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A new arrival - Amstrad PPC512

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Re: A new arrival - Amstrad PPC512

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OK, internal wiring is done :)

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And it seems to work fine:

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But I seem to be having some issues with the intensity bit not working, or being intermittent. So I need to go and check the connection is good.
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That looks great Jon.
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PhilC wrote: 24 Jul 2026 10:11 That looks great Jon.
Thanks. :)

Seems the intensity bit was just a bad connection on the RGB2HDMI header, so I've fixed that and it looks like this now:

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Whereas before the grey box and text were the same colour. Also, PoP is now behaving differently.

It was flipping between light and dark intensities, but now just works as advertised :)
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Looks splendid Jon.

Make sure you have a go on Prince of Persia before putting it away. :)
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mrbombermillzy wrote: 24 Jul 2026 13:56 Looks splendid Jon.

Make sure you have a go on Prince of Persia before putting it away. :)
I will :)

Even though I'm terrible at it!!!

More proof that the intensity fix is working:

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So very pleased with the result :)
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