REMINDER - Stay logged in for at least 2 hours a week to get whitelisted.
Also it helps build a picture where our "good traffic" is coming from for detection scripts.
:o)

QL vDrive upgrade

Any 680x0 based information, repairs, images, upgrades and other cool stuff that is not Atari and Amiga based but based on the Motorola 68K range of processors
User avatar
rubber_jonnie
Site Admin
Site Admin
Posts: 14996
Joined: 17 Aug 2017 19:40
Location: Essex

Re: QL vDrive upgrade

Post by rubber_jonnie »

And it's on the way from Russia :)


Screenshot 2021-12-03 at 14.04.29.png

Perhaps even From Russia With Love.......
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
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...
Top
User avatar
stephen_usher
Site sponsor
Site sponsor
Posts: 7429
Joined: 13 Nov 2017 19:19
Location: Oxford, UK.

Re: QL vDrive upgrade

Post by stephen_usher »

Siberia Express
Intro retro computers since before they were retro...
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.
Top
User avatar
rubber_jonnie
Site Admin
Site Admin
Posts: 14996
Joined: 17 Aug 2017 19:40
Location: Essex

Re: QL vDrive upgrade

Post by rubber_jonnie »

stephen_usher wrote: 03 Dec 2021 14:50 Siberia Express
Does that make it slower?
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...
Top
User avatar
stephen_usher
Site sponsor
Site sponsor
Posts: 7429
Joined: 13 Nov 2017 19:19
Location: Oxford, UK.

Re: QL vDrive upgrade

Post by stephen_usher »

Just more tortured. (Ref: Soviet Siberian work camps for political prisoners.)
Intro retro computers since before they were retro...
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.
Top
User avatar
rubber_jonnie
Site Admin
Site Admin
Posts: 14996
Joined: 17 Aug 2017 19:40
Location: Essex

Re: QL vDrive upgrade

Post by rubber_jonnie »

stephen_usher wrote: 03 Dec 2021 14:56 Just more tortured. (Ref: Soviet Siberian work camps for political prisoners.)
Fair enough.....
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...
Top
User avatar
rubber_jonnie
Site Admin
Site Admin
Posts: 14996
Joined: 17 Aug 2017 19:40
Location: Essex

Re: QL vDrive upgrade

Post by rubber_jonnie »

It's only taken 5 days, but the Gold Card is on the move :)

Screenshot 2021-12-08 at 19.09.04.png

I wonder if it will arrive in December or January?
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
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...
Top
User avatar
stephen_usher
Site sponsor
Site sponsor
Posts: 7429
Joined: 13 Nov 2017 19:19
Location: Oxford, UK.

Re: QL vDrive upgrade

Post by stephen_usher »

It takes a while to get through Russia.
Intro retro computers since before they were retro...
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.
Top
User avatar
rubber_jonnie
Site Admin
Site Admin
Posts: 14996
Joined: 17 Aug 2017 19:40
Location: Essex

Re: QL vDrive upgrade

Post by rubber_jonnie »

stephen_usher wrote: 08 Dec 2021 20:29 It takes a while to get through Russia.
You're not wrong :)
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...
Top
User avatar
rubber_jonnie
Site Admin
Site Admin
Posts: 14996
Joined: 17 Aug 2017 19:40
Location: Essex

Re: QL vDrive upgrade

Post by rubber_jonnie »

Oooh, lots of movement today :)

Screenshot 2021-12-09 at 21.57.34.png
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
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...
Top
User avatar
exxos
Site Admin
Site Admin
Posts: 28557
Joined: 16 Aug 2017 23:19
Location: UK

Re: QL vDrive upgrade

Post by exxos »

rubber_jonnie wrote: 09 Dec 2021 21:59 Oooh, lots of movement today :)
*giggles* It's an age thing :lol:

Sorry.. I really did try and resist :lol: :hide: Yeah I know.. I'll go ban myself for a week now..
Top

Return to “OTHER 680x0”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: ClaudeBot and 1 guest