Can't be any worse than the "flowers" one which just smells like I not had a shower for a yearIcky wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:46 pm So from now on there will be a Herby or Lemon Grassy smelling Exxos.![]()
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exxos blog - random goings on
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Well......exxos wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:52 pm Can't be any worse than the "flowers" one which just smells like I not had a shower for a year![]()
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Was this before or after messing with the database
I had 2 tripplecheese burgers earlier.
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Emergency light packed in
Bad connection on the battery! Oddly the connections to seem to be solder blobs that had corroded
Back up and running again now though
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Had this brilliant donation today by @supaduper
Indeed my sanity and r.s.i thank you!
Now I can get the CPU in and out of of the socket in in less than an hour! and hopefully without destroying the socket & CPU as well now!

Indeed my sanity and r.s.i thank you!
Now I can get the CPU in and out of of the socket in in less than an hour! and hopefully without destroying the socket & CPU as well now!
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Ooooh, nice. I do like a bit of zero insertion force, those normal sockets are such a sod to get stuff out of.exxos wrote: Fri Jul 01, 2022 4:11 pm Had this brilliant donation today by @supaduper![]()
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Now I can get the CPU in and out of of the socket in in less than an hour! and hopefully without destroying the socket & CPU as well now!![]()
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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...
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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I concur! But that's normally on weekends
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Very nice. And an EPROM to boot!
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DFB1 Open source 50MHz 030 and TT-RAM accelerator for the Falcon
Smalliermouse ST-optimised USB mouse adapter based on SmallyMouse2
FrontBench The Frontier: Elite 2 intro as a benchmark
Smalliermouse ST-optimised USB mouse adapter based on SmallyMouse2
FrontBench The Frontier: Elite 2 intro as a benchmark
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Yep. Now I think about it the latest firmware could have had a slow down for the ROM. Though I guess it doesn't really matter as ROM is copied into RAM anyway.
I did buy a load of those EPROMs. Really should put them in my store at some point
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Oooooh errrr missus!

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...
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...
