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PaulJ wrote: Thu Mar 25, 2021 7:06 pm
rubber_jonnie wrote: Thu Mar 25, 2021 2:08 pm My retro capabilities are sadly lacking,
Jon, I hope the vicious soldering iron that attacked previously is safely stored away in storage. At least there's no need to be looking over your shoulder for that pesky iron. :dizzy:
Yep, iron is packed away and in storage, so no pics of crispy fingers for at least 3 months, unless of course I burn myself cooking!
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JezC wrote: Thu Mar 25, 2021 7:30 pm Is it pick on @rubber_jonnie day again @PaulJ?
Better watch out in case he's shipped his cat and that iron to your address...
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Damn, why didn't I think of shipping one of you the cat!!
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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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PaulJ wrote: Thu Mar 25, 2021 9:50 pm @JezC , Na, I'd never pick on @rubber_jonnie ... I'm just happy that he's going to get a reprieve from that dasterdly iron. Not sure but he may have found it a new home.

I'm not sure you were around when we were building the remake. Rj was lagging behind and experienced a vicious iron attack which set his efforts behind even more. There was a user "Russ" who was a marketing consultant advising @exxos on matters concerning Harries marketing... got so pissed when the iron attacked Rj he took his iron and burned all the traces off his STE around the proms. Those were the days. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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Oh, the good old days of Russ! I also saw a lot of his posts on FB too, it all got quite interesting/weird at one point.
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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: Thu Mar 25, 2021 11:45 pm Oh, the good old days of Russ! I also saw a lot of his posts on FB too, it all got quite interesting/weird at one point.
I agree... I think Russ took Exxos to the brink!! :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:
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PaulJ wrote: Thu Mar 25, 2021 11:52 pm
rubber_jonnie wrote: Thu Mar 25, 2021 11:45 pm Oh, the good old days of Russ! I also saw a lot of his posts on FB too, it all got quite interesting/weird at one point.
I agree... I think Russ took Exxos to the brink!! :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:
I think Russ took Russ to the brink too!!
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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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Woo hoo, they are putting the roof on our house now!!

Looks like our moving in date of June might just be feasible.

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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, so it seems that I wasn't quiet for very long.

Since we moved into the temporary digs I have bought:
  1. A dead BBC Model B, now back up and running. Interesting and took a while to fix, but learned a lot about the BBC B.
  2. A working BBC Model B is really nice condition. I justify buying this one because I needed a working reference for the broken one :)
  3. An Acorn Electron. Still dead but WIP. I've at least fixed the power board.
  4. An Amstrad NC100. Dead when I got it, but now fixed too.
Not bad going for 12 weeks!!

On a positive note, our house now has a kitchen and is mostly decorated :)

Fingers crossed we'll be in by the end of June or 1st week in July.

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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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I'll keep my fingers firmly crossed... well, other than when I'm testing old computers anyway.
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ZX81->Spectrum->Memotech MTX->Sinclair QL->520STM->BBC Micro->TT030->PCs & Sun Workstations.
Added code to the MiNT kernel (still there the last time I checked) + put together MiNTOS.
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stephen_usher wrote: Fri Jun 11, 2021 4:25 pm I'll keep my fingers firmly crossed... well, other than when I'm testing old computers anyway.
Thanks. We'll hopefully have a better idea on Tuesday when the CML certificate is supposed to be done. They are working 7 days a week on our plot and the one next door, so really am hoping it all gets done as expected.
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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