[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jones, Dilwyn, Bro Emrys, Tal-y-Bont, Gwynnedd :o)
He he, good job you can pronounce Gwynedd coz you can't spell it ;-)
Oh bollox - too many of those little N things!
As long as the letter doesn't contain Lemsip this time (although being
off sick at the moment it
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jones, Dilwyn, Bro Emrys, Tal-y-Bont, Gwynnedd :o)
He he, good job you can pronounce Gwynedd coz you can't spell it
;-)
Oh bollox - too many of those little N things!
As long as the letter doesn't contain Lemsip this time (although
being
off sick at the
Tony Firshman wrote:
Ade Vickers wrote:
Possibly - but would a connector give up when the chip had been
undisturbed for ~10 years?
Indeed it could. Corrosion is likely on the exposed areas,
and this chip gets pretty hot, so can migrate.
OK. I'm pretty sure the CPU is ok, because it
I buy and sell old consoles and games and whenever I have a cart that refuses
to
work I use MAPLIN (www.maplin.co.uk)
( N61AN ) Contact Clean 200ml £2.50
( N64AN ) PCB Cleaner 200ml . £3
This de-oxidises and generally helps with dry joints etc. More often than not
this is
enough. The
Ade Vickers wrote:
Tony Firshman wrote:
Ade Vickers wrote:
Possibly - but would a connector give up when the chip had been
undisturbed for ~10 years?
Indeed it could. Corrosion is likely on the exposed areas,
and this chip gets pretty hot, so can migrate.
OK. I'm pretty sure the
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Drat - a Welsh speaking Scot :o|
No - I cheated. The person sitting opposite me at work is names Rhydian
Williams and he's from Cardiff (A Valley Boy) in South Wales and he speaks a
little Welsh. I just asked him. The only words of Welsh I can pronounce are :
Jones,
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dilwyn Jones
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
[Age: pedwar deg chwech - only known to Welsh speakers :-) ]
... and to online dictionaries! (46)
My mother though would have known. She didn't know English until
she
learnt it at school as a foreign language!
Tony
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], John Hall
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
Malcolm Cadman wrote:
Another one approaching the big 60 ... now the new 50 ... :-)
43, going on 21 :-)
A mere youth then ... :-)
It looks like a good range from 20's to 60's, and beyond.
Looking forward to Byfleet...
Good,
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Ade
Vickers [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
Malcolm Cadman wrote:
Yes, Tony is your man for any QL repair diagnostics ... Ade,
can you get to the forthcoming Quanta Show at Byfleet,
Surrey, on 5th November 2006 ?
The truest answer is I don't know. I am due to be going
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[Age: pedwar deg chwech - only known to Welsh speakers :-) ]
That'll be 4 10 6 then; or
(4+10) *6 = 84 perhaps - perhaps not.
Must be 4 *10 +6 = 46.
Same as me then,
Cheers,
Norman.
Drat - a Welsh speaking Scot :o|
Must have learned it in frustration every
Dilwyn Jones wrote:
...
[Age: pedwar deg chwech - only known to Welsh speakers :-) ]
And me (can't speak Welsh - would love to learn it tho') ^_^
Apparently Welsh and Gaelic are the oldest Euopean languages still
spoken by a fair number of people.
Very different to English, which is why
[Age: pedwar deg chwech - only known to Welsh speakers :-) ]
... and to online dictionaries! (46)
My mother though would have known. She didn't know English until
she
learnt it at school as a foreign language!
Tony
Surprising how many QLers have told me at workshops etc they have
Welsh
Dilwyn Jones wrote:
[Age: pedwar deg chwech - only known to Welsh speakers :-) ]
... and to online dictionaries! (46)
My mother though would have known. She didn't know English until
she
learnt it at school as a foreign language!
Tony
Surprising how many QLers have told me at workshops
The last show I attended was in Chester, some time in the '90s. I
recall
briefly meeting some of my all-time heroes (e.g. Dilwyn Jones)
there...
Cheers,
Ade.
First time I've had THAT description on this list *blush*
It doesn't matter what your age is Alex, YOU are an active QLer AND
a
Gnuts, systransoft.com should have Welsh ... but doesn't :-( .
Doug L. 37830 USA
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From: Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sep 15, 2006 5:23 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [ql-users] QLer ages
The last show I attended was in Chester, some time in the '90s. I
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[Age: pedwar deg chwech - only known to Welsh speakers :-) ]
That'll be 4 10 6 then; or
(4+10) *6 = 84 perhaps - perhaps not.
Must be 4 *10 +6 = 46.
Same as me then,
Cheers,
Norman.
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On Thursday 14 September 2006 20:43, John Gilpin wrote:
You are quite correct (as usual) Geoff.
Volume 23 Issue 2 April
Dilwyn Jones wrote:
...
[Age: pedwar deg chwech - only known to Welsh speakers :-) ]
And me (can't speak Welsh - would love to learn it tho') ^_^
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Dilwyn Jones wrote:
[Age: pedwar deg chwech - only known to Welsh speakers :-) ]
... and to online dictionaries! (46)
My mother though would have known. She didn't know English until she
learnt it at school as a foreign language!
