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Egyptian Enterprise 64 number 2

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Re: Egyptian Enterprise 64 number 2

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Nice.
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@rubber_jonnie oh well, I guess, luck of the AliExpress draw with that one then.

At least you've got it working now.
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alexh wrote: Mon Oct 26, 2026 1:29 pmNice.
Not going to lie, I'm pretty happy with it.
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PhilC wrote: Mon Oct 26, 2026 1:42 pm @rubber_jonnie oh well, I guess, luck of the AliExpress draw with that one then.

At least you've got it working now.
Indeed, some you win, some you lose. I just ordered some GAL 16V8D's from AE, hoping at least on works as expected, they're getting expensive on ebay. Wondering how many will work or even be real.

I had a previous order of 50 2114 RAM IC's and about 20% or so were bad.
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And I can confirm, the joystick adapters work great :)
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rubber_jonnie wrote: Mon Oct 26, 2026 2:11 pm
PhilC wrote: Mon Oct 26, 2026 1:42 pm @rubber_jonnie oh well, I guess, luck of the AliExpress draw with that one then.

At least you've got it working now.
Indeed, some you win, some you lose. I just ordered some GAL 16V8D's from AE, hoping at least on works as expected, they're getting expensive on ebay. Wondering how many will work or even be real.

I had a previous order of 50 2114 RAM IC's and about 20% or so were bad.
Hope they work, should have given me a shout, I've got those GAL16V8B -7s remember.
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PhilC wrote: Mon Oct 26, 2026 2:18 pm
rubber_jonnie wrote: Mon Oct 26, 2026 2:11 pm

Indeed, some you win, some you lose. I just ordered some GAL 16V8D's from AE, hoping at least on works as expected, they're getting expensive on ebay. Wondering how many will work or even be real.

I had a previous order of 50 2114 RAM IC's and about 20% or so were bad.
Hope they work, should have given me a shout, I've got those GAL16V8B -7s remember.
I forgot!!

If they don't though I'll have to remember you have some all over again!!!
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Oh and BTW with the RGB2HDMI and FDD controller running off the bench PSU it's hitting very nearly 2A.

We'll see what it does when I get the smaller RPi instead.
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rubber_jonnie wrote: Mon Oct 26, 2026 2:37 pm Oh and BTW with the RGB2HDMI and FDD controller running off the bench PSU it's hitting very nearly 2A.

We'll see what it does when I get the smaller RPi instead.
Good to know, and old age gets to all of us eventually :P
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PhilC wrote: Mon Oct 26, 2026 2:42 pm
Good to know, and old age gets to all of us eventually :P
Sure does...

BTW the RPi I currently have is a 4B, so way overspecced (IMHO) for the job of RGB2HDMI. Hoping the V1.3 will be here tomorrow or Wednesday.
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