Subject: QL FAQ part 4: services
From: [email-masked] (Robert H. Klein)
Date: 8 Aug 1994 06:16:03 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sinclair

4 dealers, clubs, magazines, ftp sites, Internet

  This part of the FAQ is (at the moment) a copy of the 'instant
access' and 'club access' page in SQLW with only minor changes.
Telephone numbers are the one you have to use when phoning from
Great Britain or in international format.  Adresses will be added
and phone numbers converted to international format soon.

  Notes: Only larger dealers have Fax, often on the same number.
Some numbers no longer active in the QL world are give for
reference and support queries.

4.1 Hardware dealers

   Care Electronics
   0923 / 672 102
   - Tebby connection but no longer dealing directly

   CL Systems
   081 / 459 1351
   - Real Time Digitizer

   Computer Technik (Juergen Falkenberg)
   Parkstrasse 25
   D-75223 Niefern-Oeschelbronn
   phone/fax: +49 - 7233 / 81515 (Germany)
   - Hard disk interface/systems, tower housings for QL
     systems.

   Dilwyn Jones Computing
   41 Bro Emrys
   Tal-y-Bont
   Bangor
   Gwynedd, LL57 3YT
   (Great Briatin)
   phone/fax: +44 - 248 / 354 023
   - Process controller, power regulator, network prover.

   Miracle Systems Limited
   25 Broughton Way
   York, YO1 3BG
   (United Kingdom)
   phone +44 - 904 / 423 986
   - (Super) Gold Card expansion card; QXL PC card; disk 
     adapter; Centronics adapter/lead.

   Qubbesoft PD
   38 Brunwin Road, Rayne, Braintree
   Essex CM7 5BU
   (Great Britain)
   phone/fax: +44 - 376 / 347 852
   - Miracle Trump Card, Expanderam, twin 3.5" disk drives.
     Sales and support.

   W N Richardson (EEC Ltd.)
   6 Ravensmead
   Chalfont St. Peter
   Buckinghamshire, SL9 0NB
   (United Kingdom)
   phone: 0494 / 871 319
   fax: 0753 / 892 235
   - Complete QL systems, monitors, keyboards and 
     interfaces, disk drives and printers, peripherals.

   TF Services
   Holly Corner, Priory Road
   ASCOT, Berks, SL5 8RL
   (United Kingdom)
   phone: +44 - 344 / 890 986
   Fax: +44 - 344 / 890 987
   - Hermes IPC, Minerva ROM, keyboard membrane, repairs,
    spares

4.2 Services

   Adman Services (Dennis Briggs)
   0952 / 255 895
   - Spares, repairs, support, peripherals.

   Joe Atkinson
   36 Ranelagh RD, London W5 5RJ
   - Roms, mdvs, spares, PD software.

   Seacoast Computer Services
   15 Kilburn Court
   Newport
   RI 02840
   (USA)
   phone/fax 401 / 849 3805
   - IQLR magazine

   Suredata
   081 / 902 5218
   - Repairs

   QL World (Readers' Services)
   0993 / 811 181 (Ask for Fran)
   - Subscriptions, binders, recent backissues.

   Quanta
   General Secretary: Joe Haftke
   081 / 302 6154
   - User group, support, library.

   Quo Vadis
   0708 / 755 759
   - QReview.

4.3 Software dealers

   Albin Hessler Software
   Im Zeilfeld 25
   D-72631 Aichtal
   phone/fax: +49 - 7127 / 56280
   - Cueshell, Easyptr, Disa (dist. by J. Merz)

   Athene Consults
   0705 / 511 439

   ARK Distribution
   0983 / 79496
   - Archivist, Master Spy, Spy.

   CGH Services (Richard Alexander)
   0559 / 384 574
   (Closed 31 March 1993 - enquiries about past products 
   only.)

   COWO Electronic (Switzerland)
   c/o Urs Koenig
   Muensterstrasse 4
   CH-6210 Sursee
   Switzerland
   010 - 41 - 45 / 211 478
   QTop, Atari QL emulator, Thor support.

