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- From: walvdrk_r@research.ptt.nl (Kees van der Wal)
- Subject: Re: Help needed with Sinclair QL
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.174259.1@research.ptt.nl>
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- References: <1993Jan13.144236.11271@vax.oxford.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 15:42:59 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan13.144236.11271@vax.oxford.ac.uk>, dup@vax.oxford.ac.uk
- writes:
-
- > I have a 10-year-old Sinclair QL with no history of giving problems. After not
- > having touched it for a year, I found seven keys to be dead. A knowledgeable
- > friend opened it up and established that it was nothing mechanical -- everything
- > between keyboard and the plugs into the motherboard seems to be working.
- > The whole keyboard is now dead, which, I am assured, is consistent with an
- > electronic fault.
- >
- > Can anyone help, even if just with an address of somewhere, preferably near
- > Oxford or London, that repairs QLs?
-
- One of the more common faults is that the keyboard membrane gets brittle and if
- the plastic cracks also one or more of the metallic tracks on the foil are
- interrupted. The most common place for this to happen is the sharp bend at the
- rear side.
-
- A good source for repairs, help and a new membrane is
- TF Services,
- 12 Bouverie Place,
- London W2 1RB
- phone: (071) 724 9053
- bbs: (071) 706 2379
-
- Succes, <kees>
-