Hi,
It seems difficult to get any info on my interface.
It has 2 ribbon connectors, one on the left is for the drives but what is the smaller one for?
Thanks
MEDIC disc interface
Re: MEDIC disc interface
It also seems to have 512k of expansion RAMPr0f wrote:I think the other one is a Centronics interface (parallel printer port)
Re: MEDIC disc interface
Yep, definitly a Centronics printer interface.
Note there are nice hand-drawn schematics for the Medic here: http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/docs/hardware/index.html (scroll down to "Medic Board Circuit Diagrams")
Note there are nice hand-drawn schematics for the Medic here: http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/docs/hardware/index.html (scroll down to "Medic Board Circuit Diagrams")
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Re: MEDIC disc interface
I had one of those. The 512k, dual floppy version, with Centronics. (There were
other models too.) I think TK2 was built in, or perhaps only a cut down version.
I thought it great value - the best - at the time. Picked it up personally from
the "factory" in Basingstoke. I never got the QL-style plastic cover for it;
they promised to send it.. but then, sadly, went bust - A foretaste of the
scandals to come in the QL world. I sold it when the <ahem> Trump Card came out,
as that basically did all the same things, only more compact (and with a cover!)
And, of course, 50% more memory.
other models too.) I think TK2 was built in, or perhaps only a cut down version.
I thought it great value - the best - at the time. Picked it up personally from
the "factory" in Basingstoke. I never got the QL-style plastic cover for it;
they promised to send it.. but then, sadly, went bust - A foretaste of the
scandals to come in the QL world. I sold it when the <ahem> Trump Card came out,
as that basically did all the same things, only more compact (and with a cover!)
And, of course, 50% more memory.
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Re: MEDIC disc interface
Hi,
If you look in very early edition of QL User, August 1985, Page 6-7 Advert of Medic Systems and a review of the Medic Systems Interface on Page 20, , the link is here to Dilwyn's web site
http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/mags/qluserworld/1985-08.pdf
It is always worth looking at the older QL User/World magazines for information of the older hardware, there are also indexes to find the approapriate information required on the QL HOmepage.
If you look in very early edition of QL User, August 1985, Page 6-7 Advert of Medic Systems and a review of the Medic Systems Interface on Page 20, , the link is here to Dilwyn's web site
http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/mags/qluserworld/1985-08.pdf
It is always worth looking at the older QL User/World magazines for information of the older hardware, there are also indexes to find the approapriate information required on the QL HOmepage.
Regards,
Derek
Derek