Re: [ql-users] Disk drive wanted
In a message dated 06/07/2004 00:42:15 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Don't forget that some of the Cumana interfaces have reversed connections for the drives ! Damn - I have a set of Cumana drives here (untested at the mo). Maybe the best answer is for you to take a set across Roy and you can sort him out at the meeting (presuming you and he both attend ) -- Rich Mellor RWAP Services 35 Chantry Croft, Kinsley, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF9 5JH TEL: 01977 610509 Visit our website at URL:http://www.rwapsoftware.co.uk Stuck with ordinary dial up internet connection ?? Read our review of internet accelerators and broadband at: URL: http://www.rwapadventures.com/Services/reviews.html ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm
Re: [ql-users] Disk drive wanted
Don't forget that some of the Cumana interfaces have reversed connections for the drives ! Damn - I have a set of Cumana drives here (untested at the mo). Maybe the best answer is for you to take a set across Roy and you can sort him out at the meeting (presuming you and he both attend ) Just to complicate matters, some of the drives or interfaces had the locating notch on the connector chopped off so as to be compatible with either connection. I've seen a few with no locating notch in my time, especially ex-BBC micro drives modified to work with the early QL interfaces with wrong-way-round connectors. If so, it might be an idea to mark the connector with a dab of something in a different colour to highlight which way it goes into a QL interface. I'm sure I've managed to plug one of these in the wrong way round before today and it survived to tell the tale (I think that was with one of the earliest CST interfaces), though I don't know if I was just lucky or of the worst effect is that it simply doesn't work until plugged in the right way round. -- Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm
Re: [ql-users] Disk drive wanted
On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 at 18:33:42, Dilwyn Jones wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Don't forget that some of the Cumana interfaces have reversed connections for the drives ! Damn - I have a set of Cumana drives here (untested at the mo). Maybe the best answer is for you to take a set across Roy and you can sort him out at the meeting (presuming you and he both attend ) Just to complicate matters, some of the drives or interfaces had the locating notch on the connector chopped off so as to be compatible with either connection. I've seen a few with no locating notch in my time, especially ex-BBC micro drives modified to work with the early QL interfaces with wrong-way-round connectors. If so, it might be an idea to mark the connector with a dab of something in a different colour to highlight which way it goes into a QL interface. If the disk light is permanently on, then it is the worng way. It doesn't do any harm, unless it is a medic drive where they had power on the lead! I'm sure I've managed to plug one of these in the wrong way round before today and it survived to tell the tale (I think that was with one of the earliest CST interfaces), though I don't know if I was just lucky or of the worst effect is that it simply doesn't work until plugged in the right way round. Yep - no harm. -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67) +44(0)1442-828255 tony@surname.co.uk http://www.firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm
Re: [ql-users] Disk drive wanted
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes I'm sure I've managed to plug one of these in the wrong way round before today and it survived to tell the tale (I think that was with one of the earliest CST interfaces), though I don't know if I was just lucky or of the worst effect is that it simply doesn't work until plugged in the right way round. All that happens if you plug it in round the wrong way is that the lights light up and the drives spin. Mind you if there is a disk in one of the drives when you do this it can be destroyed. If you look at the wiring one side of the IDC is all earth lines so I am not sure why this happens but I have done it and it does. -- Roy Wood Q Branch. 20 Locks Hill, Portslade, Sussex.BN41 2LB Tel: +44 (0) 1273 386030fax: +44 (0) 1273 430501 web : www.qbranch.demon.co.uk ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm
[ql-users] Disk drive wanted
I have received this email via the QL2004 webpage. Patrick is a Belgian and has an old QL system with Cumana Disk Drives, which are no longer working. He is interested in buying a new double drive. It sounds as though he has a very old, simple system. His email address is Patrick.Broekmans1 @ pandora.be - Original Message - From: Patrick Broekmans To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 10:55 PM Subject: QL2004 Info Hallo,geachte QL-clubleden, Mijn naam is Patrick Broekmans uit Berchem,Belgium.Ik heb vroeger een QL gehad,maar na vele verhuizingen blijkt dat de Cumana Dual Disk Drive verwrongen is en geen diskettes meer leest.Kan a.u.b. iemand mij contacteren om tegen vergoeding zijn (occasie)disk drive (graag dubbele disk drive) te verkopen?Ik ben allengs hopeloos aan het worden. Graag een berichtje terug,a.u.b. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm
Re: [ql-users] Disk drive wanted
In a message dated 05/07/2004 21:07:35 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have received this email via the QL2004 webpage. Patrick is a Belgian and has an old QL system with Cumana Disk Drives, which are no longer working. He is interested in buying a new double drive. It sounds as though he has a very old, simple system. His email address is OK - I have replacement disk drives - a Miracle twin unit. Do you want to speak with him direct (in case he does not understand much English). He can have a twin drive unit for £15 plus post and packing (about £8.50 if I send them to you to take to the QL 2004 show). Otherwise, you could ask Roy Wood if he has a spare set to take to the show and then Patrick will not have to pay any pp !! If he wants them before the show, then let me know and I will calculate the pp to send a set to Belgium. -- Rich Mellor RWAP Services 35 Chantry Croft, Kinsley, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF9 5JH TEL: 01977 610509 Visit our website at URL:http://www.rwapsoftware.co.uk Stuck with ordinary dial up internet connection ?? Read our review of internet accelerators and broadband at: URL: http://www.rwapadventures.com/Services/reviews.html ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm
Re: [ql-users] Disk drive wanted
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Don't forget that some of the Cumana interfaces have reversed connections for the drives ! In a message dated 05/07/2004 21:07:35 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have received this email via the QL2004 webpage. Patrick is a Belgian and has an old QL system with Cumana Disk Drives, which are no longer working. He is interested in buying a new double drive. It sounds as though he has a very old, simple system. His email address is OK - I have replacement disk drives - a Miracle twin unit. Do you want to speak with him direct (in case he does not understand much English). He can have a twin drive unit for £15 plus post and packing (about £8.50 if I send them to you to take to the QL 2004 show). Otherwise, you could ask Roy Wood if he has a spare set to take to the show and then Patrick will not have to pay any pp !! If he wants them before the show, then let me know and I will calculate the pp to send a set to Belgium. -- Rich Mellor RWAP Services 35 Chantry Croft, Kinsley, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF9 5JH TEL: 01977 610509 Visit our website at URL:http://www.rwapsoftware.co.uk Stuck with ordinary dial up internet connection ?? Read our review of internet accelerators and broadband at: URL: http://www.rwapadventures.com/Services/reviews.html ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm -- Roy Wood Q Branch. 20 Locks Hill, Portslade, Sussex.BN41 2LB Tel: +44 (0) 1273 386030fax: +44 (0) 1273 430501 web : www.qbranch.demon.co.uk ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm
