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Any sign of the flip-flop chips today?

stephen_usher wrote: 21 Jan 2022 13:49 Any sign of the flip-flop chips today?

Sadly not I'm afraid. The post is really variable round here ATM and we are getting deliveries once or twice a week, and then it's clear the PO has saved up several days worth of post as we get a bumper bundle.

Annoying because I just need that to be able to test the AY-3-8910, which would also help troubleshoot the USB side of things. Looking again at the flip flops, I think it being used as a clock divider for the AY.

Nothing today though, and it's frustrating as I am also waiting on a 74LS51 for my 600XL.

Any luck with your QS8888s? I'm assuming they are still on a slow boat from China!!

Well, apparently it left China just after 9pm last night, after taking 6 days to pass through the "Orange Connex" courier system and previous to that 5 days to be shipped by the vendor.

stephen_usher wrote: 21 Jan 2022 14:47 Well, apparently it left China just after 9pm last night, after taking 6 days to pass through the "Orange Connex" courier system and previous to that 5 days to be shipped by the vendor.

Definitely the slow boat!!

Little widget I thought I'd give a try, see if I can get composite out of my Aquarius.


Takes RGB in, which is available at the TEA1002 IC and outputs Composite and S-Video.

Should be a fun experiment :)

A mild spot of header soldering and wire chopping to get the RGB to composite board ready to be tested in the Aquarius, see if we can't squeeze a slightly better image out of it.

@exxos we need a fingers crossed emoji! :-)
(And possibly magic smoke one too.)

stephen_usher wrote: 10 Feb 2022 09:59 @exxos we need a fingers crossed emoji! :-)
(And possibly magic smoke one too.)

You find it, I'll add it..

stephen_usher wrote: 10 Feb 2022 09:59 @exxos we need a fingers crossed emoji! :-)
(And possibly magic smoke one too.)

HEY!!!!!! No fair!!

I haven't had a magic smoke incident in nearly a year......

We could do with a sign:

Magic Smoke Free for XXX days.....

Surely we have somebody arty on here who could oblige, then pin it to the top of the forum :)

How about this:


:)