Woo hoo, my display is now in the UK, fingers crossed arriving on Wednesday
Fingers crossed I ordered the right thing!!!
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...
HigashiJun wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2026 11:54 am
Good news.
Even better news, it's out for delivery today
Should be here by 12:30.
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...
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Looks like a good fit sizewise, just a case of how I get the adapter board in there, plus the control board.
Need to have a good look at the video on Noel's Retro Lab for advice on all of that.
It's a shame, Noel doesn't seem to have posted for a year, I know he got busy with life/work but I did enjoy his vids.
Works lovely too:
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Though that is HDMI out of my Intellivision Sprint
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...
mrbombermillzy wrote: Tue Jul 07, 2026 12:03 pm
Looks like I logged in just as your Amstrad is starting to come together nicely. Looking good Jon.
It runs great, the colour display should the cherry on top
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...
HigashiJun wrote: Wed Jul 08, 2026 12:16 am
Should look really gorgeous once the mod is done !
Yes, I agree, decent little screen for the price and the adapter will take HDMI, VGA and composite, so quite useful.
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...
OK, So not moved very far forwards with the screen upgrade, other than watch everything that Noel did to upgrade his. I'm waiting on an RGB2HDMI adapter now to convert the CGA input into HDMI since going direct from CGA to VGA isn't possible.
This is what Noel did and it seems to be the best pricewise and also sizewise for actually fitting inside the PPC512.
Hopefully won't be too long coming and I can crack on with things. Might even bring it up to CL5 and I can show off the display and also the ISA expansion board
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...