In a message dated 12/12/04 21:26:43 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > >What I really *really* want (but wouldn't be able to afford) is a > Thor. But > >it seems that they truly are as rare as hens teeth. > Many of the hard disk equipped Thors have long since found they no > longer have working hard drives. I heard from a lot of people that > Thors that don't get used seem to die, like a natural obsolescence. > They seem to work while used, but quickly die without exercise (but > that's true of people too). > > My Thor 21 died of over use, I suppose. The Rodime hard drive seemed to carry on OK. It was the ram which suddenly lost, or gained a bit or two. Since this changes the instructions in a loaded program crashes were only too likely to occur. AFAIK the Thor still would work for a few minutes after being switched on. However, the QXL (mine with FPU), the Q40 and Q60 are all much faster. George _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