Tony
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Ade Vickers wrote:
I've still got that first QL (cue dewey eyes) - although the mainboard has
sadly packed up, as has the original 8032 coprocessor chip. She's had 2 or 3
new membranes too. I've replaced the board co-pro with one from a newer
QL, but retained the original microdrives (still
I'm not yet 40, (9 months to go) and missed the QL revolution at the time
because I'd gone all Amiga 500 thanks to work-based cheap deals. Of course
I've made up for that these days but still haven't moved out of the 'stock'
QL arena purely because I don't have room to set up and use any
There appears to be two age camps here ( Marcel ). I actually lied
about my age, im not
40, well not for another three months but 39.751 is close
enough i guess - has
anyone spotted the small bug in my arithmetic routine, sounds familiar
:-)
Moving on and I'm asking purely out of
Hi Tony,
Often motherboard faults can be repairable, especially ram.
What do you see on screen when it tries to boot? When I get
Random coloured snow, various screeches and whistles from the speaker, both
microdrives spinning up down randomly, all constantly changing. The
click-click when
Neil Riley wrote:
Moving on and I'm asking purely out of interest, does anyone
know the number of paid up QUANTA members and number of
subscribers to QL Today.
I used to be a QUANTA member, but it lapsed several years ago due to
inaction on my part (oops). I've never subscribed to QL Toady
Adrian (good name)/ Witchy wrote:
Lurker time is it? :)
Well, it's about time I had another shot at being involved... I just seem to
run out of space/time just as my interest is rekindled.
This time, I have a half-decent sized (for me) office, and some actual spare
desk space! So I shall be
. Come on - give us a challenge.
Regards
John Gilpin.
Quanta Treasurer Membership Secretary.
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From: Ade Vickers [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 11:25 AM
Subject: Re: [ql-users] QLer ages - Membership numbers
Neil Riley
nearly 41 8-(
Ade Vickers wrote:
...
Agreed, it is far simpler; but I would love to be able (one day) to say
THAT is 100% my original computer (ok, barring whatever components needed
replacing to make it work again!)
Replacing m/b to get it working?...
This broom of mine is the same one I
.
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From: gwicks [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 7:33 PM
Subject: Re: [ql-users] QLer ages - Membership numbers
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From: John Gilpin
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 1:17 PM
Subject: Re
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], James
Hunkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
I have been 38 for well over a decade. So if you add each time I was
38 up as individual entries and divide, does that kind of force the
average age towards 38?
Marcel - don't even think about commenting here...
jim
On
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tony Firshman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
Ade Vickers wrote:
I've still got that first QL (cue dewey eyes) - although the mainboard has
sadly packed up, as has the original 8032 coprocessor chip. She's had 2 or 3
new membranes too. I've replaced the board co-pro
Ade Vickers wrote:
Hi Tony,
Often motherboard faults can be repairable, especially ram.
What do you see on screen when it tries to boot?
Random coloured snow, various screeches and whistles from the speaker, both
microdrives spinning up down randomly, all constantly changing. The
Malcolm Cadman wrote:
Another one approaching the big 60 ... now the new 50 ... :-)
43, going on 21 :-)
Looking forward to Byfleet...
John
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At 19:33 14/09/2006 +0100, you wrote:
I now have a little exercise for the committee. Look up the membership for
the last ten years, plot this on a graph and then extrapolate it to
determine membership at the end of the 3 year term of the current officers.
You are in for a nasty shock!,
I had
Robert Newson wrote:
Ade Vickers wrote:
...
Agreed, it is far simpler; but I would love to be able (one day) to
say THAT is 100% my original computer (ok, barring whatever
components needed replacing to make it work again!)
Replacing m/b to get it working?...
This broom of
Malcolm Cadman wrote:
Yes, Tony is your man for any QL repair diagnostics ... Ade,
can you get to the forthcoming Quanta Show at Byfleet,
Surrey, on 5th November 2006 ?
The truest answer is I don't know. I am due to be going Newbury-way to see
a Jaguar C-Type (not for me, sadly) sometime in
Tony wrote:
Hrmm - not the usual stuff. Check that there are no bent
(shorting) pins on the expansion connector.
Definitely not - the plastic cover was still in place when it died.
Could be a dodgy connection on the 68008 I suppose. That
socket was very sub-standard. It had the sort
Neil Riley wrote:
On a similar subject, whats the average age of you guys... Don't
lie, I've seen the pictures :-)
as a starter for ten, I was born the year we last won the world cup so
the average currently stands
at 40, any advance ! :-p
60
Tony
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I have been 38 for well over a decade. So if you add each time I was
38 up as individual entries and divide, does that kind of force the
average age towards 38?
Marcel - don't even think about commenting here...
jim
On 13-Sep-06, at 1:54 PM, Tony Firshman wrote:
Neil Riley wrote:
On a
Tony Firshman wrote:
James Hunkins wrote:
I have been 38 for well over a decade. So if you add each time I was
38 up as individual entries and divide, does that kind of force the
average age towards 38?
Marcel - don't even think about commenting here...
Too late (8-)#
I
On 13/9/06 23:44, Ade Vickers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well... I just turned 33, so I guess that lowers the average a little :)
Lurker time is it? :)
I'm not yet 40, (9 months to go) and missed the QL revolution at the time
because I'd gone all Amiga 500 thanks to work-based cheap deals. Of
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