I might be a bit quiet...

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Finally, we have a completion date!! 29th June, very much looking forward to getting moved in!!
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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 Jun 16, 2021 5:30 pm Finally, we have a completion date!! 29th June, very much looking forward to getting moved in!!
Congratulations @rubber_jonnie it’s been bit of a journey for you.
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Icky wrote: Thu Jun 17, 2021 8:42 am
rubber_jonnie wrote: Wed Jun 16, 2021 5:30 pm Finally, we have a completion date!! 29th June, very much looking forward to getting moved in!!
Congratulations @rubber_jonnie it’s been bit of a journey for you.
Thanks Icky, it's been a bit of a trial, though if I can get the Electron going this week I'll have fixed 3 computers in 3 months, so pretty pleased since I'd never fixed any of them specifically before and was coming in new :)
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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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Considering you said you were going to be quiet @rubber_jonnie you have been quite the opposite with the BBC and Electron :)
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Icky wrote: Thu Jun 17, 2021 10:22 am Considering you said you were going to be quiet @rubber_jonnie you have been quite the opposite with the BBC and Electron :)
I did say 'might'.

I just couldn't help myself, and I was quiet on the ST front :) Saying that I don't have any broken ST's to fix right now, and fixing them is the fun part for me :)
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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 Jun 17, 2021 10:31 am I just couldn't help myself, and I was quiet on the ST front :) Saying that I don't have any broken ST's to fix right now, and fixing them is the fun part for me :)
Oh to have the time to fix my STs... though my latest addition is appearing to work just fine, so I will choose one of the broken boards to be the donor for the H5C1 when that arrives...

Great news about the house completion!
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JezC wrote: Thu Jun 17, 2021 12:39 pm
rubber_jonnie wrote: Thu Jun 17, 2021 10:31 am I just couldn't help myself, and I was quiet on the ST front :) Saying that I don't have any broken ST's to fix right now, and fixing them is the fun part for me :)
Oh to have the time to fix my STs... though my latest addition is appearing to work just fine, so I will choose one of the broken boards to be the donor for the H5C1 when that arrives...

Great news about the house completion!
Thanks!! Not long to go now, then perhaps I might be able to get up to see my parents and rescue the ST that's been languishing there for nearly a year now!!

I have 2 H4s that need building, so I will likely pick a couple of machines and sacrifice them on the altar of exxos :)

Looking forward to having not only a dedicated decent (My last one was very cramped) workshop space, but also a proper retro space where I can have stuff out permanently. Then you can also add in the extra storage we'll have in terms of a garage that we didn't have before too.

Ahh, bliss!
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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Did you ever finish the Alpha @rubber_jonnie ?
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PhilC wrote: Thu Jun 17, 2021 1:41 pm Did you ever finish the Alpha @rubber_jonnie ?
The best answer for that is mostly...........

I may revisit in the future though, as a working one would be a nice thing to have :)

Hopefully my new workshop will have a big enough bench to allow for up to 3 projects at once, which will be a huge help.
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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Can I send my cosmosex now @rubber_jonnie ? :lol:
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