The Sinclair QL Forum

almost certainly 'flexing' of the main board is probably exposing a dry connection or a chip not seating properly in a socket. Remove Ic's that are socketed - clean the legs with a deoxidizer - the stuff people use for their guitar jacks is excellent but expensive and re socket them. Try the board a...

I was born just down the road - and moved away then came back to live in Camberley for a while. I remember sending a QL back to that address for repair - and got upgraded ROM's out of it

oh - down the A30 near the white elephant - probably where the car sales place used to be...

I wonder where that was - as the postcode is no longer registered - no 3BR - but there is a 3RB on the high street.

Were they in the offices by the station I wonder?

For most of the older QL's I've seen - the caps are usually in quite good order - the only ones you may want / need to look at are around the supply circuitry behind the Microdrives and under that heatsink. Membranes can still be had new for about £15 or so and not too difficult to replace, it's usu...

I had a noisy microdrive and resolved it using some 'slug slime' - a fine modelers lubricant - just a drop on the top and bottom of the motor, and run it for a while - it should quieten down. Was the problem a noisy motor? and the lubricant lubricated the motor drive shaft? Yes - bearing probably -...

I had a noisy microdrive and resolved it using some 'slug slime' - a fine modelers lubricant - just a drop on the top and bottom of the motor, and run it for a while - it should quieten down.

I am wondering if any settings are cached in the 2K SRAM regarding the locations of things discovered in the config? The manuals that have been scanned are missing a few pages, but I know that some information is stored in the RAM besides telephone numbers - so perhaps a list of available ROM's may ...

I don't think just trying to read from that address would cause that problem - as the data is in ROM.