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Yes I had noticed that, and its not the first time its been listed!

I don't think the seller quite understands ebay!

He is pissed off no-one bids, but no-one bids because no-one can get the goods!

I fully support preservation of retro software. If we don't do it no-one will :-( All other retro platforms have a preservation project, its sad to lose things to time! I doubt I can be much help being such a newbie, but a maintained MIA list would be good so if people happen to stumbled on stashes ...

Many thanks Mark, that reply was very useful, I will now investigate the GBS8220 R G B ->VGA system which on eBay is available from a variety of sources. You may need 2/3 there seems to be a pretty high variation on them. I have two, a v4 and a v5, the v4 will happily lock to monitor mode, the v5 n...

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

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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 ...