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JezC wrote: Mon Jun 28, 2021 3:02 pm Good luck with that @rubber_jonnie !

Hope the rest of your move goes smoothly!
Thank you!!

Hopefully by this this time tomorrow I will either have the keys or will be on my way to get them. Then all our stuff will arrive on the 5th and I can start to get my new workshop in place :)

The I can start to get going on all the repairs I have backed up.
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rubber_jonnie wrote: Mon Jun 28, 2021 1:03 pm Phew, money has arrived in the right place :)
:yay: :yay2: :dualthumbup:
Intro retro computers since before they were retro...
ZX81->Spectrum->Memotech MTX->Sinclair QL->520STM->BBC Micro->TT030->PCs & Sun Workstations.
Added code to the MiNT kernel (still there the last time I checked) + put together MiNTOS.
Collection now with added Macs, Amigas, Suns and Acorns.
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stephen_usher wrote: Mon Jun 28, 2021 4:01 pm
rubber_jonnie wrote: Mon Jun 28, 2021 1:03 pm Phew, money has arrived in the right place :)
:yay: :yay2: :dualthumbup:
Bloody relief I can tell you!!
Collector of many retro things!
800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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Happy days, we completed on the house at about 10:30 this morning and I get the keys at 15:00 today!!

Woo hoo.

:girldance: :girldance: :girldance:
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800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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rubber_jonnie wrote: Tue Jun 29, 2021 1:32 pm Happy days, we completed on the house at about 10:30 this morning and I get the keys at 15:00 today!!
Woo hoo.

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rubber_jonnie wrote: Tue Jun 29, 2021 1:32 pm Happy days, we completed on the house at about 10:30 this morning and I get the keys at 15:00 today!!

Woo hoo.

:girldance: :girldance: :girldance:
Yay!!!!!!
Intro retro computers since before they were retro...
ZX81->Spectrum->Memotech MTX->Sinclair QL->520STM->BBC Micro->TT030->PCs & Sun Workstations.
Added code to the MiNT kernel (still there the last time I checked) + put together MiNTOS.
Collection now with added Macs, Amigas, Suns and Acorns.
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@exxos @stephen_usher


Thanks folks :)
Collector of many retro things!
800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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@rubber_jonnie Result!

:thumbup: :yay2: :dualthumbup: :cheers:
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JezC wrote: Tue Jun 29, 2021 3:04 pm @rubber_jonnie Result!

:thumbup: :yay2: :dualthumbup: :cheers:
Cheers, it certainly is.

I am going to have so much retro/workshop space, it makes me feel giddy just thinking about it!!
Collector of many retro things!
800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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Sat at the new house waiting for the movers to arrive, looking forward to getting moved in properly 😁

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Collector of many retro things!
800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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