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Well, that's Erebus ordered for my Oric Atmos, and a Mockingboard for my Apple ][e.

Happy days.
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800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
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rubber_jonnie wrote: Wed Sep 22, 2021 2:20 pm Well, that's Erebus ordered for my Oric Atmos, and a Mockingboard for my Apple ][e.

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I ordered the Phasor sound board instead, so will let you know how that works out :)
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PhilC wrote: Wed Sep 22, 2021 2:31 pm
rubber_jonnie wrote: Wed Sep 22, 2021 2:20 pm Well, that's Erebus ordered for my Oric Atmos, and a Mockingboard for my Apple ][e.

Happy days.
I ordered the Phasor sound board instead, so will let you know how that works out :)
Looks very nice, though I'm not sure about needing 12 voices :)

Be interested to hear how it goes.
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800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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@rubber_jonnie me either but the cost difference between the two kit versions wasn't a lot.
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PhilC wrote: Wed Sep 22, 2021 2:48 pm @rubber_jonnie me either but the cost difference between the two kit versions wasn't a lot.
That's fair enough, I got a ready built one, I have too much other stuff to build/fix at the moment!!
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800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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Well, whilst working on the new ST arrival, I wanted to verify the diag harness on another machine, and lo and behold, the harness wasn't getting any power from the joystick ports.


A quick check on the ports with my microscope saw a fair amount of this sort of thing:

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Quick cleanup:

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And resolder:

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And all is good again. Luckily just cracked solder and no lifted pads/traces.

Atari really did under engineer those ports, they're just terrible.
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800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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rubber_jonnie wrote: Wed Sep 22, 2021 2:20 pm Well, that's Erebus ordered for my Oric Atmos, and a Mockingboard for my Apple ][e.

Happy days.
Oh, a fellow Oric user :)
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Dbug wrote: Sat Sep 25, 2021 2:35 pm
rubber_jonnie wrote: Wed Sep 22, 2021 2:20 pm Well, that's Erebus ordered for my Oric Atmos, and a Mockingboard for my Apple ][e.

Happy days.
Oh, a fellow Oric user :)
I will be once the Erebus arrives :)
Collector of many retro things!
800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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Just arrived in the post with my Apple Mockingboard is the Oric Erebus SD card system:


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I'll post more on this once I have a suitable video cable for the Oric :)

EDIT:

Here we go, UHF terrible picture mode, but working:


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Picture quality over RF is really not great, and no colour either, but the system is super easy to use. Type CLOAD"" and the on-screen menu appears. Use the cursor keys to navigate and hit return to start your program, simples. Also has a handy reset button.

Now, where can I find the complete archive of Oric software :)
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800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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Damn, I couldn't resist, an SD2IEC is on the way for my C64 :)
Collector of many retro things!
800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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