Upgraded Sinclair QL for Sale + extras
Upgraded Sinclair QL for Sale + extras
Hi
I have decided to sell my small QL collection of as I am getting on a bit and never use certain items, the QL being one. Over the last couple of years I have upgraded it with various bits and bobs. Here is a list of mods and items.
I replaced the keyboard membrane and fitted a new bubble mat ( a extra spare is also included )
I replaced the ribbon cables for MDV1 & MDV2 with the Farnell part mentioned on the forums - both MDV1 and MDV2 read/write and format
I fitted a Hermes I/O chip and still have the old IC as well
I fitted Tetroid's 7805 Voltage Regulator replacement and removed the Heatsink ( you can have it if you want it I still have it )
I fitted an internal 512KB RAM expansion
I fitted a 27c512 EEPROM with Minvera 1.98 & TK2 and removed the JM ROMs ( sadly one of the pins of one of the JM ROMs broke so they are included but damaged )
Included is ...
Issue 5 Sinclair QL with external MDV cover and ROM cover and also with Manual, PSU & RGB SCART lead
Kempston Disk interface fitted ( purchased with this fitted and expansion cover missing )
Boxed QL Paint, Loose GraphicQL, QL Chess, 3.5 Disks ( Various )
Sinclair QL Sales Brochure & Order form.
You will need a 3.5 Floppy or Gotek to take advantage of the disk interface but apart from that you are good to go.
I have added some photos of the Inside of the QL so you can see what I did ( minus the Hermes ) the QL externally is very good and I'll need to take some more and add them as soon as I can.
I put this here as I would rather a QL user get first dibs on this setup and not a breakers yard on eBay...
So I am asking for £200 plus shipping and payment via PayPal would be to a registered PayPal address. You would be welcome to collect in normal circumstances but we are in Tier 3 ( NE England ) so people are not supposed to travel into or out of our area for stuff like this and on top of that I wouldn't be able to let you in to show it set up.
I would send this to UK/EU but ROW would need discussion beforehand.
Regards
Richie
I have decided to sell my small QL collection of as I am getting on a bit and never use certain items, the QL being one. Over the last couple of years I have upgraded it with various bits and bobs. Here is a list of mods and items.
I replaced the keyboard membrane and fitted a new bubble mat ( a extra spare is also included )
I replaced the ribbon cables for MDV1 & MDV2 with the Farnell part mentioned on the forums - both MDV1 and MDV2 read/write and format
I fitted a Hermes I/O chip and still have the old IC as well
I fitted Tetroid's 7805 Voltage Regulator replacement and removed the Heatsink ( you can have it if you want it I still have it )
I fitted an internal 512KB RAM expansion
I fitted a 27c512 EEPROM with Minvera 1.98 & TK2 and removed the JM ROMs ( sadly one of the pins of one of the JM ROMs broke so they are included but damaged )
Included is ...
Issue 5 Sinclair QL with external MDV cover and ROM cover and also with Manual, PSU & RGB SCART lead
Kempston Disk interface fitted ( purchased with this fitted and expansion cover missing )
Boxed QL Paint, Loose GraphicQL, QL Chess, 3.5 Disks ( Various )
Sinclair QL Sales Brochure & Order form.
You will need a 3.5 Floppy or Gotek to take advantage of the disk interface but apart from that you are good to go.
I have added some photos of the Inside of the QL so you can see what I did ( minus the Hermes ) the QL externally is very good and I'll need to take some more and add them as soon as I can.
I put this here as I would rather a QL user get first dibs on this setup and not a breakers yard on eBay...
So I am asking for £200 plus shipping and payment via PayPal would be to a registered PayPal address. You would be welcome to collect in normal circumstances but we are in Tier 3 ( NE England ) so people are not supposed to travel into or out of our area for stuff like this and on top of that I wouldn't be able to let you in to show it set up.
I would send this to UK/EU but ROW would need discussion beforehand.
Regards
Richie
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Re: Upgraded Sinclair QL for Sale + extras
Nice setup, I think one of the corner pins is always missing on QLs so if thats the one it might not be broken!
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Re: Upgraded Sinclair QL for Sale + extras
Yes, I recently had an issue 7 and pin 1 of the left ROM chip is missing.XorA wrote:Nice setup, I think one of the corner pins is always missing on QLs so if thats the one it might not be broken!
Great price on this (esp with the FLP board and Hermes chip) and if I wasn't almost buried in QL bits - with more in the way - I'd have snapped it up.
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Re: Upgraded Sinclair QL for Sale + extras
I don’t know the difference to be honest can you elaborate on the difference?RalfR wrote:Is this a "fast" 512k expansion or a slow one?
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I'm really liking the upgrades. And since I was thinking of getting the same ones... I think I'll buy it from you if it's still available I'll send you a PM.
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Re: Upgraded Sinclair QL for Sale + extras
Does the internal ram expansion fit inside the case? I didn't see it. One future project is to try and re-create the one that fits on top of the processor that has been posted here. I know tcat did a version that fit into the expansion slot.
Re: Upgraded Sinclair QL for Sale + extras
It does fit inside if you make everything low profile.bwinkel67 wrote:Does the internal ram expansion fit inside the case? I didn't see it. One future project is to try and re-create the one that fits on top of the processor that has been posted here. I know tcat did a version that fit into the expansion slot.
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Oh, I see it now...yes, that's the one I wanted to create :-/ I thought someone a few months back had ordered a bunch of those boards and was going to sell the extras to forum members (I had said I wanted one) but it kind of never materialized...likely due to delays with COVID.