   Deltasoft
   7 Tyrell Way, SToke Gifford, Bristol.
   - FlightDeck, Image D, AMD Airplan.

   Digital Precision
   222 The Avenue
   London, E4 9SE
   (United Kingdom)
   phone +44 - 81 / 527 5493
   - Perfection, PC Conquerer, Lightning, Professional 
     Publisher, Eye-Q, Solution, Spellchecker, The Editor, 
     Media Manager, Professional Astrologer, QMaths, CPort,
     and others.

   Dilwyn Jones Computing
   41 Bro Emrys
   Tal-y-Bont
   Bangor
   Gwynedd, LL57 3YT
   (Great Briatin)
   phone/fax: +44 - 248 / 354 023
   - lots of software.

   Di-Ren
   081 / 291 3751
   - Fleet Tactical Command (Dist. by Dilwyn Jones).

   Ergon Developments (Davide Santachiara) (Italy)
   c/o Davide Santachiara
   Via Emilio de Marchi 2
   42100 Reggio Emilia
   (Italy)
   phone: +39 - 522 / 70409
   FIDOnet 2:335/21.11
   - ZM-X ZX Spectrum emulator, Open World, other QL 
     software.

   Jochen Merz Software (Germany)
   Im Stillen Winkel 12
   D-47169 Duisburg
   (Germany)
   phone/fax: +49 - 203 / 501 274
   mailbox:   +49 - 203 / 591 706
   (orders from 10am to 8pm local time)
   - QL/Atari emulators, QSpread, File Finder, QPTR Pointer
     Environment Toolkit and other PE programs, QDesign 2,
     various games, and others.

   Lear Data Systems
   6 Southview Green, Bentley, Ipswich, Suffolk IP9 2DR
   - PCB-CAD.

   Liberation Software
   081 / 546 7795
   - QLib Basic compiler and utilities (Dist. by Dilwyn 
     Jones).

   Pointer Products
   0258 / 455 117
   - Pointer Environment programs.

   Progs (Van Auwera) (Belgium)
   Haachtstraat 92
   3020 Veltem
   (Belgium)
   phone/fax: +32 - 16 / 48 8952
   - LineDesign, The Painter, The Clipart, DataDesign and 
     others (Dist by Dilwyn Jones; LineDesign dist. by 
     Software87).

   Qubbesoft PD
   38 Brunwin Road, Rayne, Braintree
   Essex CM7 5BU
   (Great Britain)
   phone/fax: +44 - 376 / 347 852
   - QL Home Finance, Public Domain Software.

   SD Microsystems
   0462 / 422 897
   - General Ledger, Small Traders' Pack/Invoicer and Stock
     Accounting. Other business software.

   SJPD Software
   36 Eldwick St
   Burnley
   Lancs, BB10 3DZ
   (United Kingdom)
   phone +44 - 282 / 51854
   - Public Domain Software.

   Software 87
   33 Savernake Road
   London, NW3 2JU
   (Great Britain)
   - Text87 Plus4, Publishers' Pack.

   TF Services
   071 / 724 9053
   - Qualsoft QL Terminal Emulator, File Transfer.

   WS Software
   0534 / 81392

4.4 Club adresses

  The following Club list is alphabetically ordered.  I
added only the contact adress.

   Austria:

   DER Computer Club
   c/o Peter Postl
   Stiegerg 5
   5110 Wien   Austria

   Belgium:

   Club Sinclair BruQsl
   c/o Jaques Tasset
   Aarlenstraat 104
   1040 Brussels
   Belgium

   QL Club
   c/o Leon Thianche
   Rue Paul Wemaere 12-14
   1150 Bruxelles
   Belgium

   France:

   QL Contact France
   c/o Jean-Louis Dianoux
   22 Avenue Lenine
   93230 Romainville
   France

   Germany:

