Re: [ql-users] membrane and ROM

2006-04-19 Thread Tony Firshman
Dilwyn Jones wrote: I've just been upgrading an old QL from JM ROM to JS ROM and accidentally broke one of the keyboard membrane tails. This QL has been in use from 1984 without a single change of keyboard membrane (although it's only had light use in the last 3 or 4 years). Is this some

Re: [ql-users] membrane and ROM

2006-04-19 Thread Dilwyn Jones
I've just been upgrading an old QL from JM ROM to JS ROM and accidentally broke one of the keyboard membrane tails. This QL has been in use from 1984 without a single change of keyboard membrane (although it's only had light use in the last 3 or 4 years). Is this some form of record,

Re: [ql-users] membrane and ROM

2006-04-19 Thread David Tubbs
Usage does not govern the life. The plastic gets brittle and cracks is moved. All the original QLs had their tails bent right back where they emerged. They usually break there. If the curve there is gentle and the QL is not opened, they should last for ever. Ardent non-smokers amongst you