The Sinclair QL Forum

Thank you all for all of those replies, there are quite a few more options than I expected.

I've started working my way through them.

Hello all, I've had so much fun so far with the QL. Got myself a super cheap one because of a keyboard fault, switched the membrane out and everything was good. I was using SCART to a TV and I really wanted monitor mode, so Techy kindly supplied a little QL2VGA which worked perfectly. Next on the li...

Thank you all,

I've also found this reddish brown piece of plastic under mdv_1. Shown here alongside a PCB screw for scale.
Does anyone know what it is and where it goes back? I would guess some kind of packing out bodge.

Hi, Not code disassembly, physical disassembly..... How do I free the cables that connect the top panel LEDs to the 6 way connector on the motherboard? They are not coming out with gentle pulling as I've seen people do in videos. Is there a trick to release them? Thanks. Edit: Oops, lever up the who...

Thank you Jože.

I've ordered some -2 devices.

I've been hunting around in my old component stock and found a tube of unused 4864 DRAM 16 pin DIP devices. However, these are 4864P-3 which I understand are about 25% slower than 4864P-2. My assumption is that Sinclair used the faster devices for good reason and the -3 devices won't cut it in a QL....

Thanks, I have sent a PM.

Hi,
I am interested in getting hold of Minerva pre-programmed on an EPROM. I have issue 5 MB with currently a JM ROM.

I don't have any prom programming capability, so I am looking for pre-baked. Is there any source for these?

Thanks.

The QL arrived this morning, I got it very cheap as untested. I only have RF analog old telly to test it with and my first problem was F2 not working, so I couldn't get into TV mode. Quickly replaced the keyboard membrane, took about 6 minutes and the machine is awake! I have no cartridges to test t...

Thanks Norman, very kind of you to take the time to help.