Winning a local programming competition got us an Acorn Electron (which was sold soon after we found it was a step back from the Beeb). With money made from the illegal sales of Spectrum games we got a C64
.After that came the Atari 1040 ST and later an Acorn Archimedes that I used while studying computer science at university.
The Sinclair QL was one of those computers I read about in the magazines but I never actually touched BITD.
Some two years ago my retro fire was kindled after my dad brought along our old trusty BBC B; the only computer that survived the decades. A few months later I bought someone's attic full of Acorn hardware, software and books and that really set it off.
The current inventory:
Acorn BBC B & 6502 Second processor
Acorn BBC B tape only, econet
Acorn BBC B+ 64K, econet (not working)
Acorn Master Turbo
Acorn Electron Plus 1&3
Acorn A4 (not working)
Acorn Atom
Acorn Archimedes A340
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48K
Sinclair ZX81 (not working)
And my latest addition: a QL including documentation.
Basically I try to get new stuff, learn as much as I can / like about it, fix what needs fixing, and sell again to make space for new stuff. I mostly enjoy connecting everything to everything.
That way I can enjoy a lot of retro computing without having to fill a warehouse. Still, looking at my current list of computers, it does not seem to work as well as it should...
I joined the Stardot forum a year ago after I got all the Acorn hardware and in a lapse of creativity thought the name DutchAcorn would do. Oh well, I'll stick to it now.
Being Dutch I can come across as insensitive at times - it's a cultural thing
. The good part is that it takes a lot to offend me. 
At forums I try to help where I can and share what I learn. Ofcourse I'll pop a few questions that will advertise my incompetence at anything related to the QL. I hope to pick up enough knowledge to be of future use to someone. Anyone.
Back to the QL I got: it's seems a clean but basic model without any additions. It does have a few microdrive cartridges I can have a look at.
I ordered two new rollers for the microdrives and I know about the felt pad issue. My first job will be to make a video cable to connect it to my trusty Microvitec Cub (should have some din plugs somewhere).
Any other things I should do to get her into shape? Capacitors to replace?
Cheers,
Paul
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