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Glad to be feeling a lot better today, managed to give the PYE CRT TV a clean out, wow was it full of dust!!!

I thought a cap might have blown when I powered it up yesterday, but there doesn't seem to be any evidence of such, and there are no RIFA's, so pleased with the outcome.

Looking good now:

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And managed to get a few games of Zaxxon in on the Intellivision:

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Sorry about the image quality but I can't adjust the shutter speed on my phones camera, I need to find a way around it.

And yep, you read that right. Coleco Presents on the intellivision :)
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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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Yeah, that Zaxxon isn't even isometric 3D. :-)
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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.
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stephen_usher wrote: Sat Oct 07, 2023 5:03 pm Yeah, that Zaxxon isn't even isometric 3D. :-)
Lol, that's just the flicker on the screen, the game is a vertical scroller with ideas stolen from the arcade version.

To be fair, it's an Intellivision we're talking about here, so I can forgive it.
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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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Thank god, today's covid test was negative. Still feel crappy and wish I could have got to Cyber Legends, but what can you do?
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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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Glad it's negative. You'll still need rest to recover.
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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.
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stephen_usher wrote: Sun Oct 08, 2023 8:36 pm Glad it's negative. You'll still need rest to recover.
Thanks.

Yeah, I agree, still pretty run down.
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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All you have to do now is to rest in you bed and play your new Zaxxon game.

:D
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HigashiJun wrote: Mon Oct 09, 2023 2:22 am All you have to do now is to rest in you bed and play your new Zaxxon game.

:D
:dualthumbup:

Back to work today though, can't put it off now.
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 wrote: Mon Oct 09, 2023 8:52 am :dualthumbup:

Back to work today though, can't put it off now.

:cry:

Oh no !

I had a day off today and it was sooo good.

Good luck anyway.
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HigashiJun wrote: Mon Oct 09, 2023 8:56 am
rubber_jonnie wrote: Mon Oct 09, 2023 8:52 am :dualthumbup:

Back to work today though, can't put it off now.

:cry:

Oh no !

I had a day off today and it was sooo good.

Good luck anyway.
Thanks, at least I don't feel totally awful like I have the flu anymore and I am able to work from home.
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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