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PaulJ wrote: Tue Oct 23, 2018 8:17 pm Ya, good name., a BLIXXER is a BLiTTer with a sticker on it! :D
I thought it was supposed to be "GLiTTer" as suggested by Exxos' auto correct
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Yup I got one of the last three BLIXXERS!!
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BLIXXER!!!
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Don't forget the flag
If it ain't broke, test it to Destruction.
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Floppy Un-f*ck board works - Thats all the ports working now

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Spot the superglued nylon spacers used to mount the PSU to the STF board - 4 of those gave me the flexibility to get the original PSU mounted.
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:dualthumbup: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:
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exxos wrote: Wed Oct 24, 2018 9:30 pm :dualthumbup: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:
So what next :)
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Icky wrote: Wed Oct 24, 2018 9:35 pm So what next :)
Reset boards ;)
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exxos wrote: Wed Oct 24, 2018 9:41 pm
Icky wrote: Wed Oct 24, 2018 9:35 pm So what next :)
Reset boards ;)
Ah yes and the WD1772 buffer board
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Icky wrote: Tue Oct 23, 2018 10:50 am
exxos wrote: Wed Oct 17, 2018 11:53 pm This was for something else I was trying to buy this week..

I think people just have some huge IC list and list everything regardless if they can actually get it or not. It's becoming a problem a problem to find anything these days :(
So looks like its a no go :(

I had to laugh at this statement - "The goods have been tested and tested but the quality is bad"

Do they have a Blitter quality performance tester at their disposal :D
So here is the next funny thing in the Blitter saga.

The seller said if I wanted a refund I had to cancel the order with the reason I no longer wanted the item.

Knowing that they didn’t really have these in stock I selected the cancelled order due to not in stock.

The seller refused to refund based on that reason. Of course I wanted my ££ back so had to relent and mark as no longer wanted.

I got the refund.

But to Exxos’ point these folk just list everything for an IC list regardless if they have it in stock or not. Issue I have is that instead of them accepting the fact and taking the item down they still carry on with that item.

So where do I source a Blitter from now. Was looking at best but it’s around $40 plus shipping. I could get a spares / repairs STE on evilBay for around £50 that potentially has a socketed Blitter and at the same time services me with a few other spare chips DMA etc.
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I think they probably just doing it to bump up their feedback scores or something..

I have no idea where to get litters from other than BEST now. I've been trying to find other chips, but the 1772 I have been quoted up to $50 a chip so far! Now this is getting very worrying!
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