I do like the red LEDs and big buttons too, but that TOS 1.0 has got to gostween wrote: ↑Sun Feb 06, 2022 4:58 am Okay, yeah; rigging the meanwell PSU takes all the noise away. The wailing was so pervasive from that old tokin supply that I didn't believe the noise was all PSU
Anyway, neat, got what seems to be a TOS 1.0 STF with red LEDs and a long-button drive. I've never had one so old before!
Tokin (?) 4501U1
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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
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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...
Re: Tokin (?) 4501U1
My original 1040STF has red LEDs plus TOS 1.0 (since upgraded to 1.04)... easier since it was the 6 ROM version, though the 'silly' layout with ROMs under the PSU.
The latest addition (1040STFM) has 2 chip TOS 1.02 and the short floppy button (Epson SMD400) with a 70789 mainboard, so I'm suspecting it's quite a late version to have the red LEDs?
The latest addition (1040STFM) has 2 chip TOS 1.02 and the short floppy button (Epson SMD400) with a 70789 mainboard, so I'm suspecting it's quite a late version to have the red LEDs?
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Might just have been an old stock keyboard that they used.
I think I've seem machines manufactured as late as 1988 with red LEDs.
I think I've seem machines manufactured as late as 1988 with red LEDs.
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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.