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Re: Archie A3000 inbound
Posted: 13 Sep 2023 14:35
by alexh
Congratulations. All that hard work was worth it. You need to get Archimedes Elite or Zarch running.
Re: Archie A3000 inbound
Posted: 13 Sep 2023 14:44
by HigashiJun
Thank you !
I will get these games for sure, but I have to finish all the planned upgrades first.
:cheers:
Re: Archie A3000 inbound
Posted: 13 Sep 2023 18:40
by PhilC
Great to see it up and running after all your hard work.
Re: Archie A3000 inbound
Posted: 13 Sep 2023 22:08
by HigashiJun
:cheers:
Re: Archie A3000 inbound
Posted: 25 Sep 2023 11:51
by HigashiJun
Some news of the project after a little break.
Just received 3 packs of PCBs from China:
UltraVIDC.JPG
Some parts should arrive tomorrow and I will be ready to make the famous Ultra VIDC.
Joystick.JPG
The second gimmick in the list is the joystick adapter, but some parts are still missing.
HDFDD1.JPG
HDFDD2.JPG
The High Density Floppy Adapter was made today. I should be able to fit it soon.
My spare AJAX chip will be used for this upgrade.
4MB.JPG
And here is the last "present" of the day...
Hope the ZIDEFS IDE will be delivered soon.
:D
Re: Archie A3000 inbound
Posted: 25 Sep 2023 11:55
by rubber_jonnie
Lots of new toys :)
Re: Archie A3000 inbound
Posted: 25 Sep 2023 12:16
by HigashiJun
:lol:
Re: Archie A3000 inbound
Posted: 03 Oct 2023 10:43
by HigashiJun
Some news of the project.
External battery is now ready:
Battery1.JPG
Battery2.JPG
Leads1.JPG
Leads2.JPG
and the final result should be something like this:
Board.JPG
Stay tuned.
Re: Archie A3000 inbound
Posted: 03 Oct 2023 11:45
by Badwolf
Very nice @HigashiJun!
I've not been keeping up with this so it's lovely to see it looking so good after all those traces were mangled at the start.
My 3000 (much tattier!) has the ZIDEFS DOM, the memory upgrade, the serial board and a mouse port fitted to the rear, but I've not heard about the video upgrade or the crimp keyboard adapters.
What does the video upgrade offer and where did you get the keyboard connector crimps?
Cheers,
BW
Re: Archie A3000 inbound
Posted: 03 Oct 2023 12:05
by HigashiJun
@Badwolf
Thank you !
I got the crimp connectors on Evil Bay from four-d-pi-shop, based in the UK:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/175001932055?h ... R4iixNLeYg
I saw them in another electronic parts supplier (Mouser ?), but they would cost me much more with shipping fees included.
The UltraVIDC is described on this website:
https://www.retro-kit.co.uk/Ultra-VIDC- ... html#A3000
A nice piece of hardware.
I would also recommend you to fit the HD Floppy mod in your Archie.