Whoops, I did it again. I have a problem, Dragon 32 inbound

[rubber_jonnie]

Ok, I did it again, is there a group that can help with this......

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Oh, wait, I'm already in the right self-help group......

[stephen_usher]

:lol:

Self-help group? Loony bin more like.

[Tomswork]

Hoarders in public

[rubber_jonnie]

@stephen_usher @Tomswork

I feel that both statements are true....


:dizzy:

[Tomswork]

My wife says I have 75 vintage computers i say I have 30. Hnmmn


Tom

[JezC]

I'm still waiting for a Dragon 64 at the right price... along with a Jupiter Ace.

However, with some small attempt at sanity I'm expecting that I will finish all my retro projects _before_ that day comes! ;) :roll:

[rubber_jonnie]

My wife says I have 75 vintage computers i say I have 30. Hnmmn


Tom

What's the actual number? I am edging up to 55, but I can't remember if that includes my smaller handhelds.....

[rubber_jonnie]

I'm still waiting for a Dragon 64 at the right price... along with a Jupiter Ace.

However, with some small attempt at sanity I'm expecting that I will finish all my retro projects _before_ that day comes! ;) :roll:

You may have a very long wait for those two!! As for price, unlikely to be reasonable!!

I'd say accept that some projects will never get finished, or will at least be long term, and move on. It's the only way.

[Icky]

Nice! You do need help @rubber_jonnie.

I have me one of those but it didn't have the PSU. Odd thing as the power brick is just a transformer nothing more and nothing less. The actual rest of the PSU is inside the Dragon as a separate board.

I ended up using an old Mini ITX PSU I had lying around as its pretty much +5V, +12V, etc . replacing the internal PSU board. It still has a power pack to the new board and I replace the new connector in the same place. It was the best solution at the time as those PSUs are difficult to find.

[rubber_jonnie]

Nice! You do need help @rubber_jonnie.

I have me one of those but it didn't have the PSU. Odd thing as the power brick is just a transformer nothing more and nothing less. The actual rest of the PSU is inside the Dragon as a separate board.

I ended up using an old Mini ITX PSU I had lying around as its pretty much +5V, +12V, etc . replacing the internal PSU board. It still has a power pack to the new board and I replace the new connector in the same place. It was the best solution at the time as those PSUs are difficult to find.

It's a pretty typical PSU solution for this era, an external transformer with internal PSU board. Lord knows if it'll work or not, but I like a challenge as you all know :)