Sweet! Hopefully I'll get time to finish building an adaptor for an A2000 keyboard for it in the next couple of days.
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Sweet! Hopefully I'll get time to finish building an adaptor for an A2000 keyboard for it in the next couple of days.
New additions here recently: Sega megadrive 2, the plan was to add switches (50/60hz, language and over clock) but as soon as I took the case off, I found a va4 board. So the over clock is not possible. On a positive note I added the lang and 50/60hz switched without cutting the case by getting switches small enough to fit in the vents on the bottom.
Will add some photos tonight.
Well I went home to my mums home in Scotland for the Christmas and New year Period, and was telling my mum about my recent big spend on Amiga stuff, to which she said to me "You know all you Amiga Stuff from when you where a kid is up in the attic" to which I replied "No way I thought you sold it all" so I went up there and the amount of stuff I had collected from my car boots sales trips as a lad was unbelievable. I Know you may say its not new stuff because technically I all ready had it but in my defense I did believe it was all sold.
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Here it all is I know there is some non Amiga stuff there too, but it is mostly Amiga
How did you never think to check or ask? Why did you just assume it was all sold? :P
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Yamaha SY-22
Picked this up on a trip down to Berkely to grab a vintage computer for a friend. It's a weird little "vector synthesizer" (which is a fancy, trademarkable way of saying that it's based on crossfading between four different sound sources - two PCM tones and two FM tones - as a way of shaping the overall output.) It's an interesting combination of gritty early-digital sonic character and spacey, lush early-'90s sound design - it's like some kind of Bizarro World version of the Korg Wavestation that was intended for...I dunno, industrial New Age, or something. I'm really enjoying it :)
well when I left home when I was 18 I said to my parents that they could sell or get rid of the stuff I had left so I assumed it was all sold because when I visited a few months later my old room was all empty of all my stuff and made into the Guest roomQuote:
Originally Posted by knoeki
Random thrift shop finds once again.
been quiet in here, no one get anything great for Christmas? (I got a few things, but most of the good stuff is on the way, with some Christmas money being spent on catching up a bit with X-Wing ships, and both expansions for Imperial Assault and a few other figs as well (ie: R2D2/C3PO, Boba Fett, Dengar, Leia and 1 or 2 others on the way)
Games
Dragon Strike (TSR, 1993) (missing a few pieces unfortunately)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Pizza Power (Mirage Studios, 1987)
MegaCorp (Hawkins Enterprises, 1987)
Skylanders: Island Quest (Pressman, 2013)
Tetris Matrix (Fundex, 2011) (solitaire puzzle game)
The Robotech RPG Book 5: Invid Invasion (Palladium, 1990, 3rd Printing)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles handheld video game (Mirage Studios, 1989)
Media
The Dark Knight BluRay (2008 ) (sealed)
Sony DVD+R (25) (unusual to find this type of media new at a TS)
FujiFilm DVD-R (25) (ditto)
Memorex DVD+R DL (4) (etc)
Maxell CD-R 650 (11 pack + 1 CD-RW 650) (sealed)
Maxell MF2HD Floppy Disks (15) (sealed)
Oh love that Turtles game, i remember those! This was waiting for me as i just got home. Had one as a kid :)https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...e4ecf1e8b5.jpg
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Just need a ton of batteries now.
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My first A4000/040 (A4000cr Rev D) project!
Picked it up locally for a good price.
It came with a silly external tower "construction", a scsi zorro II card connects externally to a pc tower that is fitted with just a harddisk, jaz and cd drive... I guess the previous owner couldn't have enough storage ;)
Next steps : Clean everything, change the psu (really loud atm), and fit a nice graphical card (not really sure what options there are for a A4000).
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Interesting! got some pics of inside the tower too?
More 80s toys. I've caught an rc bug from somewhere.
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Will add more pics but I'm pushed for time atm. Sorry its not Amiga related!
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Trimming down the computer collection has a positive side to it: more room for consoles, yay!
