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Re: Today I Received...

Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2024 3:18 pm
by Pr0f
I was born just down the road - and moved away then came back to live in Camberley for a while. I remember sending a QL back to that address for repair - and got upgraded ROM's out of it :-)

Re: Today I Received...

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2024 12:27 pm
by Derek_Stewart
Some QL Keyboard Ribbon cable sockets for QL board, supplied by RWAP Services.
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Re: Today I Received...

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2024 6:35 pm
by t0nyt
A dual IDE controller (currently fitted with CF cards) with RTC for my TI-99/4a (it _is_ the off-topic forum!)

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Re: Today I Received...

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2024 10:10 pm
by vanpeebles
I thought that was a QL card for a second! :lol:

Re: Today I Received...

Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2024 7:39 am
by t0nyt
That reminds me, I got my new glasses yesterday :D

Was struggling to see distance with my old glasses and it turned out that since my last eye test my right eye had flipped from short to long sighted, for no apparent reason

Re: Today I Received...

Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2024 7:51 am
by NL_QL_Usr
t-deck1.jpg
t-deck2.jpg
t-deck3.jpg

Is it not a nice Handheld QL?

I know there is a 68 emu for esp32 but............. far beyond my skills (and time) :D

Re: Today I Received...

Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2024 8:39 am
by Pr0f
I keep seeing those advertised - I've got a couple of the lilygo boards already - and they are wonderful little things - but I am struggling to justify why I might need this one ;-)

Re: Today I Received...

Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2024 9:45 am
by NL_QL_Usr
I must admid
I am also struggling with it.
You realy need a lot off code to just get a start
But it looks great

Re: Today I Received...

Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2024 10:32 am
by Sparrowhawk
NL_QL_Usr wrote: Tue Feb 13, 2024 7:51 am Is it not a nice Handheld QL?
Sigh. I miss BlackBerry 10. I had 5 or 6 BB10 devices. The Classic with it's gorgeous keyboard, whilst not the fastest, is still a wonder of engineering and I get it out of the drawer occasionally and think what may have been if BlackBerry moved just a little more quickly.

Re: Today I Received...

Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2024 2:10 pm
by Sparrowhawk
30 mins ago these arrived form the US; I'd been after a set in good condition for a while. It feels slightly sacriligeous to remove the shrinkwrap from them as it's been in place for 30 ish years! I'm still missing the getting started booklet, but I'll reckon I'll manage OK without.
Set of CA-Realizer manuals for Windows and OS/2
Set of CA-Realizer manuals for Windows and OS/2
I run an OS/2 VM in VirtualBox (actually ArcaOS, which is the currently maintained and commercially available continuation of OS/2 Warp Server 4.5, with loads of modern additions)

I have a soft spot for these old drag and drop GUI builders with BASIC or Pascal or REXX or whatever underneath. Compared to building web apps today, we got things doe so much more quickly back then. Pretty front end with DB/2 or Sybase or similar in the back, happy times.