This should go nicely with the Altair and Kenbak:
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- Fri Apr 19, 2024 3:37 pm
- Forum: MEMBER BLOGS
- Topic: Stuff and Things.
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- Fri Apr 19, 2024 3:34 pm
- Forum: MEMBER BLOGS
- Topic: Exxos will like this colour of Switch Lite :)
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Re: Exxos will like this colour of Switch Lite :)
They are spectacularly tiny, and very easy to miss!! Maybe not so easy to miss with the tweezers though? ;) :hide: Quite... Strictly speaking I pushed the M92T36 IC to check it was floating, changed position and nudged a whole heap of stuff off with the IC. Then I managed to make it worse with the ...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 2:56 pm
- Forum: MEMBER BLOGS
- Topic: Exxos will like this colour of Switch Lite :)
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Re: Exxos will like this colour of Switch Lite :)
They are spectacularly tiny, and very easy to miss!!stephen_usher wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 2:55 pmOh, I see them now. Yesy, they look like tiny resistors. I'd not even noticed them in your picture before.rubber_jonnie wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 2:13 pm
Mostly, but there are some that 'might' be resistors and are so damn tiny I'm not 100% sure what they are.
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 2:13 pm
- Forum: MEMBER BLOGS
- Topic: Exxos will like this colour of Switch Lite :)
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Re: Exxos will like this colour of Switch Lite :)
Mostly, but there are some that 'might' be resistors and are so damn tiny I'm not 100% sure what they are.
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 1:25 pm
- Forum: CHAT FORUM PUBLIC
- Topic: XC95144XL & XC95288XL obsolete
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Re: XC95144XL & XC95288XL obsolete
I almost never buy from larger places like RS, Farnell, Digi-Key and Mouser because for the small numbers I buy, it is truly extortionate what they charge for delivery. I usually make an order of just above 50€ (without VAT) to get free shipping. For small stuff where I'm ok-ish with made in China,...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 12:17 pm
- Forum: MEMBER BLOGS
- Topic: Exxos will like this colour of Switch Lite :)
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Re: Exxos will like this colour of Switch Lite :)
OK, wow. I bought the spares board yesterday and it arrived today!!! IMG20240419120249.jpg Spares board is on top, you can see the carnage my slip caused on the bottom board. I have also managed to secure another cheap Switch Lite that has a broken case but works, so I have a bit of a backup plan if...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 12:11 pm
- Forum: CHAT FORUM PUBLIC
- Topic: XC95144XL & XC95288XL obsolete
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Re: XC95144XL & XC95288XL obsolete
I pretty much only ever get TTL IC's from eBay these days. I have a few sources I trust, but I don't doubt they will eventually dry out. Sure it's a risk, and sometimes you get bad un's, but more often than not they are good, at least from the sellers I use. I almost never buy from larger places lik...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 11:05 pm
- Forum: MEMBER BLOGS
- Topic: General Stuff(tm)
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Re: General Stuff(tm)
That's bloody annoying.stephen_usher wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:19 pm Got down to my Dad's house in Cornwall this evening and found the broadband dead.
After about 45 minutes on the phone the BT it seems that there's a general BT Openreach outage in the area. Oh well, having to use my phone as a 4G relay.
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:14 pm
- Forum: MEMBER BLOGS
- Topic: Exxos will like this colour of Switch Lite :)
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Re: Exxos will like this colour of Switch Lite :)
Yep, a very similar scenario for sure.stephen_usher wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:53 pm Eek! Almost as bad as sneezing with tiny surface mount capacitors on the bench.
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 6:39 pm
- Forum: MEMBER BLOGS
- Topic: Exxos will like this colour of Switch Lite :)
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Re: Exxos will like this colour of Switch Lite :)
Ah bugger. Sell it for spares and get an "unpatched" full Switch? I've bought lots of "broken" unpatched switches over the years from fb market place etc. and you can bag bargains (Sub £80) if you know what to look for. Usually they can be bought with one of these faults : "...