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Hellraiseruk wrote: Sat Mar 08, 2025 10:33 am Errr, link don't work....

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Hmm, it did earlier, odd, let me take a look.

Please try again, copy and paste snafu.

Jurgen's Website
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Yep, that works now :)

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Hellraiseruk wrote: Sat Mar 08, 2025 12:04 pm Yep, that works now :)

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Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
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rubber_jonnie wrote: Sat Mar 08, 2025 8:09 am Exciting, the RAM board has arrived in London :)
So I'm really confused by the USPS tracking for this:

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Seems to be doing loops round Jamaica NY when I thought it was in London previously. How annoying :(
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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
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:dizzy: :dizzy: :dizzy:
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HigashiJun wrote: Sun Mar 09, 2025 8:55 am :dizzy: :dizzy: :dizzy:
That's pretty much it in a nutshell...
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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
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Oh, it bounced off Heathrow. Possibly not the correct documentation or someone misread the label.

I had a parcel from PCBWay once get to Heathrow, bounce back to China then get shipped to Germany, The Netherlands and Heathrow again before going on for delivery. That was well travelled.
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stephen_usher wrote: Sun Mar 09, 2025 11:43 am Oh, it bounced off Heathrow. Possibly not the correct documentation or someone misread the label.

I had a parcel from PCBWay once get to Heathrow, bounce back to China then get shipped to Germany, The Netherlands and Heathrow again before going on for delivery. That was well travelled.
Honestly, I don't know what it's doing.

It never shows as arrived in London, so I'm not sure if the 'departed London' message means it's leaving to London or what. It now just says 'moving through network'.
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Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
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rubber_jonnie wrote: Sat Mar 08, 2025 10:44 am
Hellraiseruk wrote: Sat Mar 08, 2025 10:33 am Errr, link don't work....

JD
Hmm, it did earlier, odd, let me take a look.

Please try again, copy and paste snafu.

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OK, so I have heard from Jurgen and the SCCC card is off for now due to some health issues he has. Hopefully he'll be better and can get back to things, however for now I'd suggest nobody orders from him until he's sorted out.
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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
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rubber_jonnie wrote: Mon Mar 10, 2025 10:16 am It never shows as arrived in London, so I'm not sure if the 'departed London' message means it's leaving to London or what. It now just says 'moving through network'.
"Departed London" actually means that it passed through Heathrow and is out the other side.

"Moving through network" is not great as that means they're not sure where it is or going. It's parcel purgatory. Maybe it'll pop up in Sydney and then do a World tour?
Intro retro computers since before they were retro...
ZX81->Spectrum->Memotech MTX->Sinclair QL->520STM->BBC Micro->TT030->PCs & Sun Workstations.
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