Post here everytime you get something new!

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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?

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Hi,

Wasn't too hard, the trick is just to go very. very slowly when you are pulling the membrane up off of the circuit board.

My tips:

1. When removing the keys, make sure you don't loose any of the tiny springs in the middle. If you do, the key will no longer work.
2. Go slowly on the membrane. It will be stuck on both sides of where the key clips on. If you pull too hard it will tear. Lift gently from each side until it releases. Work around the membrane from each edge so that it lifts evenly.

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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.

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If you ever decide to scrap it, please can I have dibs on some parts? :)

Almost finished putting this together. C64 reloaded motherboard and transparent case from the kickstarter with the 3D printed keyboard standoffs from COREi64 (available on this forum).

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...5ec2d27f86.jpg

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thx for info. appreciated.

The C64 looks shiny! clear! :) Looks good

You need that aluminium cade badge now

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Couldn't help myself on this one.

If you found an original and immaculate copy of Lemmings you'd likely buy it as well... especially if it was unbelievably cheap. :cool:

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Touch Point for Commodore 64. Just have to make a new pen and find a Finger Painter cartridge.
http://plazma.kapsi.fi/pictures/temp/C64_TouchPoint.jpg

There are some really nice pens that were made for the PSION and some ebook readers that would work fine with this and are probably very cheap on the other bay.

Bryce.

Compact ZIF sockets for a dual SID modification.
http://plazma.kapsi.fi/pictures/temp/zif.jpg

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Compact ZIF sockets for a dual SID modification.

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Nice! Where did you find them?

http://www.amigaportal.cz/forum/atta...2&d=1457094388

http://www.amigaportal.cz/forum/atta...1&d=1457306198

http://www.amigaportal.cz/forum/atta...4&d=1457425343

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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.

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c64's are easy to convert to pal if you have the parts,not sure what the tod would be like with a 110 volt supply though

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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.

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good find! that has such a good feel to it compared to other tv games - love it! wouldn't mind an amiga joystick the same

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Compact ZIF sockets for a dual SID modification.

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Nice! Where did you find them?

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http://www.digikey.com/product-searc...rds=A347-ND%20

Wow, that's expensive. You should consider using low cost low-profile ZIF sockets like these: http://www.reichelt.de/Testsockel/NI...7&artnr=NIF+28
Especially if you're not going to be swapping chips every 5 minutes.

Bryce.

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Wow, that's expensive. You should consider using low cost low-profile ZIF sockets like these: http://www.reichelt.de/Testsockel/NI...7&artnr=NIF+28
Especially if you're not going to be swapping chips every 5 minutes.

Bryce.

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Those look nice. I'll order those the next time and install the other ones to my IC test motherboard.

My latest find:
Sony Trinitron SSM-14N1E monitor with mono audio and Y/C inputs. Perfect pair for a C64C.
http://plazma.kapsi.fi/pictures/temp..._SSM-14N1E.jpg

At last they've arrived :D

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Definitely better looking than my Sony BVM...

Lovely looking screen ! Wow. Hard to find??

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Wow, that's expensive. You should consider using low cost low-profile ZIF sockets like these: http://www.reichelt.de/Testsockel/NI...7&artnr=NIF+28
Especially if you're not going to be swapping chips every 5 minutes.

Bryce.

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Those look nice. I'll order those the next time and install the other ones to my IC test motherboard.

My latest find:
Sony Trinitron SSM-14N1E monitor with mono audio and Y/C inputs. Perfect pair for a C64C.
http://plazma.kapsi.fi/pictures/temp..._SSM-14N1E.jpg

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At last they've arrived :D

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Lovely looking screen ! Wow. Hard to find??

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I found it at the local university. There is a stuff for free pile on a table. I check it everytime I go there for lunch.

edit - pictures of it working. an apple ii running an apple i firmware board inc a monitor, woz's 4k integer basic, tape loader all in the same place as original. And my board works!

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my first test program

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it works!

