[Ql-Users] Blowtorches

2012-05-09 Thread Tony Firshman
I see from the current issue of Quanta that a joky quote of the show referring to Lee's removal of components from pcbs using a blow torch. This is not a joke. I too used a purpose built 2kw hot air gun to selectively remove components from QL pcbs. This I suspect is similar to the 'blow

[Ql-Users] qStripper updated to 1.04

2012-05-09 Thread Norman Dunbar
Evening all, qStripper has been updated to version 1.04 thanks to Geoff Wicks who supplied me with a lot of conversion codes for the DOS version of Quill. I've added these in and so far, everything looks good. Version 1.03 came and went. There was a problem - still is - with the Euro

Re: [Ql-Users] Blowtorches

2012-05-09 Thread Norman Dunbar
Evening Tony, On 09/05/12 14:09, Tony Firshman wrote: I see from the current issue of Quanta that a joky quote of the show referring to Lee's removal of components from pcbs using a blow torch. This is not a joke. I too used a purpose built 2kw hot air gun to selectively remove components from

Re: [Ql-Users] Blowtorches

2012-05-09 Thread Billy
On 09/05/2012 20:34, Norman Dunbar wrote: Evening Tony, On 09/05/12 14:09, Tony Firshman wrote: I see from the current issue of Quanta that a joky quote of the show referring to Lee's removal of components from pcbs using a blow torch. This is not a joke. I too used a purpose built 2kw hot

Re: [Ql-Users] Blowtorches

2012-05-09 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Norman Dunbar wrote: My image when I hear the word blowtorch is of my dad filling his with paraffin and pumping it for what seemed ages to get some pressure up and then a huge blue flame! That was my reaction when I heard Lee make the remark at the Quanta Workshop in Manchester. Actually, the