Re:Hmmm... Sir Clive has screwed up as well...
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> Now badly built -- you'll get no arguments there -- the keyboard was crap and the microdrives, > well, can anyone say anything positive about those?
Er, they were quite small, so didn't take up too much space in the cupboard when you gave up on them and put them into "storage" and went back to using the old tape recorder. Not that this was much use to QL owners...
Dave (who actually bought a microdrive for his speccy before everyone realised they were crap)
One problem that really needs to be addressed, and this is out of Hugo's hands really, is the temperature problem. Right now you need to remove the empeg from its chassis and take it with you whenever the inside temperature of the car will get very high or very low. Considering how cold it gets in, say, South Dakota and how hot it gets in Arizona, it'll be a wonder if the thing can ever stay in the car for five minutes unattended.
From a UK-centric point of view, temperatures are not an issue even if they are extreme. Espescially in London, if you leave a nice bit of kit like that in your car then someone is likely to attempt to give it a new home... Having said that, I am on the waiting list... Dave
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> Now badly built -- you'll get no arguments there -- the keyboard was crap and the microdrives,
> well, can anyone say anything positive about those?
Er, they were quite small, so didn't take up too much space in the cupboard when you gave up on them and put them into "storage" and went back to using the old tape recorder. Not that this was much use to QL owners...
Dave (who actually bought a microdrive for his speccy before everyone realised they were crap)