   Sinclair QL User Club eV
   c/o Franz Herrmann
   Talstrasse 21
   D-53545 Ockenfels
   Germany

   magazine: Quasar

   Greece:

   QL Athens Club
   c/o Stathis Grigoriadis
   Tarsu 6-8
   10440 Athens
   Greece

   Holland:

   Sin_QL_Air
   c/o Marco Holmer
   J P Coenstraat
   3531 EN Utrecht
   Netherlands

   magazine: Quasar

   Italy:

   QItaly Club
   c/o Roberto Orlandi
   Via Brescia 26
   25039 Traveglianto (BS)
   Italy

   magazine: QItaly magazine
             Editor: Dr. Eros Forenzi
                     Via Valeriana 44
                     23010 Berbenno (SO)
                     Italy
                     Tel. +39 - 342 / 590 450
                     Fax  +39 - 342 / 590 451

   Norway:

   Norwegian All Sinclair Assosiation (NASA)
   c/o P Monstad
   N-5580 Oelen
   Norway

   magazine: Sinclair Magazine

   Scotland:

   Scottish QL Users Group
   c/o Alan Pemberton
   65 Lingerwood Road
   Newtongrange
   Midlothian EH22 4QQ
   Great Britain

   (they have a newsletter)

   Spain:

   Qliper
   c/o Marcos Cruz
   Acacias 44
   (Monteclaro)
   E-28233 Pozuelo de Alarcon
   Spain

   magazine: Qliper

   Sweden:

   Svenska QL-Gruppen
   c/o Johan Boman
   Toftaasgatan 73
   42147 Vastra Frolunda
   Sweden

   magazine: QL-Bladet

   Jamten-TCL (International QL echomail conferences)
   BBS +46 - 63 - 133 330
   Michael Cronsten
   Radhusgatan 61E
   83137 Ostersund
   Sweden

   Turkey:

   QL Club
   c/o Bulent Artuz
   Prof. Sitesi B/1 D/5
   Etiler 80600
   Istanbul
   Turkey

   UK:

   Quanta (UK)
   c/o Bill Newell
   213 Manor Road
   Benfleet
   Essex SS7 4JD
   Great Britain

   magazine: Quanta
             Editor: Bill Fuggle
                     20 Widnes Avenue
                     Selly Oak
                     Birmingham B29 6QE
                     Great Britain

   Ashstead sub-group
   c/o Derek Stewart
   13 Beales Road
   Great Bookham
   Surrey KT23 4NA
   Great Britain

   Bristol sub-group
   c/o Roy Brereton
   94 Teignmouth Road
   Clevedon
   Avon BS21 6DR
   Great Britain

   East Anglia
   c/o Geraint Jones
   1 Bridgate Court
   Thetford IP24 3AJ
   Great Britain

   Essex sub-group
   c/o Dave Walker
   22 Kempton's Mead
   Potters Bar
   Herts EM6 3HZ
   Great Britain

   London sub-group
   c/o Jeremy Davis
   6 Elmcroft Crescent
   Harrow
   Middx HA2 6HN
   Great Britain

   North-East
   c/o Derek Stewart
   20 Emily Street
   Gateshead
   Great Britain

   Northern Ireland
   c/o Billy Turkington
   Fairy Hill
   Rostrevor
   Newry
   Co. Down
   BT34 3BB
   Great Britain

   Mid-Southern sub-group
   c/o Geoff Fish
   44 Billing Avenue
   Wokingham
   Berks RG11 4JE
   Great Britain

   QL User Group (West Midlands)
   c/o Mike Bedford-White
   16 Westfield Road
   Acocks Green
   Birmingham B27 7TL

   QL MUG (Merseyside)
   c/o G Reynolds
   051 / 932 1484
   (meet fortnightly)

   Solent sub-group
   c/o Graham Evans
   32 Reeves Way
   Lowford
   Bursledon
   Southampton
   Great Britain
   Tel.: 0701 / 403 350

   USA:

   New England Sinclair QL User Group (NESQLUG)
   c/o Sherm Waterman
   POBox 8763
   Boston MA 02114
   USA

   magazine: NESQLUG
             Editor: Peter Hale
                     195 Central Ave
                     Chelsea
                     MA 02150
                     USA

4.5 Magazines

note: Sinclair QL World is dead.  Their last issue was vol3.5.