Not one i've dreamt of having as a kid, but excited nonetheless: a Casio Loopy! :D
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(if anyone has a clue what those two q-tips are for, please let me know )
Just a guess, but cleaning the contacts when they get dirty?Quote:
Originally Posted by soeter04
Well that's what i'll probably use them for, but the way they're laid out in the pic (taken by the seller), it looks as if they're part of the set :)
Just a PSU, connected to a SCSI CDROM and JAZ drive. The SCSI cable goes out the back.Quote:
Originally Posted by knoeki
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well, my last load of Christmas presents just rolled in....
Imperial Assault
Return to Hoth expansion - 34 map tiles for battles on Hoth + 3 Hero figures, 6 Snowtroopers, 4 HK Assassin droids, 2 Wampas and 1 Repulsor Tank
Twin Shadows expansion - 12 map tiles for skirmishes on Tatooine (+ a Star Destroyer bridge) + 2 Heros, 4 Heavy Stormtroopers and 4 Tusken Raiders
Chewbacca - Loyal Wookie
Leia Organa - Rebel Commander
R2D2 - Loyal Astromech & C3PO - Human-Cyborg Relations
Boba Fett - Infamous Bounty Hunter
Dengar - Ruthless killer
Echo Base Troopers ally pack (2 Troopers)
X-Wing Miniatures
X-Wing Miniatures: The Force Awakens set (2 TIE/fo fighters and 1 T-70 X-Wing + rules and accessories, etc)
Hound's Tooth - Bossk's ship
Car Wars Arenas - arena maps (5 double sided) for Car Wars
and in case anyone was interested in what the ships themselves look like...
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Maybe the sound levels are crap, so they wanted to be sure you'd cleaned your ears before playing? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by soeter04
Bryce.
Ooh a super busy week..
sx-64: thanks to soeter. Works nicely. Keyboard a bit patchy as we knew, will try to fix that in the next weeks. The sx-64 on the right :)
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and an Apple ii europlus. The Apple on the right as well! Don't know if it works yet tbh but it scrubbed up nicely
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EDIT: pics added! .. it works! And seems to have a colour card - that doesnt work??
EDIT2: the psu just blew its filter caps. stinky :(
EDIT3: its a videx 80 col card - no colour. still good :)
I'll be interested to hear how your keyboard repair goes.
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it will involve iso alcohol, a very careful disassembly and assembly... and i'm told it may need some graphite pencil...
will do, I'll take a pic or two along the way. Fingers crossed!
Another thrift shop day (hope I am not boring anyone too much with these :p)
a pair of PlayStation 2 consoles bundled with 2 PS1 controllers each (the shop actually had 3 of these, as well as 2 PS1s for the same price and also an XBox for a few dollars more, but these were good enough :P), both working (and 1 had a FFX disc in it)
a MadCatz PS2 controller 'tap'
Lego Bionicle: Quest for Makuta adventure game (2001)
Smurfette (always had a soft spot for the Smurfs, ever since they came to Canada, around when I was 9)
also got a few small upgrades for my PC, a 750 Watt PS and an extra 16GB RAM (@1866mhz)
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Underneath the silver sticker is a Yamaha
3812 chip This is a original boxed item.
Savior - no one's bored mate, it's interesting, keep posting. Mine are boring but i don't care hah. This arrived NIB. I like to have one good controller per system. Altho GC pads are generally bullet proof.
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Got a Kryoflux not too long ago and have been looking for a decent cabinet to put my floppy drives in together with the Kryoflux instead of having everything lying around loosely connected on my table.
Last week I got a nice (and free!) small chassis which I think was originally used for an optical drive. Today I finished integrating the Kryoflux, power supply, 5.25" drive and the 3.5" drive on top as seen on the pictures.
I had an external PSU from a faulty external HDD chassis, but the PSU was good and was specced for 5V 2A, 12V 2A, twice of the original PSU in this chassis which was not working well. This PSU is now mounted inside the chassis using a gap pad (thermal) to conduct its heat on to the bottom of the chassis. As mentioned, the Kryoflux is also internal mounted on a bent piece of sheet steel and I made a hole for the USB connector. The 3.5" drive is secured using four screw holes through the top of the chassis so it is not going anywhere.
