I have used QL parts for numerous repairs in the past. One that springs to
mind is a dead central heating timer in the 90s. A microdrive power transistor
was *perfect* to replace a similar dead one in the timer.
The heat sinks were used on the replacement power amps for an 80s Copeman-Hart
analogue organ I bought on ebay and repaired for a musician I know. The same
organ had a note repaired with a BAT42 diode I use for Minerva MKII.
... and more too numerous to mention - well forgotten actually (8-)#
Today's repair though beats them all. In 1974 an HP-65 programmable calculator
arrived in the Ford marketing department I worked in.
The 'sales engineer' it was assigned to was poached by Ailsa Trucks (Volvo in
the UK). This first 'pocketable computer' took me over for two months. I
converted all the programs from the enormous deskbound Burroughs programmable
calculator. There were Europe board of director and dealer panel presentations
and *everyone* wanted one.......
..... unitl they heard the price. It was over £5000 at today's prices.
It was my first programming experience.
Anyway Ben (my son) gave me one for Christmas. A great moment and an amazing
gift. The magnetic card reader roller was "mush" as an American enthusiast
told me it would be. I reamed out the centre of a QL microdrive roller and it
is *perfect*.
Tony
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