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a syntax error... written by Woz himself! :):)



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this emulates an apple i with original firmware and basic

allows to load apple i software from the apple's tape-in port, just like an apple i.. and run too. wooo

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all I have to do is build it! (google mike willegal brain board for more info)

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please do let me know if you find another :) white case. nice!!! :):)

Lucky chap.

I just picked up some old handheld and desktop games. I don't usually go for these but they were too much to resist for nothing. :thumbsup2:

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Finally got one of these for my A3000.

You may not be interested in paper, but I really enjoy completing a package for my machines. :nuts:

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I've started collecting one of each camera I've owned. Yeah, my therapist thinks it's odd too.

Just bought this little beast. It was the first camera I ever owned. I have many photos from the original and can't wait to clean this one up.

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I discovered this at a local garage sale. Not a computer related item but certainly different. It's in amazing condition considering it was user-assembled in about 1964.

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Picked up a MailBug e-mail appliance from the thrift store today. Not because I actually have any intention of using it, but because it got me a very nice little compact keyboard with full-size keys and an 80x8 character LCD display for a homebrew portable-computer project I've been scheming up...that and a 64KB EEPROM.

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Got this from the recent kickstarter project about Dizzy/Oliver twins. Is signed by them too!!!! :-)

Just need to get myself a NTSC NES now!!!

This, Finally!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/uqfvwpfg7y...G0592.jpg?dl=0

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Just a thrift shop day, hadn't found too much last couple of times...still not much in the way of vintage/retro computing or console stuff... (and I am no longer very hopeful)

but a few interesting things this time anyways, as far as I am concerned - any day you find 5 'Tintins' it's a good day...

Toys/Games

The Last Spike boardgame (Gamma Two, 1976)
King's Cribbage game (CoCoCo, 1999) (unused - tiles still in original plastic bag)
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, boxed (Blizzard, 1996) MSDOS/W3.1/W95
Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal expansion, boxed (Blizzard, 1996) MSDOS/W3.1/W95
Luke Skywalker's Desert Sport Skiff (PotF) (Kenner, 1996) (in original packaging)

Books

Tintin - King Ottokar's Sceptre (Methuen, 1976)
Tintin - The Seven Crystal Balls (Magnet, 1983)
Tintin - Prisoners of the Sun (Magnet, 1981)
Tintin - Destination Moon (Magnet, 1988 )
Tintin - Tintin in Tibet (Magnet, 1985)
FF#4 - Creature of Havoc (Wizard, 2002)
Micro Adventure #1 - Space Attack (Scholastic, 1984) (found on a previous trip, these were interesting little books which included basic programs for the computers of the day which went along with the story)

Other

NEC 1.44MB USB Floppy Disk Drive
Maxell MF2HD 1.44MB Floppy Disks (60) (sealed) (found on a previous trip)

Darn you! You got me looking for old Tintin books. :)

I did find a nice 64C on Craigslist, and when I contacted the guy, he asked me if I would be interested in a TI99/4A (complete with expansion box, and a boat load of tapes, etc). So why not? :)

Looking through one of the boxes today I found a binder that he included with about 20 TI magazines from the '80's. Pretty cool. :)

I've always liked the TI-99, I have 2 myself (one in orig. box), never did get a tape drive for them though....but I have a few carts anyways. (also lacking a working drive for my Atari 600XL and 800XL)...my best friend got one, I think for Christmas '81 (might have been his b/d in '82)...to that point I'd only ever seen the VIC20 and the Apple IIs our school had gotten, so it was absolutely fantastic. (the C64 didn't exist yet)

took a run down to the thrift shops down south yesterday (NE on wed.)...a few bits and pieces, but nothing very exciting...

