On 7 Sep 2008, at 17:24, Malcolm Cadman wrote:
Does anyone know the specification of the Intel 1.66Ghz Atom ?
Is it a RISC based chip, from the collaboration with the Cambridge
based RISC company ?
Also, the Atom name, was once used for a British made computer
called the Acorn Atom -
On 7 Sep 2008, at 19:24, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
I have a conventional Windows laptop of reasonable spec already, but
fancied a small and light notebook to carry around with me when all
I need is a tiny QL (possibly with wireless and/or web access) to
carry around. If work-related, I'd use
On 6 Sep 2008, at 18:09, P Witte wrote:
After using the eeePC 701 for a while, I gave it up as too limiting
for my purposes. The battery life is crap, the fan whirres
incessantly because the thing produces far too much heat. It also
seems stupid to put up with a 7 screen when the box is
On 6 Sep 2008, at 19:47, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
From what you've said, it seems that the cheaper systems aren't
much good
for regular use.
What about someone like me who has an occasional need for a portable
QL away from home, where weight and small size might be important?
Or would I be
On 6 Sep 2008, at 21:34, SMSQ wrote:
MSI Wind ... Medion and Plus sold them recently in Germany...
same model, but without Bluetooth.
Also sold as the Advent 4211 in the UK, at £279. It's a 10.2 screen
(so larger form factor), but still 1024 x 600; featuring built-in
bluetooth is a
On 5 Sep 2008, at 11:55, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
Not really - individuals may buy one if it fulfils a particular need
for them, but I don't really think there's a market for them unless
someone can convince us that a hard-disk-less computer running a
(older?) form of linux with WINE and QPC2
On 5 Sep 2008, at 19:52, Malcolm Cadman wrote:
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Richard Kilpatrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
Hi Richard,
Esus seem now to be pushing the 900 series and the latest 1000
series in their new advertisements. Which are obviously more capable.
So, that is why
On 4 Sep 2008, at 10:42, hitchies wrote:
Thanks Richard for your informative and helpful machine assesments.
However, about (8GB) SSD... I am ignorant!
SSD = Solid State Disc.
Smaller, more expensive per GB, and slower - but very hard to break.
The primary drawback of a machine with
On 4 Sep 2008, at 20:26, Malcolm Cadman wrote:
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Richard Kilpatrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
Hi Dilwyn,
I have just bought the October issue of PC Pro magazine, and Asus,
who make the Eee Pc have a massive 12 page advertising booklet
within it.
So, they do
On 2 Sep 2008, at 19:04, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
We had a brief discussion of using the WINE/QPC2 combination on the
new Linux-based notebook PCs such as the Asus Eeepc.
I notice that Maplin are selling a £160 notebook and Elonex a £99
notebook along the same lines. Anyone tried these
The last of my QLish bits (until we reorganise and buy an as-new-
boxed one for our proper collection) - I popped it on eBay and it's
attracted one bid and few watchers.
Since I listed with no reserve, I figured someone here might like the
chance of getting it cheap.
On 17 Jul 2008, at 01:04, Ade Vickers wrote:
Hmm,
I'd looked at it, decreed that Sutton Coldfield was too far away
for me to
go to pick it up. And, while it happens I will be in Birmingham on
Friday, I
will be long gone by the time the auction ends :(
No-one has asked if I can deliver
On 10 Dec 2007, at 20:22, Tony Firshman wrote:
SMSQ wrote:
snip
It is not difficult, and it is very handy to have. But, no
replacement
for DSL if you don't have 3.5G or at least 3G.
Vodafone have an addon for any monthly contract that gives 120mb per
month for £7.50.
T-Mobile give
On 13 Nov 2007, at 18:36, Roy wood wrote:
Sorry to use this list for a kind of advert but I have just come into
possession of a Super Gold Card, a Gold Card, a QXL and two Miracle
dual
DD disk drive units.
Someone asked me about a QXL card at the Birmingham show but I cannot
remember
On 10 Sep 2007, at 21:03, Rich Mellor wrote:
Actually quite a snip at that price - after all, the software was
one of
the original best selling points about the QL and with the current
dollar-pound exchange rate, it's only about a fiver? lol
The one which really puzzled me is
On 10 Sep 2007, at 22:12, Tony Firshman wrote:
Yes it is definitely not QL. A modem was my first thought.
Not early 90s I think - those look more modern surface mounted
components.
