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Thanks tokyoracer! I probably won't do a tutorial of any kind as far as modding a case or making a label since it's really not too difficult. I made my label 300 pixels per inch. If you just use the dimensions from the label I made then print it out at that print ratio then it should fit perfectly on your cartridge. :)
I printed it on a Dell Color Laser printer. Our Dell printer seems to do much better color than any of our HP Color Lasers do. I used 3M Super 77 spray adhesive on the back of the paper to attach it to the cartridge.
Good luck!
Heather
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Posted this over on EAB so apologies to those that are easily bored ;)
I just acquired a 1972 calculator.
It is a Toshiba BC-0802
Can't be too many kicking about. Belonged to a retired schoolteacher at my SCUBA club. he knows I am into retro and has been holding onto this for me!
http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~hilpert/eec/ca...ibaBC0802.html
It is canary yellow and is a definite retr0brite candidate!
I would really value any comments from those in the know about old calculators...
This is a stock image.
http://www.cs.ubc.ca/%7Ehilpert/eec/...802/viewLg.jpg
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My friend phoned me earlier:
Friend: "Andy, I'm at the car boot sale and there's some Amiga stuff, are you interested?"
Me: "Definitely!"
At the car boot sale:
Friend: How much for the Amiga stuff?
Guy: £xx.
Friend: I'll give you £xx-yy.
Guy: Sure.
Later that day...
http://www.proggle.net/%7Eandrew/download/jun-haul.jpg
I call that £xx well-spent! The A1200 is an AT 1200HD one with 3.1 ROMs and a 170MB disk, warranty seal is still intact, too!
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WOOOHOOO that's a great deal, Andy! CONGRATS!!! :thumbsup:
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Fantastic Haul there Andy!
I was rather chuffed to find a 'Little Professor' with Manual nestled amongst a pile of PS1 Games.
It still works. :)
http://www.datamath.org/Edu/Images/Prof_90.jpg
(Stock Image)
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@AndyLandy
Can you see the jealousy on my face? :) Great catch!
Heather
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@AndyLandy - We don't seem to have finds like that where I live. The cheapest I have seen an A1200 go for locally was 200 bucks. And to top it off, I have never seen one at a Garage sale (yard sale, car boot sale). The last thing I saw at a garage sale was a commodore 64c and the guy thought it was worth 600 bucks! Yeah right.
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That's for the comments, guys. I was pretty chuffed too. I never expected them to be boxed with all the bits!
I decided to have a bit of a play with the A500 this morning, didn't have a lot of time before work, but had enough to take a quick peek.
I've not been able to get inside (Don't have a suitable Torx head screwdriver ... yet) but she powers up and looks to be working well. I was surprised to be greeted with a Kickstart 3.1 boot prompt! Someone's obviously been in there before me and installed a new ROM.
She's got a 1MB-capable "half-ECS" Agnus and an OCS Denise with 512k Chip and 512k "slow fast" -- although there's nothing in the trapdoor, so the additional RAM must be soldered to the board. Did any A500s come like that, or is it an aftermarket upgrade?
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Cripes Andy, that's a damn good haul, I wish I could just find a Magic box for my 1200. :(
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These aren't retro I know, but over the last week I have upgraded my PC with a 500Gb SATA-II drive (uber cheap at £36 from Aria) and a two week old 1Gb :wooha: ATI Radeon HD5450 PCI-E graphics card, for the princely sum of £30 from my younger son.
These have given my machine some much-needed oomph...:woot:
