I got three ZTX213 transistors today. :) Don't actually need them at the moment as the BC557 seems to do the job. It's good to have some ZTX651s and ZTX213s at hand. You never know, when you're going to need them. :)
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I got three ZTX213 transistors today. :) Don't actually need them at the moment as the BC557 seems to do the job. It's good to have some ZTX651s and ZTX213s at hand. You never know, when you're going to need them. :)
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^ Nice haul, there!
I just wanted to say, I highly recommend picking up Alien Crush. It's an excellent pinball game for the platform, and one of the best I've encountered on any system. Some say it's not quite as good as its sequel, Devil's Crush, but personally I prefer the atmosphere, music, mini-games, and flick-screen nature of Alien Crush.
Doraemon Meikyuu Daisakusen (the Japanese version of Cratermaze) is a fun diversion, too.
Some weird Frankenstein machine with internal ROM box, OS switcher, USB Mouse and tape input sockets :thumbsup:
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Just got my 15th C64. Found it locally for a decent price. Tested with diagnostics cart and works 100%.
I also needed the cassette port adapter for other similar drives.
http://plazma.kapsi.fi/pictures/temp/C64_pack_15.JPG
A nice man from UPS brought me a late Easter present...
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big box of games, utils and under them was a 4000/30 with a very poorly motherboard which needs a bath until I can send it away for the TLC it so desperately needs.
What diagnostics cart did you use? Is this something I can flash onto my EasyFlash 3?Quote:
Originally Posted by plazma
'Stuff' just got quite a bit easier! hakko 808 desoldering gun, 4 extra nozzles of different sizes and a stand for it. will go nice next to my hakko temp controlled iron.
http://i.imgur.com/rFLcUyll.jpg
http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php...l=1#post583738Quote:
Originally Posted by chromium
It may work with Easyflash but you still need to make the harness and dongles.
Found an internal Iomega Zip IDE 250 drive from Tramel today, practically for free. Well actually I found it earlier already but didn't pick it up as I thought it would cost more and I didn't have any cash on me then. You can imagine how surprised I was, when it was like 10 to 15 times cheaper than I had expected. :blink: It came with the original 5,25" adapter bay. I'd really liked to install it on my A4000 but I'd need the normal height Chinon 357 instead of the 1˝ height that I have. Does any other retro computer have support for the Iomega Zip?
So there's an old couple at my church, and the husband is an old IT guy and computer hobbyist. They're going to be moving out-of-state in the not-too-distant future, and we got to talking and they offered to let me have his collection, which would save them the trouble of moving or getting rid of it. They came by yesterday afternoon with a pickup bed full of things:
http://i.imgur.com/ZxskqpY.jpg
Three Osborne-1s,
http://i.imgur.com/BHQgD6Y.jpg
Two C64s,
Two VIC-20s,
One B128,
One Plus-4,
One XT,
One G3,
http://i.imgur.com/PE0Fs2r.jpg
One 128D,
http://i.imgur.com/eOlQQk6.jpg
One Kaypro 2X,
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One Vector 4,
♫ And a partridge in a pear tree... ♪
(okay, not really.)
I also got an assortment of peripherals, displays, manuals, and software for all of the above, including a nifty-looking Kaypro-branded daisy-wheel printer. I haven't had nearly as much time to play with all of it as I'd like, on account of a hectic short-notice project at work, but the Kaypro at least is working fine, and everything seems to be in pretty great shape. The one issue I've encountered so far is that the Vector 4 doesn't want to boot off its internal hard disk - when I select "[W]inchester boot" from the boot menu, it accesses the disk and then drops right back to the boot menu. Hopefully I can get it all up and running, though...
OK. I'm almost drooling over the B128. Nice stuff! :thumbsup:
Heather
Yeah :D It's a shame Commodore never did anything else in the style of the B128/CBM-II, I love that sexy '60s appliance styling :)
nothing too exciting lately, just a couple SNES games at the local flea market yesterday. (although i recently picked up the Imperial Aces expansion for X-Wing, as well as a few Sith and Mandalorian figs for my Star Wars Minis collection)
The 7th Saga
Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest
SimCity
Super Mario All-Stars
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Mine's a Xytronic LF-9000, and it's okay... Let us know what you think of yours.Quote:
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it is awesome! its like magic, put the nozel down, hit button. solder gone. hakko make great geat.Quote:
Originally Posted by rootboy
Great! My nozzle was a hair too big for the C64's pads on the chips that I was recently pulling, forcing me to fall back to desoldering wick and rosin paste (but it went quickly enough). Let us know if it gives you any trouble with clogging (mine does).Quote:
Originally Posted by BloodyCactusit is awesome! its like magic, put the nozel down, hit button. solder gone. hakko make great geat.Quote:
Originally Posted by rootboy
This is the coolest looking data recorder at least in my books! :)
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...140429_001.jpg
It's a Philips NMS1515, works on both batteries and DC and is logic driven. I have a suitable cable for it in MSX but should make one for Amstrad too.
My SD2IEC arrived from Spain today, my CNC router bits from China, and my C64 diagnostic ROM (with loopback cables) came in from Texas today.
Got these last week in a yard sale, the yellowest A500 has a bad floppy drive, will replace it to test the rest. The other A500 is in great condition, no yellowing, everything works great, it is like new. Nothing great on the included floppies, and almost all of them are not working anymore. The other is an Atari 65XE, with many games on cartridge. All are NTSC models.
I get SO excited when I find these stuff "in the wild"!
http://oi58.tinypic.com/1fb51e.jpg
Tú eres el hombre! (You are the man!)
I guess so, did you get them Monterey style? (two slaps to the elbow)
Just received an brand new (old stock) SCSI CD-Rom for my A2K \o/
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EYES!!
http://i.imgur.com/qhaCoPq.jpg
These are for future sewing projects, and will be added to my bag of eyes, shortly.
... And yes, I do love the fact that I can legitimately say I keep a bag of eyes on my desk. :lol:
my latest arrivals from flea bay
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Just received this today.
I placed the opening bid on ebay never expecting to win as it was very cheap but it finished and here it is.
It was listed as untested as it didn't include a PSU but came as a boxed system with two controllers, rgb scart, RF cable, boxed sonic cartridge, Sonic poster, warranty card and manual. I didn't even mind if it didn't work (it does, i've tested it) as i will be putting my switchless modded console in the box anyway.
After putting my ACA500 inside a GVP HD8 case I decided I wanted to see the ACA500 instead of it been hid away but still wanted it protected from knocks so this case arrived a moment ago and I wasted no time in putting it together. I know it wont be to everyone's taste but I like it. :)
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It's a very good case :thumbsup:
Cheers Kyle, wasn't too sure until I'd put it together but now I love it :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kyle
Looks good eroom although I still keep mine naked :D
+1 for the case as well :)
I got myself out of bed and went to the car boot this morning. Picked up some master system games but spotted this lot in a box unloved for less than a cup of coffee. I firmly believe it was sent by myself from the future as not only do I love Commodore but we also still have our AST Advantage Cyrix 686, so the manuals were a must! Shame the spine is busted but all the pages are there. Quite a rare find really.
Picked up this boxed 2600 with 4 games from Play Blackpool today, well chuffed!
Now to find out why the hell it flickers on my main TV (works fine on my crappy bedroom tv)
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More pictures Stephen :) what games did you get?
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Happy to oblige!Quote:
Originally Posted by DojoDan
Here is the main 'Darth' unit, pre-loved so has a little character! First job will be strip down and bath!
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Came with one original joystick (just the one, sadly) which works fine just needs a scrub and the twin pair of Atari paddles:
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As for games, got the original Pac-Man as displayed on the console box, along with Space Invaders, Asteroids and Donkey Kong!
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I was so excited to get this home! Lol
Regards
Ah awesome nice one :thumbsup: It looks so stealth in black :)
That's the joy of getting a good old machine, giving it a good clean, get the dust out from the insides, and resurrecting it. It'll look nice when you've done it up. We need a photo thread of machines people have worked hard to restore.
I got out of bed early again this morning and went to a local boot sale in aid of charity, and happened to pick this bit of vintage hardware up. I couldn't believe it when I saw it. Don't think it's ever been used, or if it has they've cleaned it up nice. Shame I've no hardware old enough to test it with :(
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There is a guy on Etsy selling cool decals! I've placed this nice one on my rear car window :)
Nice! :cool:
I put in a best offer quite below the asking price on this boxed Japanese Master System and it was accepted :)
Also bought Japanese Phantasy Star & Hang on My Card. Looking forward to hearing FM sound from Phantasy Star.
I would highly recommend finding a way to hook up Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap to this, too. ;) Even though the Master System version was never actually released in Japan (only the later, slightly mangled Game Gear port was), the game does have FM sound for the Japanese hardware, which will only be played if it detects it's running on said hardware (it has issues with Western systems with FM mods if they don't also have a region switch).Quote:
Originally Posted by scrappysphinx
Hi Ninja, I will grabbing one of Bock's Gender adapters so I can use western carts with it. I'm hoping I can get the master everdrive working on it with the adapter as some people say theirs worked and some report black screen on all roms.
Awesome. :thumbsup: I've heard of those adapters before - pretty neat thing, running them through the expansion port. I love the fact that the game shown in the photos is Wonder Boy III, too. :D
Would love to hear how you get on with the Master Everdrive, as well.
Very cool, can you share the link to the seller?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tahoe
Marcin
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Hello Chums
Thought I would take a break from repairing everyone else's' systems today and try and finish a project of my own which I have had on the back burner for the last month.
Tandy TRS 80 MODEL 4 - 128K RAM with FreHD Hard Disk Emulator.
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This machine has really been a labour of love.
I imported it from Canada as a non working spares machine 120V only, and thanks to a helpful chap in Australia I was able to convert the system to full 240V spec, modify the mismatched Video board as well as upgrading the RAM and installing the Hard disk Emulator.
The system was riddled with faults but one by one they were all solved and she is now 100% healthy and looking pretty good for her age.
At some point in the future I will be doing a full nekkid photo shoot when time permits..
I would like to express Huuuuuge gratitude to Merlin for his help with obtaining the system and Iainjh for the extended loan of his Model 4 (after I repaired it lol) which helped me troubleshoot my machine a lot faster and easier.
Thank you guys
TC :)
Beautiful.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheCorfiot
& when you've had a good play on it you'll donate it to you good friend BB right?;). Well I had to ask.:lol:
Great Stuff as always Bas ....... And you are right you need some me time after the rest of us keep pestering you :-)
Never seen a TRS-80 in the wild, looks like a very nice machine :thumbsup:
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Originally Posted by TheCorfiot
thats a really nice system bas,i can see why you spent so much time on it.:)
Love the TC screen, class! :D
Tis a beautiful machine, to be sure.
There really needs to be a pron picture shoot of the twins, nekkid.
Its just that 'my' twin is better looking naturally.. where yours will have some other enhancements. err, hang on, where is this going? :)
Nice one bas! Awesome job getting mine then yours working, yours looks like its got white keys and looks very very good!
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Holy Crap
The TC logo just dawned on me..lol
Great coincidence.
Thx all
:)
Wow! That looks great Bas! I'm so happy you were able to get it working. I know how much you wanted one of your own. :) Can't wait to see the rest.
Heather