Tut tut, by the 80s we had pretty good surface mount ;) You need to
crack open an Enterprise 64/128
Damnit! Nearly outbid on a Telestore.
Oh well, the seller's going to profit from this one :D
Richard
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Platform: PowerMac G5 2.0GHz Dual, 20 LCD,
On 29 May 2007, at 23:55, David Tubbs wrote:
At 15:12 29/05/2007, you wrote:
An Mdv can be connected at the side
How so, spectrum microdrives?
I was not aware that cased mdvs were exclusively Spectrum.
The internal mdv sockets are bridged so the first external comes in
as No 1, chain
On 24 May 2007, at 14:23, dan volvo wrote:
Hi Richard
I'll post some OPD monitor schematics on the QUANTA website
when I get a moment.
I'm compiling a troubleshooting guide for OPD-ers:
http://www.quanta.org.uk/systems/opd/index.asp#troubleshooting
Meanwhile, let me know if you want
On 23 May 2007, at 18:57, Malcolm Cadman wrote:
I'm still after a working ICL OPD monitor!
Or PSU from the mono display model...
Or even pinouts for the PSU module...
Richard
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On 3 Apr 2007, at 12:40, dan volvo wrote:
ii) The sound of the modem 'clicking' and the led lights flashing.
If the relay in the modem clicks and the lights flash, you're
in business.
I think I have a power problem, in that I get the Modem chattering
with the LEDs for the line
On 3 Apr 2007, at 17:06, Richard Kilpatrick wrote:
Okay, can't get anything useful from the mono monitor without more
research, but I'm not getting any 5v/12v - I think it needs
connections to be made for these to work.
But I am now 100% sure that modifying an ICL Medium-Res monitor
On 3 Apr 2007, at 17:55, Richard Kilpatrick wrote:
Just another quick update sort of thing :D
Schematics of the OPD mono monitor and PSU would be really handy for
testing purposes, as I just remembered that I have an Astec Switch-
mode PSU from something which has +5v, +12v, -5v, -12v
My recently acquired BT Merlin Tonto just died!
It's been on for a couple of days demonstrating the auto-answer
function; the monitor has been switched off. However, earlier today
the phone line went off the hook in an odd way, and the OPD appears
to be dead - but I don't know if it's the
Thanks to eBay and a recent post on the BBC Mailing list, I ended up
with more old computers - just as I'm packing them away! Jason
Thacker was offering a box of bits (which of relevance, included a
D15 build QL with a knackered membrane and Sandy 512K RAM; now
repaired with the new
I don't seem to see posts I make here, but I get messages? Either BT
is being very slow, or I'm blocked somehow? Is anyone seeing messages
from me?
Richard
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On 13 Feb 2007, at 22:06, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
But if a 'Super QL' were made to fit the original case, it would of
course have nostalgia value, as the original QL case design was one of
its great features.
If a SuperQL was made as a new motherboard, but incorporating
connectors for MDV,
On 29 Nov 2006, at 02:28, Tony Firshman wrote:
Richard Kilpatrick wrote:
I'm googling like mad, and can't find anything. I'm giving my friend
my spare QL system, and I want to give her some software with it
aside from the 4 applications - looking ideally for The Quill
adventure writing
On 22 Mar 2006, at 17:59, Tony Firshman wrote:
Super Gold Card is the fastest QL expansion. He said Gold Card.
You can recognise a SGC by the number of connectors. There will be
one
parallel printer connector, and two smaller floppy disk connectors for
SGC.
Yep - it has two floppy
On 20 Mar 2006, at 16:55, Tony Firshman wrote:
Witchy wrote:
On Mon, March 20, 2006 12:37 pm, Tony Firshman said:
I have just had the following email. Can anyone pick it up?
I drive almost past south west durham every friday and sunday
nights on my
lovely* commute between north and
On 18 Jul 2005, at 23:05, Derek Stewart wrote:
Dilwyn,
I have an a Mode 8 installed din a Atari STFM, 2 x Extended 4 boards.
I will take a photograph of each of them.
I was gong to try and sell them, but I guess they are too slow.
Do tell? I have an Atari STE which I use for Mac
On 7 Jun 2005, at 19:28, John Gilpin wrote:
Hi Norman,
You are probably aware (or maybe not) that Quanta collects and
stores such
unwanted equipment in order to help those in need of spares or
upgrades to
their machines. I have (together with Rich Mellor) become the
repository for
such
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