PhilCs blog / the latest things hes broken(fixed)

[exxos]

Wow that's a tiny one!

Not enough CRT love around here in my opinion.

Do you want me to get my Sony CRT out of the loft and record me pressing the power button to get that CHWADUNNNN sound with hopefully no flames?

Don't think it's been turned on for 20 years.. The CRT as well...

[mrbombermillzy]

Wow that's a tiny one!

Not enough CRT love around here in my opinion.

Do you want me to get my Sony CRT out of the loft and record me pressing the power button to get that CHWADUNNNN sound with hopefully no flames?

Um...you and flames are not exactly strangers, so Im going to say no, for safety's sake.

However, it would be great to see more at CL, although, I know they are a bit of a pig to lift/carry...

Except maybe the late (~2003 IIRC) IBM 21" PC screens with Trinitron tubes. I bought one off a guy and almost threw it up to the ceiling, as it was shockingly light for a 21" CRT.

[PhilC]

@mrbombermillzy not sure about flames but some crackled, sparks and swearing

[PhilC]

Just finishing unpacking and sorting out the Raven and other things from CL4.

So on the bench, surrounded by cables and parts is the Mega 2 that was kindly donated to me by @JasonS and delivered by @mrbombermillzy.

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I'm going to take a peak inside and then see if it works and hopefully fix it's dodgy floppy drive.

[PhilC]

So the lid is off and it's still got it's original metalwork inside.

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Its reasonably clean and appears to be in good condition at least at first look

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It's got mitsubishi PSU and even has gold chips.

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[exxos]

I thought all your RAM had gone rusty at first glance!

[PhilC]

I thought all your RAM had gone rusty at first glance!

I know that Megas are troublesome but I've never seen one that rusty yet

[mrbombermillzy]

Looks pretty tidy inside to be fair.

[PhilC]

And rather amusingly, it had a bad DMA. Swapping that and it now even formats floppies.

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[mrbombermillzy]

Can we have another photo of you taking a hammer to that darn IC?