exxos's Atari, Amiga & retro forum

troed wrote: 14 Nov 2020 09:54 Being an early adopter means you're an early adopter. I have one of the early boards here and might never build it up. I have already bought the B1 as well, spending my time on that instead.

It's what being supportive to the cause is all about. Some (exxos) invest their time, others invest just money. We all invest, without expecting any payoff besides spending time with our beloved Atari platform.

/Troed

Absolutely agree with the above, I have a second H4 that might never be assembled (or at least not until much later)...the parts I bought for that will mostly go towards the H5 I pre-ordered.

I do also understand that others may have a different view than this... but I don't know of any other truly compatible ST h/w platform under active development.

I'm really grateful for the efforts of all those involved on the forum and all the developments!

@exxos please let me know if there's any left from this batch and I'll buy one or two straight away..

That and a whole shed load of 68k sockets as usual :lol:

Warning all, only 15 68k sockets left in store :lol: :lol:

PhilC wrote: 14 Nov 2020 11:57 @exxos please let me know if there's any left from this batch and I'll buy one or two straight away..

That and a whole shed load of 68k sockets as usual :lol:

Warning all, only 15 68k sockets left in store :lol: :lol:

Well, at the moment Exxos does seem to be the only place which has 64 way 2.54mm IC sockets in stock. RS are estimating the middle of December for new stock, as are Farnell.

stephen_usher wrote: 14 Nov 2020 12:17 Well, at the moment Exxos does seem to be the only place which has 64 way 2.54mm IC sockets in stock. RS are estimating the middle of December for new stock, as are Farnell.

Well, fine by me, they will have sockets back by the time I care about finding a donor machine. I've started this hobby just 2 monthes ago and I already have my hands full of doable -or not- hardware projects.

In my previous hobby, people were calling that "the cursed peanuts"... guess it striked again :D

Did a quick count and there is about 4 or 5 B1 boards left out of this batch of 30.

PhilC wrote: 14 Nov 2020 11:57 Warning all, only 15 68k sockets left in store :lol: :lol:

I've got loads of them.. Maybe 50 more yet. Just not enough space to store them all for stock . will see if I can bump the stock level up any next week.

NOTE: Below is assembly progress... Boards have to be manufactured before assembly can continue...

I have just been told one PCB is faulty, so at best there are 3 B1 still available to order at the time of this post. Anyone who orders a B1 from now on ,should be reminded that they may not make this production batch..

Oddly its still at 29%, but says production complete and awaiting courier pickup :thumbup:

@exxos It will be good to hear when they are actually en route...