On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 at 17:37:57, Tony Firshman wrote:
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>On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 at 09:38:05,
>=?windows-1253?B?UGhvZWJ1cyBSLiBEb2tvcyAo1u/f4u/yINEuIM30/Orv8ik=?=
>wrote:
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>
>>Ôçí Mon, 09 Jan 2006 09:17:42 -0500,ï(ç) Engstler Karsten
>><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ýãñáøå:
>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> i read different things about qubide and the Gold Card.
>>> Is it right that the powersupply of the QL isn't able
>> to serve Gold Card and qubide ?
>>
>
>PD:
>It is but marginally (I have no problems with this combination here for
>example) however the chances of your QL locking up are extremely higher.
>
>> If yes, it shouldn't quit easy to replace the QL's Powersupply
>> + the 5v regulator with an PC Powersuppy ?
>
>PD:
>Yes it is relatively easy to replace your QL power supply with a PC one,
>or even modify the circuitry inside your QL.
>You should contact Tony Firshman on that one :-)
>TF:
>The QL power supply can cope with both Gold Card and Qubide.
>However this arrangement is electrically unsatisfactory with the QL
>motherboard, as there is a lot of electrical noise.
>Using a PC power supply, which is certainly possible with this
>arrangement, will not help reduce noise. The motherboard will need
>slight modification. I do not recommend connecting just to the 9V line
>on the expansion connector and looping across the QL regulator, as this
>is then a very long path for the 5V supply.
>
>You will naturally want to run hard disk drives as well.
>This means a lot of random bits on the desk.
>
>The only satisfactory way do this is find a deep AT case, and fit
>everything inside using a good back plane to mount GC and Qubide (eg
>Mplane). Mplane will also allow you to mount both GC and the
>motherboard on the base of the case.
>The only disadvantage of doing this is you will need a keyboard
>interface (superHermes or Diren) for an AT keyboard.
>
>You can use an ATX case, but this means the power sense line (green) has
>to be connected to ground.
I thought I ought to annotate this one.
>windows-1253?B?UGhvZWJ1cyBSLiBEb2tvcyAo1u/f4u/yINEuIM30/Orv8ik=?=
(Phoebus) emails arrive in a non-ASCII character set, and therefore get
compartmentalised by my mailer, which then stops the auto quoting of
text.
Phoebus - is it possible to send in plain text (ASCII)?
This is very far from the first unreadable reply I have seen to your
emails!
Tony
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