Post here everytime you get something new!

[LamboJay]

Not a huge score but picked these up a while ago

 

[PymerOne]

attic find

attic find

Dear All,

i just picked up a few atticfillers...amd and intell towers and a reallife mac
Now you all might have guessed im not through with being a Amiga-noob, so it stands to reason that i will add being a Apple-nut to my characterflaws.
Applespecs: powerpc g3 266mhz, 512k cache, 32mb/4gb/24x cdrom/zip.
It has a lot of funny connectors at the back....i have nothing to connect to that ;(
There is a db15-2row to vga programmable adaptor on it, can i try and connect any old multisync crt to it?
If specs are correct, what os would fit that concrete block?

Thanks for all info you might want to set loose on me

Grtz, PymerOne.

 

[salaxi54]

@PymerOne:Nice finds! You could open a thread and talk about all-things Beige G3 (your "new Mac"), but first-off if it's one of the early ones without USB, you need a set of ADB port mouse and keyboard. As for the VGA adapter, i can only tell you my own settings. 1,4,5,8,9,10 =OFF 2,3,6,7 =ON. Working well on a 19" CRT Hitachi monitor..

 

[PymerOne]

Salaxi54, thnxx for your adapter-config, i will try that as soon as i get my hands on a keyboard/mouse set for this machine
hehehe a p1-apple thread there will be....lack of knowledge was never able to stop me.
I seen apples perform magic in publishing companies i worked for back in the days that air was clean and sex was dirty, never expected i was gone own a glorious machine like that myself

Grtz, PymerOne.

 

[Seaside]

New Goodies from Japan, USA and some CDTV parts. <-- but i'll not keep them all.

 

[desiv]

Nice!!! (For above)
I bought them here, so this is a bit redundant, but here's my A1000 and the 1084S monitor!! (And my A1200 too, with it's new 8M RAM card is in the PIC.)

I cleared enough room to put the Apple IIc on the upper shelf even.
My wife is happier that the IIc isn't on the kitchen table anymore. ;-)
(You can't see it, but the Vectrex is to the left of the Apple, it was on the kitchen counter.)

I didn't do to great a job trying to re-solder the audio jack on the A1000. The RCA jack support tab is broken clean in 2, so I think I just need to replace it
(I could just pull audio from the AV plug too)
And the internal floppy has been hit or miss. It was mostly working before I put it back together, but I would still have to retry/reinsert a few times to get it to boot.
Then, just now when I put the case on and tried it, it worked fine...

The A1200 is hooked to the RGB port and the A1000 is composite for now.
I have amigamaniac's s-video adapter, so I'll probably get/make an s-video to split RCA cable and use the 1084S chroma/luma input for that.

I checked my A1000 and it is upgraded for EHB. (As a REV-A NTSC, I think it's likely it came without that.) And the Insider II is still working great on it, so I have almost 2M RAM there.

All in all, pretty happy.

I still have to totally take apart the A1000 keyboard as I have 1 key that doesn't want to come back up when pressed (backspace) and one key that doesn't seem to respond at all (CAPS lock), and a few others that don't always register a press.
I'm not gutsy enough to try the dishwasher bit... ;-)

desiv

 

[SkydivinGirl]

Thanks for sharing that picture! I'm very happy the 1084S went to a good home and it looks really good sitting on top of your A1000! The S-Video using Chroma/Luma sounds like a great idea too.



Heather

 

[mjnurney]

A4000 ...the story so far

A4000 ...the story so far

hello all..

Okay a few pics of my A4000, nothing special but its work in progress as they say. i have listed a fews things that have been done and a few pics and things on the to do list

1) Had the motherboard changed for a recon from hikey (great job) as the battery had leaked on mine.
2) fitted new 16mb simms (brand new old stock) on the mobo
3) changed the 4x cd player to a dvd reader (smaller size and quieter)
4) just fitted a Deneb USB card ...nice!!
5) cleaned and fitted a new and quieter fan to the PSU
6) gentle overclock to 33mhz from 25mhz (030 card)

things to do...
1) PCi at some point ...
2) RTG either zorro or PCi (voodoo)
3)ATX power pack conversion but no rush..

on order...

USB to lan converter...gets the A4000 online (i hope)

well thats all folks!

Oh...disasters so far...

1) mouse died - motherboard failing (before getting thr recon)
2) could not get the dvd to work....jumper now set to CS and all good.
3) fitted the KS rom the wrong way around and powered up !! but i forgot to plug the cpu in so it survived!! (idiot)

many thanks:roll:

 

[tokyoracer]

I dont often post here but since I went on a small spree (one of VERY few I assure you!).

Sorry I rushed the last picture since I got the low battery alerts.

1x Philips Monitor

1x PS2 - DMS3 Chipped (SUPER BLURRY picture, sorry I rushed it since I got low batteried).

 

[manicminer]

Got this today.
Am I too nerd to start using DDS1 and DDS2 tapes for my backups?
Cheers

 

[rkauer]

You can even make a boot partition in one tape and use it to boot your Amiga!

 

[SkydivinGirl]

Yesterday I received the replacement HxC Floppy Emulator for the previous one that was damaged during shipping. I think we had some language related communication problems so I got very frustrated with the situation. I eventually sent the damaged unit back to Lotharek and he immediately sent me a new one. He's a top notch guy and I would recommend him and his products to anyone!

Thanks Lotharek!

Heather

Received my second HxC Floppy Emulator but the package was crushed and there is water damage. The board survived but it is water damaged as well. Now I have to try to get it replaced.

Heather

 

[fitzsteve]

@Heather sorry to hear that, its a real shame. These items should really be boxed though, PCB's in a Jiffy just isn't good enouough IMHO, oh and should have been anti static bagged (assuming it wasn't if it got water damage.)

Hope you get it sorted.

ps. you might want to blur the address' on the Photo...

 

[SkydivinGirl]

@fitzsteve

That IS a box in the picture! It was dropped in water during shipment and then crushed. The quote with the pictures is from a few months ago. I already got it sorted and Lotharek sent me the replacement that I received yesterday. Unfortunately, he doesn't ship the items in an anti-static bag. It's all good now.

It's OK if people want to see my work address.

Heather

 

[fitzsteve]

@fitzsteve

That IS a box in the picture! It was dropped in water during shipment and then crushed. The quote with the pictures is from a few months ago. I already got it sorted and Lotharek sent me the replacement that I received yesterday. Unfortunately, he doesn't ship the items in an anti-static bag. It's all good now.

It's OK if people want to see my work address.

Heather

Well its your fault if I turn up at your work to say Hi!

Glad you got it sorted, and WOW I thought that was a jiffy!

Again, very pleased you got that sorted

 

[tokyoracer]

Im loving this new toy, half 386SX, half MegaDrive, thanks Scrappy!

Bit of a rubbish picture, sorry about that.

 

[ck1200]

Im loving this new toy, half 386SX, half MegaDrive, thanks Scrappy!

Bit of a rubbish picture, sorry about that.

ahhh yes amstrad mega pc? nice bit of kit them and on this list i seem to have developed :/

enjoy!!!

 

[Tahoe]

Before I start explaining what exactly this is, and where it originates from, let's have some guesses:

 

[Buzzfuzz]

Before I start explaining what exactly this is, and where it originates from, let's have some guesses:

I know where it's from, it's a cpu card prototype, but I'll :shhh:

 

[Elerion]

Before I start explaining what exactly this is, and where it originates from, let's have some guesses:

I have a couple of these, but none of them have both 68020 and 68030 on it.
Let me guess... when you plug it in it explodes? :explode:
Please explain your destructive intentions good sir.