>About a week ago I bought a used (original) QL at the flea market.
>It in pretty good condition but the keyboard membrane needs to
>be replaced and the power supply is missing. The biggest problem
>right now is the keyboard. Is it still possible to buy a membrane
>or are there other ways of fixing it? I think that the problem is the
>flat 'cable' that goes into the mother-board since it is torn in a
few
>places.
Tony Firshman of TF Services is the main supplier of keyboard
membranes for the QL. They tend to be a bit expensive because they are
hard to obtain. It might be cheaper to buy another second hand QL if
you can find one in your area, this will provide you with a complete
set of spare parts for the QL. Tony Firshman can be emailed at
[EMAIL PROTECTED] and his website is at
www.firshman.demon.co.uk Jochen Merz in Germany sometimes has QL spare
parts too.
>On the Net I found out that a membrane can be bought
>but for 25 pounds which I find absurd.. it's a bloody piece of paper
>and conductor.. I bought my QL for, believe it or not, 5 pounds..
Another possibly better but more expensive solution is to buy a
keyboard replacement chip or board which allows you to use some PC
style keyboards. There are many second hand ones around no longer
produced (e.g. from Falkenberg in Germany, SPEM in Italy, Di-Ren in
England) and the SuperHermes Lite from TF Services.
Perhaps someone on this list might have a 'dead' QL with a membrane
which could be donated?
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Dilwyn Jones
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