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R_J Progress

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Sanity has left the building :thumbup:

You don't have to be mad to be here, but it helps! :lol:
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exxos wrote: 11 Nov 2018 23:52 Sanity has left the building :thumbup:

You don't have to be mad to be here, but it helps! :lol:
It was late, and I was tired....

But I'm down to the 1K, 10K and 33R resistors now, so getting closer.

Revenge of the Diodes will soon be here, from the team that brought you "Soldering Iron Terror".....
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rubber_jonnie wrote: 12 Nov 2018 09:37 Revenge of the Diodes will soon be here, from the team that brought you "Soldering Iron Terror".....
Well you had the burning melting flesh last installment, so interesting to see what the next brings...
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exxos wrote: 12 Nov 2018 10:47
Well you had the burning melting flesh last installment, so interesting to see what the next brings...
Indeed I did! Wondering if I watched waaay too much sci-fi/horror when I was a youngster.
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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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exxos wrote: 12 Nov 2018 10:47
rubber_jonnie wrote: 12 Nov 2018 09:37 Revenge of the Diodes will soon be here, from the team that brought you "Soldering Iron Terror".....
Well you had the burning melting flesh last installment, so interesting to see what the next brings...
Jon's a pretty sharp guy.. he'll figure out the business end of a soldering iron before the sequel's over!! :D :D :D
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PaulJ wrote: 12 Nov 2018 14:21 Jon's a pretty sharp guy.. he'll figure out the business end of a soldering iron before the sequel's over!! :D :D :D
I can imagine it now... rubber jonnie in a martial arts film.. where his choice of weapon isn't a samurai sword, but a password protected soldering iron...

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exxos wrote: 12 Nov 2018 14:29
PaulJ wrote: 12 Nov 2018 14:21 Jon's a pretty sharp guy.. he'll figure out the business end of a soldering iron before the sequel's over!! :D :D :D
I can imagine it now... rubber jonnie in a martial arts film.. where his choice of weapon isn't a samurai sword, but a password protected soldering iron...

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Don't forget a whip made entirely out of braided de-soldering wick!
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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
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Ok, so the final ICs are here, hopefully will get the build finished tonight :)
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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: 14 Nov 2018 09:22 Ok, so the final ICs are here, hopefully will get the build finished tonight :)
Good luck for the switch on event. Which celebrity are you shipping in to flick the switch as it’s near Christmas lights turn on season.
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:bravo:

I can see it now.. ST is turned on.. lights dim in the house.. all the bulbs explode as the monitor slowly comes into focus... but wait, there is a eerie red glow filling the room and a faint cry of burning resistors which are looking for their next kill...

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