The Sinclair QL Forum

I bought a used QL from an old guy who had a working OPD - quite a cool piece of kit, he also owned a Citroen XM - again quite a cool car these days, IMO

Thanks, I've messaged you Derek.

Hi there, just wondered if anyone on here would have a spare tested and working QL microdrive unit for sale as my mdv2 is currently faulty.
Thanks in anticipation

Totally agree Norm, what an unholy mess we are now in!!

Hi, can anyone tell me what this lead is for? The other end is the BT style plug that plugs into sockets on back of the QL - the lead is only about 6 inches long - it came with a used QL I bought.
Cheers
Keith

That's actually quite interesting and informative - I really just wanted to get a set up using the microdrive expansion slot to test internal mdv units to see if they were faulty or not without having to fit hem in the QL case. I have previously physically swapped mdv1 with mdv2 and both worked befo...

Thanks for that Stephan, saves me a lot of messing about for nothing
Cheers
Keith

Hi there, due to the number of QLs with dodgy microdrives I was wondering if anyone could tell me how the leads from a spare good QL microdrive unit could be connected to the microdrive expansion connections on the right hand side of the QL board - ie. which wire on the microdrive tail goes to which...

Hi Derek, thanks for commenting on the whole tetroid/backplane/vat thing - as per your kind offer i would like to get the backplane and if I could include it with your order sometime in Nov then i would be happy to pay you for the kit and all associated postage costs etc. to get it to me. If you let...

Hi there, was just wondering if someone has got spare back plane or one that they no longer need? What I am really after I suppose is an extension board that extends the motherboard expansion socket up to the end of the QL casing so that I don't have to fiddle and jiggle my Gold card in order to loc...