exxos's Atari, Amiga & retro forum

Icky wrote: 13 Feb 2022 17:11

rubber_jonnie wrote: 13 Feb 2022 17:04 Ooops. I may have accidentally just bought a Vic-20 fixer upperer......

There is no stopping you at the moment @rubber_jonnie :)

I'm a retro collecting express train!!

Watch out.. all these half-dead machines may merge into a single hybrid XL-VIC-Elk monstrosity! ;-)

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?

stephen_usher wrote: 13 Feb 2022 17:18 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!!!

mrbombermillzy wrote: 13 Feb 2022 17:24 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!

rubber_jonnie wrote: 13 Feb 2022 17:04 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.

BennehBoy wrote: 13 Feb 2022 19:01

rubber_jonnie wrote: 13 Feb 2022 17:04 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 :)

Getting started on cassette leads for the MSX, Aquarius and Oric Atmos:


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.

Hard to believe, but this day 3 years ago I was installing this into an STE:


More excellent work from @exxos 😁

rubber_jonnie wrote: 17 Feb 2022 08:27 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!