Re: [Ql-Users] The QL Future

2010-06-10 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message <4c10c9a5.40...@firshman.co.uk>, Tony Firshman writes Jerry Davis wrote, on 10/Jun/10 12:02 | Jun10: I thought I'd stop lurking and post I only joined this group a few weeks ago out of pure curiosity. Many, many moons ago I set up the London sub-group with the help of Frank Mer

Re: [Ql-Users] The QL Future

2010-06-10 Thread Jochen Merz
Hi Rich, Believe it or not, there is still a burgeoning market out there for retro computers - I rely on them for my main source of income at the moment (since I was made redundant in December) and have successfully brought several new products to market (or made old ones available again), an

Re: [Ql-Users] The QL Future

2010-06-10 Thread Jochen Merz
Dear George, Marcel's and Jochen's comments made me think twice about considering adding information about my TurboPTR on Rich's site. I was referring to "self-advertising" for commercial products. I regard any "encyclopedia" (online or offline) as something which should be as unbiased as po

Re: [Ql-Users] The QL Future

2010-06-10 Thread Tony Firshman
Bruce N wrote, on 10/Jun/10 13:21 | Jun10: Tony, Was it Dennis Briggs aka Adman Services ? No - he lived in East London, maybe Gants Hill. He was the person that kicked the component and rebuilt QL trading into life when he sold his stock. I don't think he actively traded them. He lived

Re: [Ql-Users] The QL Future

2010-06-10 Thread Bruce N
Tony, Was it Dennis Briggs aka Adman Services ? Bruce Thursday, June 10, 2010, 10:13:21 AM, you wrote: TF> Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 10/Jun/10 10:06 | Jun10: >>> >>> These were from a vast quantity of QL parts I bought from a trader >>> living in East London, near Ilford I think. I have forgotten

Re: [Ql-Users] The QL Future

2010-06-10 Thread Tony Firshman
Jerry Davis wrote, on 10/Jun/10 12:02 | Jun10: I thought I'd stop lurking and post I only joined this group a few weeks ago out of pure curiosity. Many, many moons ago I set up the London sub-group with the help of Frank Merrison. University, the discovery that there was life outside London,

Re: [Ql-Users] The QL Future

2010-06-10 Thread Jerry Davis
I thought I'd stop lurking and post I only joined this group a few weeks ago out of pure curiosity. Many, many moons ago I set up the London sub-group with the help of Frank Merrison. University, the discovery that there was life outside London, and meeting Rebecca who eventually became my wife

Re: [Ql-Users] The QL Future

2010-06-10 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Marcel Kilgus wrote: gdgqler wrote: Marcel's and Jochen's comments made me think twice about considering adding information about my TurboPTR on Rich's site. Oh god, I wasn't trying to discourage anybody from contributing to the wiki! TurboPTR not being commercial it's a different situation

Re: [Ql-Users] The QL Future

2010-06-10 Thread Marcel Kilgus
gdgqler wrote: > Marcel's and Jochen's comments made me think twice about > considering adding information about my TurboPTR on Rich's site. Oh god, I wasn't trying to discourage anybody from contributing to the wiki! TurboPTR not being commercial it's a different situation anyway, in my opinion a

Re: [Ql-Users] The QL Future

2010-06-10 Thread gdgqler
On 10 Jun 2010, at 06:07, Rich Mellor wrote: > As for Marcel's and Jochen's comments about posting information on wikis > being regarded as self-advertising - well, there are some views on this: > 1. Surely the software / hardware designers are best positioned to provide > the background of the

Re: [Ql-Users] The QL Future

2010-06-10 Thread Tony Firshman
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 10/Jun/10 10:17 | Jun10: These were from a vast quantity of QL parts I bought from a trader living in East London, near Ilford I think. I have forgotten his name - can anyone remember? He died I believe in the early 90s. Tony Care Electronics...Ed Bruley perhaps? No

Re: [Ql-Users] The QL Future

2010-06-10 Thread Dilwyn Jones
These were from a vast quantity of QL parts I bought from a trader living in East London, near Ilford I think. I have forgotten his name - can anyone remember? He died I believe in the early 90s. Tony Care Electronics...Ed Bruley perhaps? No. He was working on his own. He bought a vast n

Re: [Ql-Users] The QL Future

2010-06-10 Thread Dilwyn Jones
This mailing list is probably the most frequently populated part of QL-Dom - and even here goes deathly quiet at times. Now look what you've done, it's more active today! My Articles in QL Toady are a mystery to me. Not that I don't know what I'm writing (well, most of the time I do!) but the l

Re: [Ql-Users] The QL Future

2010-06-10 Thread Tony Firshman
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 10/Jun/10 10:06 | Jun10: These were from a vast quantity of QL parts I bought from a trader living in East London, near Ilford I think. I have forgotten his name - can anyone remember? He died I believe in the early 90s. Tony Care Electronics...Ed Bruley perhaps? No.

Re: [Ql-Users] The QL Future

2010-06-10 Thread Dilwyn Jones
I must say Rich is doing a great job selling my shed-rescued stock. Derek Stewart completely filled his car with it! As I found out from Urs, I had some historic old pcbs in the collection. Unfortunately I believe most pcbs have now been scrapped. They were a great source of spare parts, which

Re: [Ql-Users] The QL Future

2010-06-10 Thread Tony Firshman
Rich Mellor wrote, on 10/Jun/10 06:07 | Jun10: As for Marcel's and Jochen's comments about posting information on wikis being regarded as self-advertising - well, there are some views on this: 1. Surely the software / hardware designers are best positioned to provide the background of the h