> -----Original Message----- > From: ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com [mailto:ql-users- > boun...@lists.q-v-d.com] On Behalf Of Lee Privett > Sent: 09 March 2011 19:10 > To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com > Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QL Blog > > Funnily enough I have never Google'd myself I think there is a name for > that, anyway so much for anonymity. > > Congrats to you Dave & your other(better?) half btw, hope you have a > long and happy one > > Does anyone know anything about the Medic interface boards for the QL, > I have just acquired one but do not know if its working or not, haven't > connected it up yet but it seems to have interface connections for HD > and FD. I assume it Medic although I haven't found any distinguishing > marks?
The medic board had a very distinct shape - so it would be easy to tell from a photo. I ended up with two of these. The first one I got by visiting Basingstoke when Medic were still in operation but not delivering. It did not have the full RAM (512KB) that it was supposed to have so they still owed me something (but I could add those myself). I did get the twin floppy drives so I had most of what I ordered. The second one I got as a creditor after they were declared insolvent and were we allowed to "help ourselves" to whatever bits they had left (as we were unlikely to see any cash). I grabbed a caseless medic board as it looked intact. On getting it home I found it was fully functional except for the voltage regulator which needed replacing. I guess that means I must be one of the few people wjo ended up getting more from Medic than I had paid for :) The Medic board came with 4 slots for ROM's and I remember hardwiring the address decoding slightly so that I could add 4 x 64KB EPROM's instead of the 4 x 16KB they had allowed for. This meant I could load all my commonest toolkits and programs to be instantly accessible which made the QL much more friendly. I do not know if I still have the details of the mods I made to use 64KB EPROMS - I will have to look - but they were not hard to do if I remember correctly. Dave > > Lee > - Back to the QL- > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dave Park > To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com > Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 4:33 PM > Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QL Blog > > > On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 6:13 AM, Tony Firshman <t...@firshman.co.uk> > wrote: > > > Tony Firshman wrote, on 9/Mar/11 11:18 | Mar9: > > > > Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 9/Mar/11 11:03 | Mar9: > >> > >>> A new blog for the QL: > >>> > >>> http://backtotheql.blogspot.com/ > >>> > >>> If you have a Google account, for example, you can comment on the > >>> owner's postings. Who is the owner? Clue: not me. > >>> > >> Signature: |||||||LEE||||||| > >> Lee Privett? > >> > >>> > >>> > > His Blog profile says "Southend on Sea" and Googling finds: > > > > Lee Privett. Academy Manager & Campus Manager at SouthEssex > College. > > Location: Southend on Sea, United Kingdom > > > > ... so I rest my case (8-)# > > > > Hehe, a fun find. > > Well, I got married yesterday, so now I'll be back to my usual > posting > level... Let's see if we can give Lee something to write about. > > I completely share his experience of having a very meagre time with > the QL > back in the 80s - I did have a loaner SQB, monitor and Epson MT-80 > from > work, and it broke my heart when they closed and I had to return it. > > Dave > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
