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PhilC wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 4:15 pm @rubber_jonnie the little one I forgot to put the chip in :lol:

the other two are speech chips.
Lol, hopefully it's in now :)

I have the same two empty spaces for speech chips on my board too :)
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@rubber_jonnie Just playing Ultima V music now in Phasor mode.

All seems to be working so far, even the dodgy sound effects :lol:
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PhilC wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 4:19 pm @rubber_jonnie Just playing Ultima V music now in Phasor mode.

All seems to be working so far, even the dodgy sound effects :lol:
Nice one, it's on my list of test programs :) Not enough time to test it now though as working, and later I need to make a space for the furniture coming tomorrow. :(
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@rubber_jonnie something cool to try your mockingboard out with.
pt3_player.dsk.zip
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PhilC wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 4:49 pm @rubber_jonnie something cool to try your mockingboard out with.

pt3_player.dsk.zip
Oooh, interesting.
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PhilC wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 4:49 pm @rubber_jonnie something cool to try your mockingboard out with.

pt3_player.dsk.zip
Veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery nice, some cracking tunes on here :)

It's so reminiscent of all the Atari 8 bit games I played back in the day, very similar sound to Pokey.
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@rubber_jonnie yeah was very happy to find that one. Off to search for some more in a bit.
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PhilC wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 7:16 pm @rubber_jonnie yeah was very happy to find that one. Off to search for some more in a bit.
Let me know if you find some, busy rearranging the retro area ATM :)
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I guess it's my own fault really, I was just talking about these the other day on the forum and didn't own one at present.

That is until now, this arrived this morning.

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It's not old as far as retro goes, it's a Sun Ultra 24 from 2007.

I haven't decided what flavour of OS to install on it yet, likely either Solaris or some Linux operating system. No idea which though. What would you guys recommend these days? Ubuntu? Red Hat? Sure? Etc. Too many to choose from.
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Did I forget to mention? When buying Sun equipment, please practice your manual handling skills, these things are Heavy!
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