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Re: Help needed with Sinclair QL

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From: Kees van der Wal
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 16:26
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In article <1993Jan13.144236.11271@vax.oxford.ac.uk>, dup@vax.oxford.ac.uk
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> 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>
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