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PaulJ wrote: 23 Oct 2018 20:17 Ya, good name., a BLIXXER is a BLiTTer with a sticker on it! :D

I thought it was supposed to be "GLiTTer" as suggested by Exxos' auto correct

Yup I got one of the last three BLIXXERS!! BLIXXER!!!

Don't forget the flag

Floppy Un-f*ck board works - Thats all the ports working now


Spot the superglued nylon spacers used to mount the PSU to the STF board - 4 of those gave me the flexibility to get the original PSU mounted.

:dualthumbup: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

exxos wrote: 24 Oct 2018 21:30 :dualthumbup: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

So what next :)

Icky wrote: 24 Oct 2018 21:35 So what next :)

Reset boards ;)

exxos wrote: 24 Oct 2018 21:41

Icky wrote: 24 Oct 2018 21:35 So what next :)

Reset boards ;)

Ah yes and the WD1772 buffer board

Icky wrote: 23 Oct 2018 10:50

exxos wrote: 17 Oct 2018 23:53 This was for something else I was trying to buy this week..

I think people just have some huge IC list and list everything regardless if they can actually get it or not. It's becoming a problem a problem to find anything these days :(

So looks like its a no go :(

I had to laugh at this statement - "The goods have been tested and tested but the quality is bad"

Do they have a Blitter quality performance tester at their disposal :D

So here is the next funny thing in the Blitter saga.

The seller said if I wanted a refund I had to cancel the order with the reason I no longer wanted the item.

Knowing that they didn’t really have these in stock I selected the cancelled order due to not in stock.

The seller refused to refund based on that reason. Of course I wanted my ££ back so had to relent and mark as no longer wanted.

I got the refund.

But to Exxos’ point these folk just list everything for an IC list regardless if they have it in stock or not. Issue I have is that instead of them accepting the fact and taking the item down they still carry on with that item.

So where do I source a Blitter from now. Was looking at best but it’s around $40 plus shipping. I could get a spares / repairs STE on evilBay for around £50 that potentially has a socketed Blitter and at the same time services me with a few other spare chips DMA etc.

I think they probably just doing it to bump up their feedback scores or something..

I have no idea where to get litters from other than BEST now. I've been trying to find other chips, but the 1772 I have been quoted up to $50 a chip so far! Now this is getting very worrying!