Sinclair Q68 User Manual page 4

Unpacking & Handling instructions
The Q68 mainboard package should contain the following items:
1. The mainboard
2. This User's Manual
3. Splitter cable for PS/2 mouse (optional)
4. SDHC card with pre-installed operating system
5. Power supply (optional)
The Q68 mainboard is sensitive to static electricity. Please do not remove the mainboard from its packing
until you are ready to install it. Please do not touch the integrated circuits when handling the mainboard.
To charge the buffer of the realtime clock, it is recommended to keep the Q68 powered on for more than
24 hours after the first use, or if it has not been used for a long time. For this purpose, it does not matter if
any operating system is running. The realtime clock is buffered by a large capacitor, so no specific proce-
dure has to be followed to charge it.
Important: On some (but not all) PS/2 splitter cables from PCs, the labels and colours for keyboard and
mouse do not match the Q68. In this case, the Q68 ROM Loader may stop without error message, so
please swap and retry.