Re: [ql-users] Bad line 8

2003-10-12 Thread Roy wood
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes It could be that the drives themselves need a good clean (as with all tape heads) - cotton bud and meths (Tony is that the best thing to use??) is required. Meths is fine - iso-propyl alcohol is the best. I take it you are

Re: [ql-users] Bad line 8

2003-10-12 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 23:14:23 +0100, Roy wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes It could be that the drives themselves need a good clean (as with all tape heads) - cotton bud and meths (Tony is that the best thing to use??) is required.

[ql-users] Bad line 8

2003-10-11 Thread Alan Tyson
Dear All, Any help welcome! My 87-year-old Dad in Caerphilly has an antique QL, on which I have to advise occasionally. Recently Quill, Abacus, Archive and Easel have all failed on every startup. With the program cartridge in the LH microdrive slot, and a data cartridge in the RH slot, we

Re: [ql-users] Bad line 8

2003-10-11 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 at 10:41:49, wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED])   It could be that the drives themselves need a good clean (as with all tape heads) - cotton bud and meths (Tony is that the best thing to use??) is required. Meths is fine - iso-propyl alcohol is the best. However it is

Re: [ql-users] Bad line 8

2003-10-11 Thread Alan Tyson
of the cartridges. Alan T - Original Message - From: Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2003 6:43 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Bad line 8

Re: [ql-users] Bad line 8

2003-10-11 Thread RWAPSoftware
In a message dated 11/10/2003 20:17:23 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Quite possibly - the room's like a radio museum. Until last week it includeda transformer/oscillating reed rectifier which my grandfather used to chargeneighbours' accumulators (for a few pennies) for their