Re: [Ql-Users] Some QL Newbie Questions: Modern video and storage upgrades for QL

[Dave Park via Ql-Users]

There's a lot of forks in the road for you.

There are emulators, that give you a functioning QL on your PC or Mac.
Hundreds of times faster, modern storage, semi-modern display capabilities
with higher resolutions and more colors.

If you want to stick with original hardware, there's a few choices. For
Black Box QL (BBQL) purists, there are QubIDE expansions that take
CompactFlash cards, and a nifty thing called QL-SD that fits internally and
offers one or two SD slots. There are Trump Card clones, Gold Card clones
(an accelerator that replaces the CPU with a faster one, and adds 2MBytes
of RAM.

Finally, you can get a Q68 - it is a small hand-sized QL clone with VGA
output, two SD slots, comes with a modern version of the QL operating
system called SMSQ/E, and uses a PS/2 keyboard and mouse and standard VGA
LCD monitor.

There are at least three or four hobbyists like me producing new hardware
even today, so the machines are well supported.

If your keyboard membrane fails (they get brittle with age) you can easily
buy a replacement.

Hope this helps...

Dave

On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 7:26 PM, Michael R. Furman via Ql-Users <
ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote:

> Hello, I’ve been lurking on this list for many years and never posted, so
> I thought I’d introduce myself before asking my QL Newbie questions.
>
> Even though I’m in the US I've grown up with (Timex/)Sinclair computers
> around probably like many of you on this list.  While it was not the first
> computer I ever used or my favorite when I was a kid the first computer
> that was fully 100% mine was a Timex/Sinclair 1000.  In the mid to late
> 80’s my dad and I belonged to the Group Using Timex Sinclair Cambridge of
> Silicon Valley that met in Cupertino, CA.  A few of the people had QL’s.
> The user’s group coordinator used a QL to make the newsletter (
> https://archive.org/details/sincLink-v8-n7-1989-07 <
> https://archive.org/details/sincLink-v8-n7-1989-07>) and I was always
> jealous of a teenage programmer Mark Wahl that brought his QL with Amdek
> RGB Monitor and dual floppy drive system to the club meetings and showed
> off his nifty C programs (a few are mentioned in the newsletter) Mark
> seemed like the kind of whiz that Linus Torvalds probably was back when he
> was playing with his QL...
>
> I picked up a QL with a US power supply a few years ago off of Ebay.  I
> pulled it out of the closet around Christmas and it fired up and I could
> still load all the micro drives that came with it.  But using the RF TV
> output is a bit underwhelming, and while i could use the micro drives I
> want to leave them alone and use something more modern…
>
> What is the easiest way to connect a QL to a modern VGA or HDMI monitor?
>
> What hardware upgrades are currently available for connecting modern
> storage like SD Card or Compact Flash to the QL?
>
> Are there any servers that run on a PC that act as a file server to the QL
> over the serial port that could be used in place of floppy/CF/SD hardware?
> We have this for our Tandy RadioShack TRS-80 computers, it’s called
> DriveWire
>
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> Phone: +1 (408) 480-5865
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[Ql-Users] Some QL Newbie Questions: Modern video and storage upgrades for QL

[Michael R. Furman via Ql-Users]

Hello, I’ve been lurking on this list for many years and never posted, so I 
thought I’d introduce myself before asking my QL Newbie questions.

Even though I’m in the US I've grown up with (Timex/)Sinclair computers around 
probably like many of you on this list.  While it was not the first computer I 
ever used or my favorite when I was a kid the first computer that was fully 
100% mine was a Timex/Sinclair 1000.  In the mid to late 80’s my dad and I 
belonged to the Group Using Timex Sinclair Cambridge of Silicon Valley that met 
in Cupertino, CA.  A few of the people had QL’s.  The user’s group coordinator 
used a QL to make the newsletter 
(https://archive.org/details/sincLink-v8-n7-1989-07 
) and I was always jealous 
of a teenage programmer Mark Wahl that brought his QL with Amdek RGB Monitor 
and dual floppy drive system to the club meetings and showed off his nifty C 
programs (a few are mentioned in the newsletter) Mark seemed like the kind of 
whiz that Linus Torvalds probably was back when he was playing with his QL...

