Guess what's in the box?

Blogs & guides and tales of woo by forum members.
User avatar
rubber_jonnie
Site Admin
Site Admin
Posts: 14893
Joined: 17 Aug 2017 19:40
Location: Essex

Re: Guess what's in the box?

Post by rubber_jonnie »

Woo hoo, it's out for delivery today :)
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...
Top
User avatar
HigashiJun
Posts: 2383
Joined: 19 Jun 2020 07:21
Location: Tokyo

Re: Guess what's in the box?

Post by HigashiJun »

:girldance:
Top
User avatar
rubber_jonnie
Site Admin
Site Admin
Posts: 14893
Joined: 17 Aug 2017 19:40
Location: Essex

Re: Guess what's in the box?

Post by rubber_jonnie »

Just arrived:


IMG20250311130304.jpg
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
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...
Top
User avatar
stephen_usher
Site sponsor
Site sponsor
Posts: 7376
Joined: 13 Nov 2017 19:19
Location: Oxford, UK.

Re: Guess what's in the box?

Post by stephen_usher »

:D
Intro retro computers since before they were retro...
ZX81->Spectrum->Memotech MTX->Sinclair QL->520STM->BBC Micro->TT030->PCs & Sun Workstations.
Added code to the MiNT kernel (still there the last time I checked) + put together MiNTOS.
Collection now with added Macs, Amigas, Suns and Acorns.
Top
User avatar
rubber_jonnie
Site Admin
Site Admin
Posts: 14893
Joined: 17 Aug 2017 19:40
Location: Essex

Re: Guess what's in the box?

Post by rubber_jonnie »

So, the patching is done to the 400 ready to take the new RAM card :)

IMG20250311151029.jpg

Soon be ready to test :)
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
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...
Top
User avatar
stephen_usher
Site sponsor
Site sponsor
Posts: 7376
Joined: 13 Nov 2017 19:19
Location: Oxford, UK.

Re: Guess what's in the box?

Post by stephen_usher »

:crossed1: :crossed2:
Intro retro computers since before they were retro...
ZX81->Spectrum->Memotech MTX->Sinclair QL->520STM->BBC Micro->TT030->PCs & Sun Workstations.
Added code to the MiNT kernel (still there the last time I checked) + put together MiNTOS.
Collection now with added Macs, Amigas, Suns and Acorns.
Top
User avatar
rubber_jonnie
Site Admin
Site Admin
Posts: 14893
Joined: 17 Aug 2017 19:40
Location: Essex

Re: Guess what's in the box?

Post by rubber_jonnie »

stephen_usher wrote: 11 Mar 2025 15:15 :crossed1: :crossed2:
Well, it seems to work:

IMG20250311152857.jpg

Just need to try some other stuff like UNOCart, SDRIVEMax and AtariPico.
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
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...
Top
User avatar
stephen_usher
Site sponsor
Site sponsor
Posts: 7376
Joined: 13 Nov 2017 19:19
Location: Oxford, UK.

Re: Guess what's in the box?

Post by stephen_usher »

Yay!
Intro retro computers since before they were retro...
ZX81->Spectrum->Memotech MTX->Sinclair QL->520STM->BBC Micro->TT030->PCs & Sun Workstations.
Added code to the MiNT kernel (still there the last time I checked) + put together MiNTOS.
Collection now with added Macs, Amigas, Suns and Acorns.
Top
User avatar
rubber_jonnie
Site Admin
Site Admin
Posts: 14893
Joined: 17 Aug 2017 19:40
Location: Essex

Re: Guess what's in the box?

Post by rubber_jonnie »

Oddly my A8Picocarts and Uno Cart don't work, though I can get to the Uno menu so will try a different SD card.

Otherwise lots booting from SDriveMAX :)

IMG20250311161743.jpg
IMG20250311155459.jpg
IMG20250311154944.jpg
IMG20250311154458.jpg
IMG20250311154211.jpg
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
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...
Top
User avatar
JezC
Posts: 2783
Joined: 28 Aug 2017 23:44

Re: Guess what's in the box?

Post by JezC »

Did you intend everyone to see your address in the earlier post?

Might be prudent to blur it or something - otherwise any jealous retro collector might know where to expand their collection at your expense!
Top

Return to “MEMBER BLOGS”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: apple [bot], ClaudeBot, rubber_jonnie, semrush [bot], sporniket, Steve, trendiction [bot] and 18 guests