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I just wanted to thank Derek for the Q68 that he supplied me, and which despite my best efforts to destroy on day one with my dodgy power supply, is working fine and makes me smile each time I switch it on. The ordering process was straightforward and delivery was quick. Packaging was well padded an...

Hi Derek, Thanks - I was just curious as I don't know QL/E at all. I wondered whether it was unzipping or getting data over the internet, which would be very cool. Personally though, I will mostly be using the Q68 in pure text mode, for writing SBASIC programs and maybe playing with Archive. I also ...

Hi, Is it normal for the QL/E environment to take ages to initialise on first run? It opens up fine, but at the bottom is a green bar that has some text that changes repeatedly with the most common text being "Object icon" and "wait" ? This has been going on since I switched it o...

All's well that end's well - the new power supply arrived 10 minutes ago and my Q68 is now fully functional (I also got that keyboard that was mentioned). Hurrah! My USB to PS/2 mouse adapter does not work , so I've ordered a PS/2 mouse to complete the setup. Thank goodness that it's the weekend tom...

Dave wrote:I follow the reasoning that Peter over estimated our abilities in this area.

hah, too true in my case.

Thanks all. Derek, I have ordered that PSU, thank you for the eBay link. I'd found another one on Amazon this morning but was almost too embarrassed to ask here in case I got it wrong again. :? Been a busy morning reading about regulated, switched, stabilised, amps, voltages, watts, the dangers and ...

Drat, I thought that one said 5v, I'm not sure why I got that link.

Maybe I should not have searched after a ten hour work sprint.

How does this one look? https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B074M73GB6/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1525809302&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=ZIUMIER+12V+1A+AC+to+DC+Power+Supply+Adapter%2C5.5mm+x+2.1mm+Barrel+Jack%2CRegulated+Switching+Transformer&dpPl=1&dpID=51M3D...

Oh hell. Well that's a good start. I hope I have not done any damage to it. Derek, is it likely from the symptoms I've listed?

Right, I'll go searching for another psu but this time I'll double check with you guys before ordering.

I knew I'd manage to screw something up.

My Q68 arrived today, securely packaged. The order process was clearly documented by Derek, with only a somewhat random UPS delivery estimates page to deal with which was nothing to do with him and which ultimately did not matter as I was at home when they turned up ;) My thanks to Derek for buildin...