I picked up a QL with a US power supply a few years ago off of Ebay.  I pulled 
it out of the closet around Christmas and it fired up and I could still load 
all the micro drives that came with it.  But using the RF TV output is a bit 
underwhelming, and while i could use the micro drives I want to leave them 
alone and use something more modern…

What is the easiest way to connect a QL to a modern VGA or HDMI monitor?  

What hardware upgrades are currently available for connecting modern storage 
like SD Card or Compact Flash to the QL?

Are there any servers that run on a PC that act as a file server to the QL over 
the serial port that could be used in place of floppy/CF/SD hardware?  We have 
this for our Tandy RadioShack TRS-80 computers, it’s called DriveWire

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Re: [Ql-Users] Ql-Users Digest, Vol 167, Issue 5

[Paolo Del Bene via Ql-Users]

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   2. Re: Ql-Users Digest, Vol 167, Issue 2 (pjwitte)
3. Re: Ql-Users Digest, Vol 167, Issue

   4 (Paolo Del Bene)

I found the name of AH which is Angela's Holiday, I suppose that JM is
Jochen Merz and I don't know for JS, MG, MINERVA.



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Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2018 17:35:03 +0100
From: Jan Bredenbeek 
To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Ql-Users Digest, Vol 167, Issue 2
Message-ID:

Re: [Ql-Users] Ql-Users Digest, Vol 167, Issue 2

[Dave Park via Ql-Users]

I did have an FB dongle around here once upon a time, but I haven't seen it
in five years.

Dave.

On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 3:04 PM, pjwitte via Ql-Users <
ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote:

> Hehe! Spot on, Tobias
> Per
>
> On 05/01/2018 15:49, Tobias Fröschle via Ql-Users wrote:
>
>> AF = Awfully faulty
>> JM = jerkily mended
>> JS = just stable
>> MG = mainly good
>>
>> ;) (just joking)
>>
>> Tobias
>>
>> Am 05.01.2018 um 12:56 schrieb Norman Dunbar via Ql-Users <
>>> ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com>:
>>>
>>> Hi Paolo,
>>>
>>> as far as I remember, the code letters for the various QL ROMs have been
>>> named after:
>>>
>>> * Taxi Drivers used by Sinclair staff;
>>> * Engineers at Sinclair;
>>> * Women in the Sinclair offices.
>>>
>>> There may bo other "uses", but the letters in JM and JS etc are the
>>> initials of certain people from the above list. I have not seen a full list
>>> of the various names actually used though, so I can't tell you who JM and
>>> JS were. Sorry.
>>>
>>>
>>> HTH
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Norm.
>>>
>>> On 04/01/18 18:30, Paolo Del Bene via Ql-Users wrote:
>>>
 Today's Topics:
 1. Re: about JM and JS roms
  (Paolo Del Bene)
  34 years are passed, and I haven't
  anymore a QL Sinclair from 27
  years when my father before bought
  it for me and then he sold without to
  say nothing to me.
  I am here only to ask for what stand
  the name JM and JS in the roms.
  I haven't found any information
 about, if you can help me I'll be
  happy
  Happy GNU Year 2018
  Paolo Del Bene iw0fzw

>>>
>>>
>>> --
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>>> Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd
>>>
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Re: [Ql-Users] Ql-Users Digest, Vol 167, Issue 2

[pjwitte via Ql-Users]

Hehe! Spot on, Tobias
Per
On 05/01/2018 15:49, Tobias Fröschle via Ql-Users wrote:

AF = Awfully faulty
JM = jerkily mended
JS = just stable
MG = mainly good

;) (just joking)

Tobias


Am 05.01.2018 um 12:56 schrieb Norman Dunbar via Ql-Users 
:

Hi Paolo,

as far as I remember, the code letters for the various QL ROMs have been named 
after:

* Taxi Drivers used by Sinclair staff;
* Engineers at Sinclair;
* Women in the Sinclair offices.

