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Icky wrote: Sun Feb 13, 2022 5:11 pm
rubber_jonnie wrote: Sun Feb 13, 2022 5:04 pm Ooops. I may have accidentally just bought a Vic-20 fixer upperer......
There is no stopping you at the moment @rubber_jonnie :)
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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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Watch out.. all these half-dead machines may merge into a single hybrid XL-VIC-Elk monstrosity! ;-)
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.
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I sometimes sign in here on the forum and notice that MOST of the current topics are each of @rubber_jonnies computers. :lol:

I do wonder if I will see them ALL taken up by his equipment at some point?
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stephen_usher wrote: Sun Feb 13, 2022 5:18 pm Watch out.. all these half-dead machines may merge into a single hybrid XL-VIC-Elk monstrosity! ;-)
Mwa hahahaaaa!!

My hybrid death machines will allow me to take over the world!!!
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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
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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mrbombermillzy wrote: Sun Feb 13, 2022 5:24 pm I sometimes sign in here on the forum and notice that MOST of the current topics are each of @rubber_jonnies computers. :lol:

I do wonder if I will see them ALL taken up by his equipment at some point?
I can't help it if I am an active forum member :)

I have in the past had all the new posts in my name!
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...
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rubber_jonnie wrote: Sun Feb 13, 2022 5:04 pm Ooops. I may have accidentally just bought a Vic-20 fixer upperer......
I'm probably going to do the same soon - the vic was my first ever computer that I swapped a Casio keyboard to a mate for.
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BennehBoy wrote: Sun Feb 13, 2022 7:01 pm
rubber_jonnie wrote: Sun Feb 13, 2022 5:04 pm Ooops. I may have accidentally just bought a Vic-20 fixer upperer......
I'm probably going to do the same soon - the vic was my first ever computer that I swapped a Casio keyboard to a mate for.
Nice :)
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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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Getting started on cassette leads for the MSX, Aquarius and Oric Atmos:

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They will all follow a standard design of a din plug that fits the computer (all have different DIN plug pin layouts) and a pair of mono sockets that will take standard Spectrum black/grey cassette leads, one each for in/out.

No more time tonight, but the mono sockets are all done, just got to wire up to the DIN plugs next.
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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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Hard to believe, but this day 3 years ago I was installing this into an STE:

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More excellent work from @exxos 😁
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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: Thu Feb 17, 2022 8:27 am Hard to believe, but this day 3 years ago I was installing this into an STE:

More excellent work from @exxos 😁
:thanksyellow:

Think they were the 38mhz STE booster prototypes. I want to get the SEC booster working with ultra fast ROM access in the H5 and STE. Just designing the new ROM board is yet another project I don't have time for :(

Yeah I don't use my STE without one these days. Its painful slow otherwise!
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