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Re: General Stuff(tm)
Posted: 10 Jul 2023 18:59
by mrbombermillzy
That gear looks great. It's a pity we cant pinch it for use in October. :)
Re: General Stuff(tm)
Posted: 11 Jul 2023 19:02
by stephen_usher
The first repair in the new outbuilding begins... after the first furniture arrives.
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Re: General Stuff(tm)
Posted: 11 Jul 2023 21:04
by stephen_usher
Looks like the B&W TV I bought needs recapping...
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And the on/off switch has now stopped turning off.
Re: General Stuff(tm)
Posted: 11 Jul 2023 22:46
by rubber_jonnie
stephen_usher wrote: 11 Jul 2023 21:04
Looks like the B&W TV I bought needs recapping...
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And the on/off switch has now stopped turning off.
I see it's all solid state, fancy :)
Re: General Stuff(tm)
Posted: 11 Jul 2023 22:56
by stephen_usher
It was in 1972. No valves at all!
Re: General Stuff(tm)
Posted: 12 Jul 2023 21:42
by stephen_usher
Had another look at the telly. It seems I wired up the aerial connector incorrectly and soldered the outside of the coax to the TV ground. This was why the power switch wasn't working as that switches the GND connection and the BBC Master was connecting that and switching the TV on.
Also, the waviness on the display wasn't apparent if the computer was connected via the loop aerial connector. Hmm...
Fixed the first issue but I'm going to have to re-wire it again as there's a lot of interference causing it to wobble. I probably have the connections the wrong way around and need to use a bit of coax.
Anyway, I got the linearity fixed as well, so no recapping required.
I've put that on hold for a few days as I'm starting to think about getting thing ready for ECM in 5.5 weeks time. Tried out the "new" Jaguar controller and it's fine, so that system is all ready.
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Re: General Stuff(tm)
Posted: 12 Jul 2023 22:05
by JezC
Cool - never knew there was a version of Worms for the jaguar...makes me wish I'd bought one when they were being virtually given away... :roll:
Re: General Stuff(tm)
Posted: 13 Jul 2023 18:44
by stween
JezC wrote: 12 Jul 2023 22:05
Cool - never knew there was a version of Worms for the jaguar...makes me wish I'd bought one when they were being virtually given away... :roll:
I bought my jaguar for a tenner from Electronics Boutique around 2000? 2001? I remember hearing the rumour and me and a friend went to see what was up. Total score.
Re: General Stuff(tm)
Posted: 13 Jul 2023 23:27
by chronicthehedgehog
I swapped my ST for a Jag around 1997. It was cheaper to re-buy an ST or two in the long run. I really must buy a JagDrive one day.
Your Jag's case looks really shiny. Have you used any kind of restorer on it?
Re: General Stuff(tm)
Posted: 13 Jul 2023 23:32
by stephen_usher
No restorer, it was just hardly used by the original owner