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vanpeebles wrote:And anywhere south of Darlington is like a trip abroad

I live south of Bristol, but have made it as far north as York so far And that was by train

Mark

Okay, I've just done a back of an envelope type calculation. I estimate that in my life so far, I've travelled on approx 3700 trains :shock: By road, I've either driven, or been a passenger about double this amount (this is much harder to estimate). I have travelled mostly for less than an hour, but...

vanpeebles wrote:You could always buy a square drill bit

You can get square drill bits ---- but only for making square holes using SDS drills for electrical outlets (more of a chisel than a drill bit really )

Mark

The buttons are more problematic. Nah :) Just buy three round, panel mount momentary switches, and solder them across the PCBs switches. Then drill holes somewhere you like (under the right side lip seems good) and mount the switches in the round drilled holes. Voila! Yes, but if want square button...

Do you mean the HxC ? It enables a SD card to pretend to be a box of floppy disks :P I use a HxC with Atari ST's. It works well :D When I get some spare time, I must try it with my QL. I bought my HxC years ago, and at the time I don't remember the QL being listed as being supported. But it is liste...

Please disregard the above post with it's *@~$% link, instead use my linky

Mark

Received today: QUANTA Vol. 30 Iss. 5 (October/November Issue 2013) :D Alas have not had time to read it (working a 12 hour shift does take up a rather large chunk of a day), but as usual there are lots of interesting items temping me... :P Of course, the editor is always wanting new content. So hav...

Service Manual and Schematics The subject of good readable schematics came up in another thread. Rather than this information hiding in that threat, I thought it deserved its own thread :P . Cross-link to other thread There is a QL Service Manual on World of Sinclair that has a bit better scan qual...

More on schematics and service manuals here

Mark

Okay, I can work them out, but a key / guide / meaning would be useful for both new and existing users... After all, does everyone know what each of these mean? http://www.qlforum.co.uk/styles/prostylize_darkgrey/imageset/topic_read_locked_mine.png http://www.qlforum.co.uk/styles/prostylize_darkgrey...