing to
use??) is required.
Meths is fine - iso-propyl alcohol is the best.
I take it you are re
> >It is always sensible to work of backup cartridges though - it
sounds
> like he was using the master cartridges.
>
> Quill is a copy; the others may be originals - they have "ABACUS"
etc typed
> on little labels on the ends of the cartridges.
>
> Alan T
A reminder that zipped copies of the Psio
In a message dated 11/10/2003 20:17:23 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Quite possibly - the room's like a radio museum. Until last week it includeda transformer/oscillating reed rectifier which my grandfather used to chargeneighbours' accumulators (for a few pennies) for their radios
ed
on little labels on the ends of the cartridges.
Alan T
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From: Tony Firshman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2003 6:43 PM
Subject: Re: [ql-users] Bad line 8
On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 at 10:41:49, wrote:
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>
>It could be that the drives themselves need a good clean (as with all
>tape heads) - cotton bud and meths (Tony is that the best thing to
>use??) is required.
Meths is fine - iso-propyl alcohol is the best.
However it is pr
In a message dated 11/10/2003 15:26:12 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Dear All,Any help welcome!My 87-year-old Dad in Caerphilly has an antique QL, on which I have toadvise occasionally. Recently Quill, Abacus, Archive and Easel have allfailed on every startup.With the program cartr
Dear All,
Any help welcome!
My 87-year-old Dad in Caerphilly has an antique QL, on which I have to
advise occasionally. Recently Quill, Abacus, Archive and Easel have all
failed on every startup.
With the program cartridge in the LH microdrive slot, and a data cartridge
in the RH slot, we reboo