There may bo other "uses", but the letters in JM and JS etc are the initials of 
certain people from the above list. I have not seen a full list of the various names 
actually used though, so I can't tell you who JM and JS were. Sorry.


HTH

Cheers,
Norm.

On 04/01/18 18:30, Paolo Del Bene via Ql-Users wrote:

Today's Topics:
1. Re: about JM and JS roms
 (Paolo Del Bene)
 34 years are passed, and I haven't
 anymore a QL Sinclair from 27
 years when my father before bought
 it for me and then he sold without to
 say nothing to me.
 I am here only to ask for what stand
 the name JM and JS in the roms.
 I haven't found any information
about, if you can help me I'll be
 happy
 Happy GNU Year 2018
 Paolo Del Bene iw0fzw



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Re: [Ql-Users] Ql-Users Digest, Vol 167, Issue 2

[Jan Bredenbeek via Ql-Users]

On 5 January 2018 at 15:49, Tobias Fröschle via Ql-Users <
ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote:

> AF = Awfully faulty
> JM = jerkily mended
> JS = just stable
> MG = mainly good


FB - Full of Bugs (has anyone this ROM around? Would be a collector's item
;-))

Jan.

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Re: [Ql-Users] Ql-Users Digest, Vol 167, Issue 2

[Tobias Fröschle via Ql-Users]

Yes, apparently it did:

TY - How creative ;)

Tobias

> Am 05.01.2018 um 16:33 schrieb Dave Park via Ql-Users 
> :
> 
> Did the Tyche ROM ever get letters?
> 
> On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 8:49 AM, Tobias Fröschle via Ql-Users <
> ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote:
> 
>> AF = Awfully faulty
>> JM = jerkily mended
>> JS = just stable
>> MG = mainly good
>> 
>> ;) (just joking)
>> 
>> Tobias
>> 
>>> Am 05.01.2018 um 12:56 schrieb Norman Dunbar via Ql-Users <
>> ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com>:
>>> 
>>> Hi Paolo,
>>> 
>>> as far as I remember, the code letters for the various QL ROMs have been
>> named after:
>>> 
>>> * Taxi Drivers used by Sinclair staff;
>>> * Engineers at Sinclair;
>>> * Women in the Sinclair offices.
>>> 
>>> There may bo other "uses", but the letters in JM and JS etc are the
>> initials of certain people from the above list. I have not seen a full list
>> of the various names actually used though, so I can't tell you who JM and
>> JS were. Sorry.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> HTH
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Norm.
>>> 
>>> On 04/01/18 18:30, Paolo Del Bene via Ql-Users wrote:
 Today's Topics:
   1. Re: about JM and JS roms
(Paolo Del Bene)
34 years are passed, and I haven't
anymore a QL Sinclair from 27
years when my father before bought
it for me and then he sold without to
say nothing to me.
I am here only to ask for what stand
the name JM and JS in the roms.
I haven't found any information
   about, if you can help me I'll be
happy
Happy GNU Year 2018
Paolo Del Bene iw0fzw
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Norman Dunbar
>>> Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd
>>> 
>>> Registered address:
>>> 27a Lidget Hill
>>> Pudsey
>>> West Yorkshire
>>> United Kingdom
>>> LS28 7LG
>>> 
>>> Company Number: 05132767
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Re: [Ql-Users] Ql-Users Digest, Vol 167, Issue 2

[Dave Park via Ql-Users]

Did the Tyche ROM ever get letters?

