I do not know whether I have Qplane. It was assembled by Qubbesoft in 2003. The SGC was plugged into Qubide which was plugged into the backplane. I have separated them and and tried them in different positions. As it is now, when I switch on with a floppy disk in flp1_, it goes through the first initionalising stage ignoring the floppy and the F1/F2 selction comes up on the screen. I press F1 and it fires up the floppy wich is a Qpac2 floppy. I enter load win1_ boot and I can run the boot file from the line after the SMSQ installation and everythig seems to be working. I did try Aurorql in place of SMSQ but it was the same it stops at the first dot I have discovered a reason why my display occasionally used to break up and a sharp tap on the case used to cure it, and it seems to be the back plane connection Arnold
________________________________ From: Tony Firshman <t...@firshman.co.uk> To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Friday, 13 November, 2009 23:24:04 Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] aurora display arnold.cla...@talk21.com wrote, On 13/11/09 19:28: > Hi, > I believe my Qubide chips are not working as they should. At first I >copied my master floppy disk to improve matters and as things didn't improve I >assumed my master disk was faulty; but I now realize my master floppy is ok. >Its the chips. > Where can I get replacement chips? > > Have you cleaned the chips legs? You cannot replace them randomly and hope for the best. If you need qubide checked out, I would recommend sending it to someone who has a working qubide. Rich, can you help? I guess you didn't see see my previous email? Are you using Qplane? If so then I found that was unreliable with Qubide. I had to keep Qubide nearest the QL, or even hang SGC on the through connector. All has been fine (for a decade now) with Mplane. Tony -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:257/67) +44(0)1442-828255 t...@firshman.co.uk 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 _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