I think this is a quite nice and small solution and it works well (after some trouble with the flat cable which I had to customize but it is sorted now).
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@demolition
That looks really nice! It's great that you have it all in one so you can easily move it out of the way when you don't need it. :)
Heather
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Just saved these from going to the tip :thumbsup:
Nice one :)Quote:
Originally Posted by fatbob_gb
Just built myself a joystick converter so I can hook up a regular Atari/Commodore joystick to my PC.
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Built using an Arduino Pro Micro board and presents itself to the system as a HID joystick. Tested and working fine with WinUAE. :)
Wow, impressive!Quote:
Originally Posted by demolition
Did you use the loose external Molex PSU that they sell once in a while on the Kyroflux webshop before you assembled this setup?
I bought the kit which apart from the board included two Molex Y-cables (one for 5.25", one for 3.5"), a floppy cable and the USB cable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Amon_RA
Ok, I'm looking for a small external Molex PSU because the one on their webshop is not available anymore. I don't fancy using a huge pc PSU instead... so based on your build I'll check if I can find my old external CD drive with build-in psu somewhere...Quote:
Originally Posted by demolition
For a PSU I used one that I got with an USB-ATA adapter kit similar to this one:Quote:
Originally Posted by Amon_RAOk, I'm looking for a small external Molex PSU because the one on their webshop is not available anymore. I don't fancy using a huge pc PSU instead... so based on your build I'll check if I can find my old external CD drive with build-in psu somewhere...Quote:
Originally Posted by demolition
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SATA-IDE-Dri...-/400824684265
I have seen the same type of PSU (with a different plug) being sold as 1541-II or CD32 PSU.
I cannot recommend those PSUs though as they are very noisy (electrically). It worked, but creates noise in my speakers and the display when using my C64, so they are probably not EMI compliant. The PSU I am using now is working great with no noise issues at all.
When I need PSUs I usually go to a local flea market - there are often lots to choose from and you can find a quality PSU for almost no money. :) And since 5V+12V is common it shouldn't be too hard to find.
I've used these before to great effect:
http://m.ebay.com/itm/Mini-Box-PICOP...-/181979585150
Edit: although they seem to have gotten rather expensive :-(
A PicoPSU will also work and then you could have the 12V brick externally if you don't feel comfortable messing with 230V inside the chassis (which you shouldn't do if you don't know what you're doing).
It might be a little overkill though since you won't need all the voltages that this can provide and power-wise it is also quite overkill.
A cheap solution could be to use a random external 12V brick and then internally use a 5V step down board to convert 12V into 5V. They can be found very cheaply on ebay (search for '5v step down').
Example:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1PCS-Super-m...-/171907162717
And to drive a floppy, adding some capacitance to the 5V output is probably good since floppies can be very peaky in the power draw (ever noticed the Amiga power LED flashing slightly when the drive clicks?).
That is a great idea! Single barrel connection for 12V and the buck converter mounted inside. All for $0.99 plus a barrel connector, some wiring and a (probably free) 12V brick. Under $5 and very reliable.
Well, as a general rule I won't count on that kind of cheap ebay electronics to be 'very reliable'. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetlilmre
I'd test it out extensively before risking ruining a good floppy drive, and possibly add some extra safety mechanism to protect the drives, e.g. over voltage protection.
Heheheh, certainly spend a little more and get a fixed voltage converter: http://m.ebay.com/itm/10W-dc-dc-conv...-/271843171159
Or: http://m.ebay.com/itm/Better-Waterpr...-/380794929775
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Thought I would post this.
bought spares/ repair for pocket change.
soldered 3.14a fuse had blown due to speaker shorting on the pcb.
soldered a new fuse, repaired the speaker (hate being old so much squinting to even see the wire)
not a bad picture, the camera makes it looked blurred but its not. my camera was focused on the Namco TV Game.
