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Hehe.

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stephen_usher wrote: Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:10 am Hehe.

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Indeed :)
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Not what I wanted to see on my uKenbak-1 delivery...

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Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
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Oh
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@rubber_jonnie - on the PS2Slim just check it is ok with CD, DVD dual and single layer.

I've got one that won't read dual layer games. So that one was an ideal candidate for the Router and OPL games.
I can't remember now, but blue coloured discs indicate one or the other.
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Higgy wrote: Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:35 pm @rubber_jonnie - on the PS2Slim just check it is ok with CD, DVD dual and single layer.

I've got one that won't read dual layer games. So that one was an ideal candidate for the Router and OPL games.
I can't remember now, but blue coloured discs indicate one or the other.
I'll check it once I have a video cable as that should be here tomorrow, but for the moment all I can do is see if the disk spins.

Thanks.
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rubber_jonnie wrote: Fri Mar 15, 2024 10:30 am Not what I wanted to see on my uKenbak-1 delivery...


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Woo hoo, it's moving :)

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Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
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Well the PS2 Slim is reassembled, and a controller and a PSU arrived today:

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Just waiting for the AV lead which should be here late afternoon early evening.

I feel confident it'll run fine after what I've seen internally, so fingers crossed for later :)
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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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I would recommend you look into your WiiU sooner rather than later. Nintendo are going to turn off the WiiU download/update server soon. It will be much harder to enjoy the WiiU once these are turned off and WiiU USB Helper Installer doesn't work anymore. You've got until April 8th to get a large USB HDD/SSD/Key softmod your WiiU and "download" everything you want directly from the BigN to your WiiU.
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alexh wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2024 9:14 pm I would recommend you look into your WiiU sooner rather than later. Nintendo are going to turn off the WiiU download/update server soon. It will be much harder to enjoy the WiiU once these are turned off and WiiU USB Helper Installer doesn't work anymore. You've got until April 8th to get a large USB HDD/SSD/Key softmod your WiiU and "download" everything you want directly from the BigN to your WiiU.
I have been playing on it here and there, it's an interesting (Or odd) console that's for sure. I thought the one I got from you was already softmodded as it came with a HDD full of games, or am I going to need to do something else now?
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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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