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[rubber_jonnie]

I'll let you know how I get on with this one @rubber_jonnie

Cool thanks

[PhilC]

Cant help being fascinated by this new microscope.

I can even see my reflection in the solder from on this tiny through hole diode

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[PhilC]

So this has been on the bench today.

Number three being built up ready for Guinea pig duty.

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[rubber_jonnie]

Cant help being fascinated by this new microscope.

I can even see my reflection in the solder from on this tiny through hole diode 20200421_192444.jpg

Pretty cool!

I got a microscope recently and my main memory, apart from the reflections in the solder, was things like fibres from cotton buds looking like ropes!

It's great to be able to get down to that level, especially with my eyes!

[rubber_jonnie]

@PhilC This is the one I got BTW:

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And I can also connect to the PC and view it that way.

[PhilC]

@rubber_jonnie I saw that one too but decided to get the version without the screen so I could plug it into my iMac.

its an amazing piece of kit that I wish I had when I started out, would have solved no end of problems.

[rubber_jonnie]

@rubber_jonnie I saw that one too but decided to get the version without the screen so I could plug it into my iMac.

its an amazing piece of kit that I wish I had when I started out, would have solved no end of problems.

I did hover between screen and no screen, but it was only £30 with screen so that kind of drove me down that road. Handy to be able to use away from the PC too.

For the price it's quite astonishing how little it cost, and I wish I'd had it to look at my Mega4 when those data lines went wonky.

[PhilC]

Had a bit of free time today but not Atari time unfortunately, so I've been working on a few basic PCBs to increase my routing skills.

This is a 68000 relocates that i've been working on, its for installing 68000 upgrades etc in an STFM case. I'll be making two different ones in the end but this is the first of the two.

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it needs a bit of tidying up.

[PaulJ]

Had a bit of free time today but not Atari time unfortunately, so I've been working on a few basic PCBs to increase my routing skills.

This is a 68000 relocates that i've been working on, its for installing 68000 upgrades etc in an STFM case. I'll be making two different ones in the end but this is the first of the two.

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it needs a bit of tidying up.

Looks good Phil, What was the result with your mega bus adaptors. They looked pretty good.

[PhilC]

@PaulJ the pcb needs editing with the socket shifted a but more to the left but I am also thinking of making a right angled adaptor which will allow boards like the TF536 to sit in the Megabus slot as well.

Other than that I have the Megabus adaptor built, just need to test it at some point.