Magic the Gathering Starter Gift Set (WotC, 1999) (Starter 1999) (appears to be complete, with a few extra cards as well, hardly played) - had a better look through this one, entirely complete + 2 additional starter decks (Blinding Fury (white) & Impaler (green)) + 3 opened boosters (15+15+8 ) + some cards that were either bought or given (quite well used) about 275-280 cards all told. (addtionally about 40 sleeves that someones 'play-deck' is in + 10 extra blue scoring beads)
2 issues of CARtoons magazine from 1991
a few Transformers toys from the newer movies (2007ish) (Wreckage, Blackout, Star Scream, Mudflap & Overcast)
a few Star Wars Action Fleet ships (1995) (2x A-Wings, Snowspeeder, B-Wing (missing 1 foil unfortunately))
Logitech MX-5500 bluetooth keyboard (tested working with my smartphone and the Frodo C64 emulator :lol:)
Pelouze model 5055 rate programmable digital postage scale (+power adapter)

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Might be able to help with a working (tape or disk) drive for your Ataris, SaviorX.
Let me know if you're in the hunt for one...mind, postage to Canada could be a tad steep...
Cheers and enjoy that collection!

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Might be able to help with a working (tape or disk) drive for your Ataris, SaviorX.
Let me know if you're in the hunt for one...mind, postage to Canada could be a tad steep...
Cheers and enjoy that collection!

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wouldn't mind, but unfortunately with overseas shipping and exchange rates it quickly turns into a small fortune.

thank you for the offer, though.

Just got this sealed box from a fellow collector who received an entire case of them.

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I also picked this up and it came with the envelopes for the included software. SaviorX used image files to produce copies of the setup disks for me. I'm considering steaming the labels off these envelopes and placing them on the disks he made.

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I've always liked the TI-99, I have 2 myself (one in orig. box), never did get a tape drive for them though....but I have a few carts anyways. (also lacking a working drive for my Atari 600XL and 800XL)...my best friend got one, I think for Christmas '81 (might have been his b/d in '82)...to that point I'd only ever seen the VIC20 and the Apple IIs our school had gotten, so it was absolutely fantastic. (the C64 didn't exist yet)

took a run down to the thrift shops down south yesterday (NE on wed.)...a few bits and pieces, but nothing very exciting...

Magic the Gathering Starter Gift Set (WotC, 1999) (Starter 1999) (appears to be complete, with a few extra cards as well, hardly played) - had a better look through this one, entirely complete + 2 additional starter decks (Blinding Fury (white) & Impaler (green)) + 3 opened boosters (15+15+8 ) + some cards that were either bought or given (quite well used) about 275-280 cards all told. (addtionally about 40 sleeves that someones 'play-deck' is in + 10 extra blue scoring beads)
2 issues of CARtoons magazine from 1991
a few Transformers toys from the newer movies (2007ish) (Wreckage, Blackout, Star Scream, Mudflap & Overcast)
a few Star Wars Action Fleet ships (1995) (2x A-Wings, Snowspeeder, B-Wing (missing 1 foil unfortunately))
Logitech MX-5500 bluetooth keyboard (tested working with my smartphone and the Frodo C64 emulator :lol:)
Pelouze model 5055 rate programmable digital postage scale (+power adapter)

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We play Magic with the the brother in law and his wife (and try and sneak a game of Warcraft II while we are there, dosbox's ipx tunneling works surprisingly well).

I got these last year, above my expertise im still a huge novice.

Been looking for GTA V for a while but thought that it was too expensive and was waiting for a decent sale on it. Now there's an electronics chain here that are closing most of their shops and they are selling out their stock at increased discounts every week. It started at 10%, the week after 20% and so on (you probably get the idea). This week they are giving 50% on everything and they still had some GTA V (PC) retail left, so I thought that now was a good time to snatch one. :) I'm not sure there'll be any left for next week's 60% sale.

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Magic the Gathering Starter Gift Set (WotC, 1999) (Starter 1999) (appears to be complete, with a few extra cards as well, hardly played) - had a better look through this one, entirely complete + 2 additional starter decks (Blinding Fury (white) & Impaler (green)) + 3 opened boosters (15+15+8 ) + some cards that were either bought or given (quite well used) about 275-280 cards all told. (addtionally about 40 sleeves that someones 'play-deck' is in + 10 extra blue scoring beads)

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We play Magic with the the brother in law and his wife (and try and sneak a game of Warcraft II while we are there, dosbox's ipx tunneling works surprisingly well).

