Quanta has a number of old microdrives including some sets of 4 from Psion
Suite (Quill, Archive, Easel and Abacus) of various versions. If you could
identify the version of the Silver label Easel (maybe from one of its Silver
label companion programmes) I may be able to supply a replacement. I
On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 at 09:31:47, wrote:
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In a message dated 12/12/04 21:26:43 GMT Standard Time,
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What I really *really* want (but wouldn't be able to afford) is a
Thor. But
it seems that they truly are as rare as hens teeth.
Many of the
Perhaps that should read Am I The Only Person Who Still Uses MDV
Carts or who has working MDV drives
Well, strictly speaking I don't really use MDVs much these days; and
given
that all my QLs are currently mothballed (or, rather, parked, seeing
as
they're in the garage) I'm not currently
On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 at 19:13:38, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
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What I really want is a QuBIDE, but SWMBO has curtailed any futher
oldecomputer related orders until finances improve :(
I have one for sale - bigger hint!!
Err...SWMBO?
You haven't read Rider Haggard - She who must
Dilwyn Jones wrote:
What I really want is a QuBIDE, but SWMBO has curtailed any futher
oldecomputer related orders until finances improve :(
I have one for sale - bigger hint!!
Err...SWMBO?
she who must be obeyed - I assume.
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On Monday, December 13, 2004, at 10:52 PM, Tony Firshman wrote:
On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 at 19:13:38, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
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What I really want is a QuBIDE, but SWMBO has curtailed any futher
oldecomputer related orders until finances improve :(
I have one for sale - bigger
Err...SWMBO?
You haven't read Rider Haggard - She who must be obeyed
Tony
Never heard of it, let alone read it.
Dilwyn Jones
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At 12:28 14/12/2004, you wrote:
Mind you he might have picked it up from somewhere else - the bible,
Shakespeare?
Plain commonsense if you ask me
I mean, it's obvious isn't it?
;)
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Tue, 14 Dec 2004 12:28:43 +,() Tony Firshman
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On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 at 05:23:27, Phoebus Dokos wrote:
I always thought it was my wife :-)
Exactly. These all refer back to Rider Haggard.
Mind you he might have picked it up from somewhere else - the bible,
On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 at 09:48:31, John Taylor wrote:
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On Monday, December 13, 2004, at 10:52 PM, Tony Firshman wrote:
On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 at 19:13:38, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
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What I really want is a QuBIDE, but SWMBO has curtailed any futher
On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 at 05:23:27, Phoebus Dokos wrote:
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Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:48:31 +,() John Taylor
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On Monday, December 13, 2004, at 10:52 PM, Tony Firshman wrote:
On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 at 19:13:38, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
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In a message dated 12/12/04 21:26:43 GMT Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
What I really *really* want (but wouldn't be able to afford) is a
Thor. But
it seems that they truly are as rare as hens teeth.
Many of the hard disk equipped Thors have long since found they no
longer have
What I really want is a QuBIDE, but SWMBO has curtailed any futher
oldecomputer related orders until finances improve :(
I have one for sale - bigger hint!!
Err...SWMBO?
--
Dilwyn Jones
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At 19:13 13/12/2004, you wrote:
What I really want is a QuBIDE, but SWMBO has curtailed any futher
oldecomputer related orders until finances improve :(
I have one for sale - bigger hint!!
Err...SWMBO?
If you are asking me what does SWMBO stand for, it is She Who Must Be
Obeyed.
If you are
Sun, 12 Dec 2004 20:45:57 +,() Adrian Vickers
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What I really *really* want (but wouldn't be able to afford) is a Thor.
But
it seems that they truly are as rare as hens teeth.
Yes and if Darren will remember to go to the post office to get a quote I
will
At 20:58 12/12/2004, you wrote:
But anyway - I digress. How about this vitally important microdrive
question then?
Ribbed side up of course :-)
I *knew* it couldn't just be me (phew!).
I find it more aesthetically pleasing, y'know.
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SNIP
What I really want is a QuBIDE, but SWMBO has curtailed any futher
oldecomputer related orders until finances improve :(
I have one for sale - bigger hint!!
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Q Branch. 20 Locks Hill, Portslade, Sussex.BN41 2LB
On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 20:00:46 +, Adrian Vickers
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Am I the only person who puts MDV carts in the 4-cart wallets with the
ribbed end up?
I tend to point the ribbed end towards the outside of the case - makes
them easier to get out.
Otherwise, get yourself one of the
Am I the only person who puts MDV carts in the 4-cart wallets with
the
ribbed end up?
I tend to point the ribbed end towards the outside of the case -
makes
them easier to get out.
Well, yes; that certainly has an element of truth.
Where the microdrive wallets have 'finger notches' to
Amazing. I was having problems using them nearly 20 years ago!
At the last Eindhoven workshop, Arnie Clarke had a catch 22.
He had not put a superHermes keyboard driver in his boot program, so
had no keyboard! This can be added to romDisq to load prior to F1/F2.
His romDisq though was dead and
On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 at 18:52:46, Roy wood wrote:
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At the last Eindhoven workshop, Arnie Clarke had a catch 22.
I think you will find that was Norwich
Urkk yes. I have spent too much time on the Quanta
Tony Firshman wrote:
On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 at 19:28:19, P Witte wrote:
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Malcolm Lear writes:
After that it gets difficult: Some people may
not want to move on from microdrives. They wont want PE or anything
newfangled like that, otherwise Id suggest that the following
I copied the driver to microdrive from my romDisq and re-formatted
his
romDisq from that file and added the driver as rom1_rom1.
... so there _are_ still uses for microdrives.
Tony
The only time I use Microdrives now is when I use the QEPIII Eprom
programmer. It is a dead-end device and I
On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 at 21:27:24, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
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I copied the driver to microdrive from my romDisq and re-formatted
his
romDisq from that file and added the driver as rom1_rom1.
... so there _are_ still uses for microdrives.
Tony
The only time I use Microdrives
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