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by grafvonb
Thu Aug 06, 2020 4:55 pm
Forum: Wanted
Topic: French QL Wanted
Replies: 8
Views: 3617

Re: French QL Wanted

I think I have to give up... :? Recently a French version was sold on eBay for 278 Euros :shock: (not tested!): https://www.ebay.de/itm/RARE-ORDINATEUR ... 3633040502
by grafvonb
Thu Aug 06, 2020 4:50 pm
Forum: Wanted
Topic: Internal Microdrive for English QL
Replies: 1
Views: 2209

Internal Microdrive for English QL

I moved my QL-SD drive from an English-QL to a German one, however the md from the German version does not fit the English version due to other connectors, so I'm looking for an English md now. Do you have any?
by grafvonb
Thu Aug 06, 2020 4:37 pm
Forum: Online Auctions
Topic: Sinclair QL books in Dutch
Replies: 2
Views: 1980

Re: Sinclair QL books in Dutch

I bought a set of 13 QL books on https://www.marktplaats.nl/ from the same guy who sold this tremendous set with QL, printer and floppies :) and three of them were in Dutch.
by grafvonb
Wed Jul 22, 2020 6:18 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Screen noise when using microdrives
Replies: 8
Views: 3079

Re: Screen noise when using microdrives

Well, I cannot imagine how QL-VGA could produce these artifacts in the middle of the screen, as I do double buffering, but of course I cannot rule it out either. Would be interesting to know if the same phenomenon happens using a SCART connection or whatever. I do have occasional stripes likes thes...
by grafvonb
Tue Jul 21, 2020 5:23 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Screen noise when using microdrives
Replies: 8
Views: 3079

Re: Screen noise when using microdrives

Is that with the QL-VGA? If so, I get those random black marks too, but I must admit I hadn't associated it with the md. It's so random and so rare that I didn't bother Marcel with it. Good point, I used the QL-VGA indeed. However my other DE QL does not have these symptoms. Strange, but good to kn...
by grafvonb
Mon Jul 20, 2020 7:40 pm
Forum: Online Auctions
Topic: Sinclair QL books in Dutch
Replies: 2
Views: 1980

Sinclair QL books in Dutch

FYI, just selling https://www.ebay.de/itm/303628917543. If you want to get them without using eBay just let me know over PM.
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by grafvonb
Mon Jul 20, 2020 6:25 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Screen noise when using microdrives
Replies: 8
Views: 3079

Screen noise when using microdrives

During some tests of my new collection member I recognized some screen noise but only when using microdrives. You can see it if form of some small black stripes being shown randomly on the screen (it was difficult to take a picture of them because they vanish; on the screenshot you can find an examp...
by grafvonb
Tue Jul 14, 2020 11:45 am
Forum: Online Auctions
Topic: Happy to announce my BBQL Number #9
Replies: 7
Views: 3484

Re: Happy to announce my BBQL Number #9

Oh, you got that one did you ;). I had some other stuff off that seller before (inc a ZX80) but having 3 German QLs was enough for me so I let it go. So I got the worst one... :lol: :lol: :lol: No, there was nothing QL related in the other stuff so you're ok. Now I understood :lol: what you were ta...
by grafvonb
Tue Jul 14, 2020 5:37 am
Forum: Online Auctions
Topic: Happy to announce my BBQL Number #9
Replies: 7
Views: 3484

Re: Happy to announce my BBQL Number #9

Chr$ wrote:Oh, you got that one did you ;). I had some other stuff off that seller before (inc a ZX80) but having 3 German QLs was enough for me so I let it go.
So I got the worst one... :lol: :lol: :lol:
by grafvonb
Mon Jul 13, 2020 8:42 pm
Forum: Online Auctions
Topic: Happy to announce my BBQL Number #9
Replies: 7
Views: 3484

Re: Happy to announce my BBQL Number #9

Yeah, it is love :mrgreen: