Re: [ql-users] old QL
Morning Malcolm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is a TV then, Norman ? A TV is like a monitor, except it doesn't have the same resolution. :o( Every home should have one - although, nowadays, it seems that every room has to have one ! All QL's are capable of driving a colour monitor ... :-) True, but I no longer have any CRT monitors. I have a single 19 LCD flat panel with digital inputs (possibly, only digital inputs!) - I have no wish to 'fry' it by connecting a potentially knackered QL with a conversion cable to my (business) monitor ! A TV will be found Cheers, Norman. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] old QL
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is a TV then, Norman ? A TV is like a monitor, except it doesn't have the same resolution. :o( Every home should have one - although, nowadays, it seems that every room has to have one ! .. and when analogue is turned off, there will be a country surplus (8-)# I have a couple of neat battery powered TVs - one bought to attach to a Sega games machine (and has been used as a portable QL monitor) and one I won. I must say I have rarely used them as the screen is much too small. However I do object to them being forced into redundancy. Mind you the QLs TV output is terrible. Sinclair found this too, and attempted to 'improve' it by shielding mdv1_. The Atari ST used the exact same system (Similar UHF modulator and the 1377) with very much better results. This was probably due to the less compact design and better isolation. All QL's are capable of driving a colour monitor ... :-) True, but I no longer have any CRT monitors. I have a single 19 LCD flat panel with digital inputs (possibly, only digital inputs!) - I have no wish to 'fry' it by connecting a potentially knackered QL with a conversion cable to my (business) monitor ! I know of no way a QL would zap a monitor. The other way round is *very* common (8-)# Tony - -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:257/67) +44(0)1442-828255 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGd4lfM3RzOs8+btoRAmcZAJ9+TAioTdEFNikPGNNmqWHDoQgKaACfYxQW Bi/tZsqvbsyTXUpY1TyQ9xc= =1D3i -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] old QL
Dilwyn Jones wrote: ... death. I've had various Star printers, from Gemini10x to my favourites of the Star range, the LC10 and LC24 My LC24/200C has been running quite happily since I got it when made redundant (from that employer selling off equipment being used in the offices) in 1994...my original PC I purchased from them was a 386, but the mobo died when I added a CD-ROM, so I replaced that with a 486 - that still works, but the 1.5G HD I added (dual boot DOS 6.22/Win 3.1 FreeBSD) is now playing up (the original 500odd M HD is fine!). ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] old QL
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... and when analogue is turned off, there will be a country surplus (8-)# How very true - unless, of course, they are all connected to a Freeview/FreeSat/Cable or Sky box. I have a couple of neat battery powered TVs However I do object to them being forced into redundancy. I agree, with all this talk (and that's about all it is, talk) of svaing the environment aND RECYCLING MORE AND SO ON, WE THEN FIND OURSELVES BEING FORCED TO BUY NEW KIT TO REPLACE OLD KIT THAT WORKS PERFECTLY WELL (Sorry, caps lock came on - I'm too lazy to retype that last bit !) and junk the old kit - sounds very much at odds with what we should be doing. Mind you the QLs TV output is terrible. Sinclair found this too, and attempted to 'improve' it by shielding mdv1_. Not as bad as the ZX-81 was, if I remember correctly. I know of no way a QL would zap a monitor. The other way round is *very* common (8-)# Yes, but my knowledge of electronics and what can and cannot be done is very very limited so while it is possible that the QL might not zap the monitor, I could equally connect the cable up wrongly and feed 12v up the wrong wire - or something similar. A TV will do for testing :o) Cheers, Norman. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] old QL
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Morning Malcolm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is a TV then, Norman ? A TV is like a monitor, except it doesn't have the same resolution. :o( Every home should have one - although, nowadays, it seems that every room has to have one ! ... Indeed, and they have become some flattened of late ... :-) All QL's are capable of driving a colour monitor ... :-) True, but I no longer have any CRT monitors. I have a single 19 LCD flat panel with digital inputs (possibly, only digital inputs!) - I have no wish to 'fry' it by connecting a potentially knackered QL with a conversion cable to my (business) monitor ! A TV will be found Cheers, Norman. Ah, but then if you were to need a dedicated QL monitor, then you just may be talking to the right person ... :-) -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] old QL
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Norman/ I know of no way a QL would zap a monitor. The other way round is *very* common (8-)# Yes, but my knowledge of electronics and what can and cannot be done is very very limited so while it is possible that the QL might not zap the monitor, I could equally connect the cable up wrongly and feed 12v up the wrong wire - or something similar. A TV will do for testing :o) There are no high voltages on the monitor connection - just benign TTL (ie below 5V). Even you could do nothing to the monitor (8-)# Tony - -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:257/67) +44(0)1442-828255 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGeC7MM3RzOs8+btoRAnvJAJ44vZQVhz6ZtXyfX3JslfXudIROvgCdG9hy xYl76huaoPsd15MexiNBqlE= =JRRA -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