On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 8:49 AM, Tobias Fröschle via Ql-Users <
ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote:

> AF = Awfully faulty
> JM = jerkily mended
> JS = just stable
> MG = mainly good
>
> ;) (just joking)
>
> Tobias
>
> > Am 05.01.2018 um 12:56 schrieb Norman Dunbar via Ql-Users <
> ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com>:
> >
> > Hi Paolo,
> >
> > as far as I remember, the code letters for the various QL ROMs have been
> named after:
> >
> > * Taxi Drivers used by Sinclair staff;
> > * Engineers at Sinclair;
> > * Women in the Sinclair offices.
> >
> > There may bo other "uses", but the letters in JM and JS etc are the
> initials of certain people from the above list. I have not seen a full list
> of the various names actually used though, so I can't tell you who JM and
> JS were. Sorry.
> >
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Norm.
> >
> > On 04/01/18 18:30, Paolo Del Bene via Ql-Users wrote:
> >> Today's Topics:
> >>1. Re: about JM and JS roms
> >> (Paolo Del Bene)
> >> 34 years are passed, and I haven't
> >> anymore a QL Sinclair from 27
> >> years when my father before bought
> >> it for me and then he sold without to
> >> say nothing to me.
> >> I am here only to ask for what stand
> >> the name JM and JS in the roms.
> >> I haven't found any information
> >>about, if you can help me I'll be
> >> happy
> >> Happy GNU Year 2018
> >> Paolo Del Bene iw0fzw
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Norman Dunbar
> > Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd
> >
> > Registered address:
> > 27a Lidget Hill
> > Pudsey
> > West Yorkshire
> > United Kingdom
> > LS28 7LG
> >
> > Company Number: 05132767
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Re: [Ql-Users] Ql-Users Digest, Vol 167, Issue 2

[Tobias Fröschle via Ql-Users]

AF = Awfully faulty
JM = jerkily mended 
JS = just stable
MG = mainly good

;) (just joking)

Tobias

> Am 05.01.2018 um 12:56 schrieb Norman Dunbar via Ql-Users 
> :
> 
> Hi Paolo,
> 
> as far as I remember, the code letters for the various QL ROMs have been 
> named after:
> 
> * Taxi Drivers used by Sinclair staff;
> * Engineers at Sinclair;
> * Women in the Sinclair offices.
> 
> There may bo other "uses", but the letters in JM and JS etc are the initials 
> of certain people from the above list. I have not seen a full list of the 
> various names actually used though, so I can't tell you who JM and JS were. 
> Sorry.
> 
> 
> HTH
> 
> Cheers,
> Norm.
> 
> On 04/01/18 18:30, Paolo Del Bene via Ql-Users wrote:
>> Today's Topics:
>>1. Re: about JM and JS roms
>> (Paolo Del Bene)
>> 34 years are passed, and I haven't
>> anymore a QL Sinclair from 27
>> years when my father before bought
>> it for me and then he sold without to
>> say nothing to me.
>> I am here only to ask for what stand
>> the name JM and JS in the roms.
>> I haven't found any information
>>about, if you can help me I'll be
>> happy
>> Happy GNU Year 2018
>> Paolo Del Bene iw0fzw
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Norman Dunbar
> Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd
> 
> Registered address:
> 27a Lidget Hill
> Pudsey
> West Yorkshire
> United Kingdom
> LS28 7LG
> 
> Company Number: 05132767
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Re: [Ql-Users] Ql-Users Digest, Vol 167, Issue 2

[Norman Dunbar via Ql-Users]

Hi Paolo,

as far as I remember, the code letters for the various QL ROMs have been 
named after:


* Taxi Drivers used by Sinclair staff;
* Engineers at Sinclair;
* Women in the Sinclair offices.

There may bo other "uses", but the letters in JM and JS etc are the 
initials of certain people from the above list. I have not seen a full 
list of the various names actually used though, so I can't tell you who 
JM and JS were. Sorry.



HTH

Cheers,
Norm.

On 04/01/18 18:30, Paolo Del Bene via Ql-Users wrote:

Today's Topics:

1. Re: about JM and JS roms

 (Paolo Del Bene)

 34 years are passed, and I haven't
 anymore a QL Sinclair from 27
 years when my father before bought
 it for me and then he sold without to
 say nothing to me.

 I am here only to ask for what stand
 the name JM and JS in the roms.

 I haven't found any information
about, if you can help me I'll be
 happy

 Happy GNU Year 2018

 Paolo Del Bene iw0fzw






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Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd

Registered address:
27a Lidget Hill
Pudsey
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United Kingdom
LS28 7LG

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