I got these last year, above my expertise im still a huge novice.

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I haven't been playing MtG all that long, a cousin and her husband got me into it about 2 christmasses ago (after receiving 5 free starter decks, 1 for each color, when we went down a nearby gaming shop, was able to throw together a decent red/black play deck)

I had managed to avoid it for 20 years :p (MtG always looked like the ultimate money-sink to me...but then, most games have become money-sinks these days...whether you have to buy your games piece by piece, deck by deck or just endless expansions)

although, I had actually been playing CCGs/TCGs for nearly 20 years, I have a ton of Illuminati: NWO cards, and also recently got a bunch of WoW cards (unopened boosters and packs of 25 random cards had been showing up in the dollar stores here...which probably says a lot about the game itself :roll: ...as well as receiving a starter box from RuneRider....which was useful as i hadn't come across a ruleset yet)

I also play Legends of Norrath online, which is a CCG based on the EverQuest world.

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I had managed to avoid it for 20 years :p (MtG always looked like the ultimate money-sink to me...but then, most games have become money-sinks these days...whether you have to buy your games piece by piece, deck by deck or just endless expansions)

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I agree. I'm not even sure the $1,200 I sold my top fifteen cards for a few months ago actually covers what I spent in the early '90s.

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I had managed to avoid it for 20 years :p (MtG always looked like the ultimate money-sink to me...but then, most games have become money-sinks these days...whether you have to buy your games piece by piece, deck by deck or just endless expansions)

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I agree. I'm not even sure the $1,200 I sold my top fifteen cards for a few months ago actually covers what I spent in the early '90s.

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back in the day I thought spending $90+tx on the deluxe set of Blood Bowl was a lot (plus you could buy player/team figures and there were a few expansions, so it COULD add up), but that was nothing to 'catching up' with Imperial Assault and X-Wing figures shortly after Christmas, which ran nearly $300... (thank fk for family that give cash/gift cards for Christmas :lol:)

and I am behind again, there were 4 more ships released just about a month or so ago...also Rebellion came out, which is a stand-alone game at least (though i wont be surprised if expansions are put out eventually)

2 of the 4 ships are ones i'd really like to get too....Punishing One (Dengar) and Mist Hunter (Zuckuss/4-LOM), to go with the previously released bounty hunter ships - Slave 1 (Boba Fett), Hound's Tooth (Bossk) and IG-2000 (IG-88 )(though, I wouldn't mind a couple of the Inquisitor's TIEs either)

I haven't even touched the Star Wars LCG yet, which must have at least 20 expansion decks by now.

aaaannd...just noticed...5 new expansions coming for Imperial Assault, including Lando, Bossk and a Bespin expansion (figs and tileset)

Just got a Nice RGB Scart Cable :)

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At last they've arrived :D

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I've changed RF Modulator in C64C with SuperVideo from www.16x8.de and have a little problems. But everything is in this post.
http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php...-dimmed-colors
Even couple of photos.

Yaaay - Finally managed to pick up one of these beauties. She's a stock 25/50 with a 68882 and 4MB of Fast Ram, bit of a sun tan but nothing some retrobright won't clean up. Has has a little battery damage but battery has been replaced and the mobo cleaned up but a little green remains so I'm going to have a go at cleaning it again.

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Very nice. :thumbsup:

I got this a few days ago. I am modding an old pc case to build a 1200 tower. Surprisingly 1200 pcb with accelerator inside the tower fits perfectly in height and length. All I have for this project is this pcb, accelerator and a converted 200w pc power supply. Still more stuff to buy..

