New project: An ACT Apricot F1 "barn find"

[stephen_usher]

Well, with a couple of more bodges the board is fully functional and I can get RGBI out via the 8 pin DIN socket using a ZX Spectrum+ 128K SCART cable (as long as I don't try to fit the case on the machine).

So, these are the bodges:

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Note the "professional" fitting of the DIN socket. Hehe.

[PhilC]

Its to assist in port ventilation :)

[stephen_usher]

Its to assist in port ventilation :)

Hehe.

[stephen_usher]

Now I have the RGB out I can actually capture the screen.

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And capture video... Here's GEM booting on the machine. A tad slower than an ST getting to the desktop. :lol:




Oh, and the MkII board has been designed and sent off to PCBWay for manufacture.

[stephen_usher]

It looks like the Mk.II boards will be delivered today. I'll probably have to wait until the weekend before building one up.

[rubber_jonnie]

That is a truly funky looking GUI!

[stephen_usher]

That is a truly funky looking GUI!

It is, and without a mouse the pointer moves incrementally between items rather than moving as you would expect.

Anyway, the PCBs have arrived and finally PCBWay have dispatched the pre-built memory PCB after sitting completed for nearly two weeks. I had to prompt them to send it in the end.

[rubber_jonnie]

That is a truly funky looking GUI!

It is, and without a mouse the pointer moves incrementally between items rather than moving as you would expect.

Anyway, the PCBs have arrived and finally PCBWay have dispatched the pre-built memory PCB after sitting completed for nearly two weeks. I had to prompt them to send it in the end.

That kinda makes sense re the pointer.

Surprised you had to prompt them to send the PCBs, thought they were normally pretty good.

[stephen_usher]

Surprised you had to prompt them to send the PCBs, thought they were normally pretty good.

Yeah. I think I confused them by having 5 PCBs but only one having components fitted. I got an e-mail conversation asking if the first board was correct and if they could go ahead assembling the others, which I replied that I hadn't paid for the others to be built. The day after the status changed to "Ready for dispatch" and that's how it sat for nearly two weeks.

[rubber_jonnie]

Surprised you had to prompt them to send the PCBs, thought they were normally pretty good.

Yeah. I think I confused them by having 5 PCBs but only one having components fitted. I got an e-mail conversation asking if the first board was correct and if they could go ahead assembling the others, which I replied that I hadn't paid for the others to be built. The day after the status changed to "Ready for dispatch" and that's how it sat for nearly two weeks.

Well at least you have them now. Is the built one complete or is there more for you to do to it?