:D
Just a thrift-shop kinda day (ie: payday :p)
mostly books and games, shame...but the vintage/retro gaming/computing has seemed to have dried up entirely... (given the age of things, estate sales are probably the way to go now... ;) )
Games:
Mad Magazine Card Game (Parker, 1980)
Rubik's Magic Puzzle (Matchbox/Irwin, 1986)
Books:
Find Asterix (HC) (Hodder, 1998 ) (sort of an Asterix 'where's waldo')
Decide your Destiny #3 - Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Tethan Battle Adventure (Penguin, 2010)
FF#17 - Island of the Lizard King (Wizard, 2003 reprint)
Marvel Super Heroes Adventure Gamebook #1 - The Amazing Spider-man - City in Darkness (TSR, 1986)
CYOA #3 - Space and Beyond (Chooseco, 2005 reprint)
CYOA #138 - Dinosaur Island (Bantam, 1993)
CYOA #146 - Soccer Star (Bantam, 1994)
plus a coupla those cheap dollar-store BluRay movies :laugh:
Fatherhood/Life with Mikey Double Feature
Hollywood Homicide/Hudson Hawk Double Feature
Just been to Bas TheCorfiot.
came back with
Acorn Atom (fixed by bas, new sockets, fitted my atomMMC board, new rom, fitted and tuned in one of primes lovely colour cards, bbc rgb socket to the metal panel at rear. Welcome home baby! :)
BBC master and Bas's IDE controller and CF
Ok a few which were mine already::
My apple ii europlus, checking out the psu thats just let out the magic smoke. np, usual filter caps to replace.
My TRS-80 Model 4,. left the PSU with bas to check over; possibly a 12v issue to fix. Or another dead buffer IC like last time...
Apple ii GS, seeing if can swap the PSU over to 240v - cant, oh well.
Atari 1050 - bought from Bas
Showing off my PVM. yay
fixing my BBC B.
saw the amazing job hes done on his Dragons, coco SD and RGB stuff. he's quite the engineer. wow.
phew thats quite a lot for one day, thanks V much Bas :)
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Wait a minute - he's doing the same things with my Atom and BBC Master lol :) Great minds and all that :thumbsup: As long as he didn't mix up our Atoms lol I don't mind if he did the Master as yours looks in better shape :D
Very nice collection :thumbsup:
PS Could you mention my TG-16 recapping to him if you speak to him again - I am sure it's been a week since I last reminded him :P
Nice lot there Iain. what to use first eh..... :)
Metcal soldering station and one stand. I got the other pieces already.
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These will be used to fix C64 machines. I have over 20 in line for repair.
@iainjh
hope you didn't break you toes tripping over my sx-64 its been there for over a year, i made the mistake in saying "when you get some spare time then take a look at my sx-64" which with all you guys might happen some time before 2020 :D
just saving up atm for a few jobs myself :) my dragon 64 I want converting to dual coco / dragon with RGB and my cocosdc flashed (too scared do it myself) :D , fit my N64 with RGB mod i got from Australia, Spectrum 48k repair (black and white vertical bars)
Also got an SX-64 and it had similar key issues.Quote:
Originally Posted by iainjh
Cleaned it up very carefully (use isopropyl and some q-tips and clean each contact point very lightly) and it's 100% now.
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Found another keyboard for spares so will have both latches in good order shortly. :)
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Don't feel bad - Bas has a few of my bits for around that length of time if not longer (I think). Everything in its own time :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sardine
yeah I seem to save up 6 months worth at a time, while this lot should fill up my play time til winter 2016 I've left one or two things on his list!
he is a busy chap. I did try to get out of the way fairly quickly :)
sardine, is TheCorfiot fixing your keyboard?
Love my sx-64. Mine had a broken connection for joystick port 1, I fixed that (bad cable), the sid is half dead (I'll drop in a swinsid) and while my keyboard loosened up a touch I will need to do the isopropanol alcohol clean myself, just like you did sweetlimre. Was it hard to do? hours and hours? is the membrane as fragile as I fear it will be?
i think i will be doing my keyboard as it will take a lot of bas time.. (would like him to do it but he is a busy chap)
he is replacing my sid chip which i got from Amibay, seeing if it can be converted to PAL (its NTSC) I will keep the PSU 110v and see why it randomly crashes. if its too much of a task (money vs time) it will be scrapped for parts.