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robheaton wrote:Is there any way to restore the lost characters? A replacement video chip perhaps?

If your one of the lucky ones a GBS8220 RGB->VGA converter can capture and convert the whole picture in monitor mode.

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Certainly interested in an event, never been to any retro event before.

Train from Edin->Cambridge is real easy.

Or I could be persuaded to drive and pick upto 3 wayward souls up on route

G

Ah so supplies of 630W/631W needed or a handy dremmel

Another source of the BT630A

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/telephone ... s/0470257/

Looks like these will need a little filing down as well though!

Their cables already include the resistor for the RGB lines which are also TTL level. I assume your TV/Monitor just happens to have high impedance inputs!

You were spot on!

Soldered a 330 Ohm inside the SCART plug and its all sorted. I shall email RCS and tell them about the issue and hopefully they can fix that for future purchasers!

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Ok this is an odd one. Recently got a SGC from RWAP which seems to be working fine, when using UHF output I see SGC initialization message and can do typical "Hello World". When I use the SCART cable from Retro Computer Shack the QL will not "boot" with the SGC card in. It works ...

Did anyone having issues with sync add resistors as I suggested in an earlier post?

Since adding these the sync has been 100% rock solid for me.

I took the value from here

http://www.fruitcake.plus.com/Sinclair/ ... ableQL.htm

I have got the GBS-8220 board but I have the same sync problems discussed above. After some investigations, I have discovered that this board is unable to manage the PAL standard video signal with 50Hz vertical sync but only the NTSC 60Hz vertical sync. Odd I use mine successfully with Spectrum +3,...

The picture shows the business end of the lead. As far as I can tell all three connectors are wired together directly anyway.