Re: [Ql-Users] Using a Gold Card on a Standard QL
My backup QL is a JM rom machine with Gold Card, which work well together, though I don't know what the Gold Card version is (it's in the attic at the moment). As Tony inferred, it may well be evrsion dependent. It's not a modified QL in any way, is it (thinking specifically of power/regulator mods). Some Miracle products (e.g. Trump Card) needed quite a surge of power at startup, settling down after a short while. I remember this being an issue with the Sandy QPower regulator, for example. -- Dilwyn Jones - Original Message - From: Rich Mellor [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 9:24 AM Subject: [Ql-Users] Using a Gold Card on a Standard QL I have been doing some head scratching yesterday over a QL which refused to work with a Gold Card. When plugged in, I just got a high pitched squealing noise from the speaker. Checked the expansion port and one of the pins was pushed through the por, so it was considerably shorter than the others. Having sorted this, the problem still existed. So, before I sent off a QL I have just sold, I thought I had better check that one - lo and behold exactly the same problem. Weird I thought! There was one common factor between the two QLs - they were both JM ROM version. I upgraded the ROM to JS ROM and the problem went away Odd, as the JM ROM was so widespread I should have thought the Gold Card would have been compatible. I wonder what it is in the ROM which causes this problem? -- Rich Mellor RWAP Services URL:http://www.rwapsoftware.co.uk URL:http://www.rwapservices.co.uk ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.3/1308 - Release Date: 03/03/2008 10:01 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Using a Gold Card on a Standard QL
Dilwyn Jones wrote: My backup QL is a JM rom machine with Gold Card, which work well together, though I don't know what the Gold Card version is (it's in the attic at the moment). As Tony inferred, it may well be evrsion dependent. It's not a modified QL in any way, is it (thinking specifically of power/regulator mods). Some Miracle products (e.g. Trump Card) needed quite a surge of power at startup, settling down after a short while. I remember this being an issue with the Sandy QPower regulator, for example. In that case it is likely to be the Gold Card ROM - it is v2.21 It happens on two QLs, both JM ROM. Swap the ROM set for JS and they work fine. No modifications to the QL at all. -- Rich Mellor RWAP Services URL:http://www.rwapsoftware.co.uk URL:http://www.rwapservices.co.uk ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Using a Gold Card on a Standard QL
Rich Mellor wrote: I have been doing some head scratching yesterday over a QL which refused to work with a Gold Card. When plugged in, I just got a high pitched squealing noise from the speaker. Checked the expansion port and one of the pins was pushed through the por, so it was considerably shorter than the others. Having sorted this, the problem still existed. So, before I sent off a QL I have just sold, I thought I had better check that one - lo and behold exactly the same problem. Weird I thought! There was one common factor between the two QLs - they were both JM ROM version. I upgraded the ROM to JS ROM and the problem went away Odd, as the JM ROM was so widespread I should have thought the Gold Card would have been compatible. I wonder what it is in the ROM which causes this problem? Sure is odd. The rom though *is* critical as the code is patched and loaded into GC memory. What GC eprom version is it? Maybe earlier ones were bugged. Tony -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:257/67) +44(0)1442-828255 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