   IQLR (International QL Report) (appears every two months)
   contact Sea Coast Services
           15 Kilburn Court
           Newport
           RI 02840
           USA
           Tel/Fax: +1 401 / 849 3805

           or

           IQLR
           23 Ben Culey Drive
           Thetford
           IP24 1QJ
           United Kingdom
           Tel.: +44 842 / 762 406

   QL Hacker's Journal
   c/o Tim Swenson
   5615 Botkins Road
   Huber Heights, OH 45424
   USA
   (513) 233 - 2178
   email: [email-masked]
         
       The QL Hacker's Journal (QHJ) is published by Tim Swenson
   as a service to the QL Community.  The QHJ is freely
   distributable.  Past issues are available on disk, via e-mail,
   or via the Anon-FTP server, garbo.uwasa.fi. The QHJ is always
   on the look out for article submissions.

4.6 QL Internet Resources

4.6.1 ftp sites

sitename: garbo.uwasa.fi
directory: /ql
Has only stuff in ASCII text, e.g. QHJ backissues, some
BASIC programs, some pascal programs.
mirrors of garbo are
ftp.nvg.unit.no in the
/pub/sinclair/mirrors/ql/garbouwasa.fi directory. Also
ftp.tu-dresden.de carries it.
Look in the sinclair directory
under flode.mirror/mirrors/ql/...
(similar  to ftp.nvg.unit.no, its a  mirror from nvg.  [This
thing  in dresden is awfully slow,  so best you forget it if you
have access to garbo or flode. -ed]

sitename: maya.dei.unipd.it
directory: /pub/pub/sinclair_QL
Here you can find ca 6MB of QL programs (zoo'd and zip'd
binaries). For example C68, XLisp, Scheme, Rogue, some
packers etc. Some of the packers are not compressed, you
have to restore their fileheader on the QL before you can
use them. You can restore the fileheader with the follling
commands:
 a=alchp(length of program)
 lbytes program
 sexec program,a,length of program, dataspace
where 'dataspace' should be enough for the program; I
recommend to use 64K, most programs are well under this
value. (I assume this will not work on a standard QL, you'll
need a memory expansion).

sitename: wuarchive.wustl.edu
directory: /systems/sinclair
[I think this site mirrors both maya and garbo, but I'm not
sure -ed]

4.6.2 UseNet News

Nu, there are four QL related Groups.  First comp.sys.sinclair,
which is also dedicated to the other micros made by Sir Clive
Sinclair (not Sinclair Research Limited!).  Then there are three
groups from the maus net.  (Also available from fido afaik.)
They are:
maus.sys.ql.c68-int   (discussion about the QL C68 compiler)
maus.sys.ql.int       (general discussions about the QL)
maus.sys.ql.ger       (general QL discussions in german)

(The following hints are only for Unix systems!)

If you don't have Usenet access or don't have access to all of
the groups, try following to get them (note: then you can only
read but not write to them):

start emacs (X windows version!). Type CTRL-U. Type <ESC> X. Type
gnus <ENTER>. After some seconds emacs asks for a nntpserver.
(Offers a default) Try one of the following:

        news.uni-stuttgart.de
        rz.uni-karlsruhe.de
        xlink.net
        howland.reston.ans.net
        news.uni-oldenburg.de
        rz.uni-hildesheim.de

(I've only tried news.uni-stuttgart.de, and since then I get the
three groups from the maus net. -ed)

Alternatively if you hate emacs, try the following:

setenv NNTPSERVER news.uni-stuttgart.de
nn

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Robert H. Klein  email: [email-masked]
papermail:  Bluecherstrasse 24,  D-56349 Kaub,  Germany