Aquarius add ons

[rubber_jonnie]

I've been trawling around the interweb to see what other additions I can find to improve my own machine.

I found this site: Modding the Aquarius, though I have to say things over there are a bit expensive, though given it wasn't a popular machine I suppose that prices are high due to low volumes.

However, I did also look at the section on the composite mod DIY edition and as a result have ordered the PCB from PCBWay :)

The minimum order is 5 PCBs, and since I need only the one, I will likely have 4 spares, so if there is anybody who is interested in a PCB to convert their own Aquarius to composite is well, just PM me and it will be first come first served, all for the low low price of free.

Be aware they may not be here for a little while as I only ordered them this morning.

:)

[stephen_usher]

Contact Binary Dinosaurs (@BinaryDinosaurs) on Twitter, he'll know Aquarius (& Aquarius II) owners/enthusiasts who may like PCBs.

[rubber_jonnie]

Contact Binary Dinosaurs (@BinaryDinosaurs) on Twitter, he'll know Aquarius (& Aquarius II) owners/enthusiasts who may like PCBs.

I have a funny feeling that he's the guy who was at the Museum of Computing History for the show :)

[stephen_usher]

Yeah, he's one of the mainstays of that.

[rubber_jonnie]

Well, the parts arrived yesterday and I built up the comp mod board and installed it into the Aquarius:

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It's very well designed in that it perfectly fits in the spot where the modulator was. Apologies for the green hook up wire, but I wanted to test and the cable won't be here until this evening, so I lashed up a test rig.


The picture on this particular monitor isn't great (All composite is a bit fuzzy on this) but sufficient to see it's working just fine :)

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Good result :)

[stephen_usher]

:dualthumbup:

[PhilC]

looks like a simple mod to do as well, that's great.

I use one of these for my composite needs to adapt it to my 15khz capable VGA monitor. It does SVideo as well.

[rubber_jonnie]

looks like a simple mod to do as well, that's great.

I use one of these for my composite needs to adapt it to my 15khz capable VGA monitor. It does SVideo as well.

Yes, it's nice and neat and easy to build.

I have a TV and use a Retrotink to convert to HDMI. I do have something similar to that item you posted though.