Archie A3000 inbound
Re: Archie A3000 inbound
Congratulations. All that hard work was worth it. You need to get Archimedes Elite or Zarch running.
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HigashiJun
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Re: Archie A3000 inbound
Thank you !
I will get these games for sure, but I have to finish all the planned upgrades first.
I will get these games for sure, but I have to finish all the planned upgrades first.
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Great to see it up and running after all your hard work.
If it ain't broke, test it to Destruction.
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HigashiJun
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Re: Archie A3000 inbound
Some news of the project after a little break.
Just received 3 packs of PCBs from China:
Some parts should arrive tomorrow and I will be ready to make the famous Ultra VIDC.
The second gimmick in the list is the joystick adapter, but some parts are still missing.
The High Density Floppy Adapter was made today. I should be able to fit it soon.
My spare AJAX chip will be used for this upgrade.
And here is the last "present" of the day...
Hope the ZIDEFS IDE will be delivered soon.
Just received 3 packs of PCBs from China:
- UltraVIDC.JPG (281.53 KiB) Viewed 915 times
Some parts should arrive tomorrow and I will be ready to make the famous Ultra VIDC.
- Joystick.JPG (253.59 KiB) Viewed 915 times
The second gimmick in the list is the joystick adapter, but some parts are still missing.
- HDFDD1.JPG (295.58 KiB) Viewed 915 times
- HDFDD2.JPG (249.91 KiB) Viewed 915 times
The High Density Floppy Adapter was made today. I should be able to fit it soon.
My spare AJAX chip will be used for this upgrade.
- 4MB.JPG (258.36 KiB) Viewed 915 times
And here is the last "present" of the day...
Hope the ZIDEFS IDE will be delivered soon.
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Re: Archie A3000 inbound
Lots of new toys 
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...
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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HigashiJun
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HigashiJun
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Re: Archie A3000 inbound
Some news of the project.
External battery is now ready:
and the final result should be something like this:
Stay tuned.
External battery is now ready:
- Battery1.JPG (133.12 KiB) Viewed 864 times
- Battery2.JPG (122.6 KiB) Viewed 864 times
- Leads1.JPG (318.67 KiB) Viewed 864 times
- Leads2.JPG (162.62 KiB) Viewed 864 times
and the final result should be something like this:
- Board.JPG (421.27 KiB) Viewed 864 times
Stay tuned.
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Very nice @HigashiJun!
I've not been keeping up with this so it's lovely to see it looking so good after all those traces were mangled at the start.
My 3000 (much tattier!) has the ZIDEFS DOM, the memory upgrade, the serial board and a mouse port fitted to the rear, but I've not heard about the video upgrade or the crimp keyboard adapters.
What does the video upgrade offer and where did you get the keyboard connector crimps?
Cheers,
BW
I've not been keeping up with this so it's lovely to see it looking so good after all those traces were mangled at the start.
My 3000 (much tattier!) has the ZIDEFS DOM, the memory upgrade, the serial board and a mouse port fitted to the rear, but I've not heard about the video upgrade or the crimp keyboard adapters.
What does the video upgrade offer and where did you get the keyboard connector crimps?
Cheers,
BW
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FrontBench The Frontier: Elite 2 intro as a benchmark
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HigashiJun
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Re: Archie A3000 inbound
@Badwolf
Thank you !
I got the crimp connectors on Evil Bay from four-d-pi-shop, based in the UK:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/175001932055?h ... R4iixNLeYg
I saw them in another electronic parts supplier (Mouser ?), but they would cost me much more with shipping fees included.
The UltraVIDC is described on this website:
https://www.retro-kit.co.uk/Ultra-VIDC- ... html#A3000
A nice piece of hardware.
I would also recommend you to fit the HD Floppy mod in your Archie.
Thank you !
I got the crimp connectors on Evil Bay from four-d-pi-shop, based in the UK:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/175001932055?h ... R4iixNLeYg
I saw them in another electronic parts supplier (Mouser ?), but they would cost me much more with shipping fees included.
The UltraVIDC is described on this website:
https://www.retro-kit.co.uk/Ultra-VIDC- ... html#A3000
A nice piece of hardware.
I would also recommend you to fit the HD Floppy mod in your Archie.