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stephen_usher wrote: 22 Oct 2025 11:09
rubber_jonnie wrote: 22 Oct 2025 09:46 I think my FPUs (One in my MSTE and one in my A1200 accelerator) are 25Mhz, so that's nice and speedy. I take it that the FPU in a TT is mapped in a totally different way to the MSTE.
Indeed. The 68030 has a special interface to connect to the FPU directly which the 68000 doesn't have.
Makes sense.
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@rubber_jonnie

Yes, it's handy to have one...
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Finally gave up with the FPU tests...

The one I bought from exxos store was giving me errors, then passed all the tests and then started again to give errors.

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So I've decided to fit back the original FPU, which surprisingly passed the tests several times and then started to give some errors.

And once the "FPU case" was closed, I could test my Lightning USB setup combined with the ATW800/2:

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Everything is OK so far.

Now time to try the ATW800/2 video output.
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Speaking about monitors, I have received 2 nice babies today for my TT:

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HigashiJun wrote: 23 Nov 2025 11:11 Speaking about monitors, I have received 2 nice babies today for my TT:


NEC1990SX.JPG


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Nice, I have a couple of NEC displays, though different models to these, and they are great for retro stuff.
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rubber_jonnie wrote: 23 Nov 2025 11:42 Nice, I have a couple of NEC displays, though different models to these, and they are great for retro stuff.
Yes, my previous LCD1990FXp was really good too.
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HigashiJun wrote: 23 Nov 2025 11:48
rubber_jonnie wrote: 23 Nov 2025 11:42 Nice, I have a couple of NEC displays, though different models to these, and they are great for retro stuff.
Yes, my previous LCD1990FXp was really good too.
I have one of those and a 1970NX, both excellent. The 1970 is hooked up to my MSTE and the 1990 to my A1200 as a 2nd display.
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:dualthumbup:
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Today was keyboard day.

Although my keyboard was working fine, I have decided to replace the original membrane which is famous to be prone to failure.

I had a new replacement member from Best Electronics, which looks sturdier than the original one.

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That was also a good opportunity to clean the grubby keyboard which shines now more than ever:

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I just blowed compressed air on the keycaps in order to remove the dust beneath them:

Keycaps.JPG

The keyboard is now closed and ready to use.

Complete.JPG

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And a last picture with one of my two 1990SX monitors.

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Will have to adjust the settings now...

I am really pleased with the result.

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