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Plus 2 Copper + 2 Aluminium stick-on Heat Sinks

just some books/mags/comics from the thrift/book shops (which is all I seem to find lately)

RPG/Gaming

AD&D 2nd Edition: The Castle Guide (TSR, 1990)
GURPS: Arabian Nights (SJG, 1993)
An Asterix Gamebook #2: The Idol of the Gauls (Hodder & Stoughton, 1990)
Heavy Gear: Tactical Field Support (Dream Pod 9, 1996)
Heavy Gear: Tactical Air Support (Dream Pod 9, 1996)
FF#28: Phantoms of Fear (Puffin, 1987)
FF#36: Armies of Death (Puffin, 1988 )
CYOA #65: The Mardi Gras Mystery (Bantam, 1987)
Endless Quest #8: Villains of Volturnus (TSR, 1983)
Which Way Books #2: Vampires, Spies and Alien Beings (Archway, 1982)

Mags/Comics/Book

Cracked #185 - March, 1982
Super Special Cracked - Fall 1982
Aliens #1 (Dark Horse, 1988 )
Aliens - Newt's Tale #1 (Dark Horse, 1992)
Predator: Cold War #1 & #2 (Dark Horse, 1991)
Predator: The Bloody Sands of Time #1 (Dark Horse, 1992)
The Dragon's Handbook (Scholastic, 1966)

a few other thrift store bits from the other part of town :P (nothing ever too exciting anymore, but it gets me out of the house)

Computer Bits

3x D-Link DWL-G132 USB Wireless G Adapters
1x D-Link WUA-2340 USB Wireless G Adapter
WD Caviar 34000 (4GB) IDE Drive
5x Sony CD-RW Discs (unopened)
DD-80L 3.5" Disk (80) holder

Books/CDs

Star Wars Millennium Falcon YT-1300 - A 3D Owners Guide (Scholastic, 2010)
Choose Your Own -Star Wars- Adventure - A New Hope (Bantam, 1998 ) (one of the last CYOA books originally published - one for each SW film (at that time in -1998- ))
Which Way Books #24 - Star Trek: Phaser Fight (Archway, 1986)
Garfield #28 - Life in the Fat Lane (Ballantine, 1995)
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons #9 (DC, 1989)

Gorillaz - Demon Days (2005)
Nirvana - Nevermind (1991)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Hot Minute (1995)
Hootie & the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View (1994)
Santana - Supernatural (1999)
The Tractors - The Tractors (1994)
Shania Twain - The Woman in Me (1995)
Brooks & Dunn - Hard Workin' Man (1993)

18x unopened Pro Set Super Stars MusiCards packs from 1991 (contained cards of musicians/bands from the era...maybe I'll find Prince and David Bowie :lol:)

Great 3000D!

Please try your best to neutralize the battery and remove it. One very humble other suggestion is to pickup GALS because they are cheap and will reduce heat.

Good luck and enjoy!

Mat

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Yaaay - Finally managed to pick up one of these beauties. She's a stock 25/50 with a 68882 and 4MB of Fast Ram, bit of a sun tan but nothing some retrobright won't clean up. Has has a little battery damage but battery has been replaced and the mobo cleaned up but a little green remains so I'm going to have a go at cleaning it again.

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Hey,

I recently received a bunch of sealed Amiga and Atari games ....for free :lol:

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never played the Shadow of the Beast games....unsure whether to open or keep em sealed

all i can say is the artwork is brilliant.
I was in Game today and all the box (well dvd cases) artwork are boring.

Some of the artwork was so good even if the game was below average it still looked great on the shelf :)

What a lucky b... :drool:

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Great 3000D!

Please try your best to neutralize the battery and remove it. One very humble other suggestion is to pickup GALS because they are cheap and will reduce heat.

Good luck and enjoy!

Mat

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Thanks Mat, the battery is actually new and was replaced last year by the previous owner but I intend to further clean up the board and remove it. I'll take a look for a set of Gals - appreciate the advice. Had always wanted one of these so it's a bit new to me so I've been reading up and learning a lot.

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