What did you buy today. - Page 110

fitzsteve · 13 January 2011, 10:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Obliterator

Got a mint A2000 and monitor with a huge box load of games and joysticks for $50 from a guy down the road i am very happy

Nice catch!

Check the battery though, if its there remove it, if it has leaked then you'll need to get all that nasty battery acid off...

source · 13 January 2011, 15:02

I just ordered 2 zorram 256. I can't wait to install them in my A4000.

vidarh · 13 January 2011, 17:00

Just bought a WD TV Live HD media server + wifi dongle... Finally going to rip all my DVD's onto my file server and stream them wirelessly to my TV. Tiny little box, and it runs Linux. Unfortunately not powerful enough to run UAE, I'd think, but I've got my Minimig under the TV anyway.

LuMan · 13 January 2011, 17:00

@Djay - Good haul. Always nice to hear about people getting given stuff that would normally just rot. Great to know it's gone to a good home

I tested my A600HD... After checking the PSU (always do this before plugging in!!) it kicked into life and showed me the boot screen. Stuffed a WB disk in and up popped WB. Brilliant. Then I realised that it should have booted from the HDD. A quick tickle with a screwdriver and the mystery was solved... There is no HDD!! Bummer! Still, it has got an extra 1Mb RAM and was a snip. Aside a few tweaks in the keyboard department it'll be a nice little project to while away the Spring hours. It's in a right mucky, yellow state, so I'm going to use the Retr0bright approach before stuffing it with more RAM, HDD and an 030/25 board!

Obliterator · 13 January 2011, 17:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by fitzsteve

Nice catch!

Check the battery though, if its there remove it, if it has leaked then you'll need to get all that nasty battery acid off...

Thanks for the advice i went to remove it as it was leaking and it broke of the board just by touching it

The A2000 is working fine still but it does have a small floppy drive issue but i will post that one else were

fitzsteve · 13 January 2011, 17:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Obliterator

Thanks for the advice i went to remove it as it was leaking and it broke of the board just by touching it

The A2000 is working fine still but it does have a small floppy drive issue but i will post that one else were

No probs, they nasty little critters those batteries!

There are a fair few topics about battery damage and how to clean the affected area, if you have any green goo on the motherboard.

Left untreated it will slowly eat away at the copper tracks

A quick serach will bring them up.

Regarding the floppy, might just need one of those cleaning kits/disks run through it but more help in the thread depending on the exact issue!

All the best.

Steve.

s2325 · 16 January 2011, 12:57

Lotus Esprit car model for 5 EUR. I'm very happy.

laffer · 16 January 2011, 13:51

Cambridge Audio 650BD multiregion DIY kit to remove the region locking on my bluray player.

adolescent · 17 January 2011, 03:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexh

ASRock H67M-GE £67.79
Intel i5-2500K £172.99
8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800 £89.99

I thought 8GB is too much. @#$%ing hypocrite.

PowerPie5000 · 18 January 2011, 13:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by adolescent

I thought 8GB is too much. @#$%ing hypocrite.

I suppose he came to his senses and felt it was better to have more in the long run

Predseda · 18 January 2011, 13:55

The Flight of the Intruder, complete with map and novella, for Amiga.

TCD · 18 January 2011, 14:12

Did you just say map and novella?

Well, would be great if you consider to scan them for HOL

FOL · 18 January 2011, 14:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Predseda

The Flight of the Intruder, complete with map and novella, for Amiga.

Man that game had a massive box. Well the one I had was.

Predseda · 18 January 2011, 15:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheCyberDruid

Did you just say map and novella?

Well, would be great if you consider to scan them for HOL

Of course, that was the main reason why I bought it

TCD · 18 January 2011, 17:31

zipper · 18 January 2011, 18:17

Got it also, wasn't the novel written by Stephen Coonts?

laffer · 18 January 2011, 18:17

A cheap Viewmaster with a bunch of slides

NathanTolbert · 18 January 2011, 18:34

I bought an ACA630 yesterday. Not much else I can say about that.

Amigaman · 20 January 2011, 18:13

Just got a Jaz drive, with 7 blank discs for £15. Will fit on my squirrel nicely!

Obliterator · 21 January 2011, 05:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by LuMan

I can't see a 'smug' smiley in the list, so you'll have to take my word for it

Today I managed to increase my retro gaming, Spectrum and Amiga collection in one fell swoop!

1 x Vectrex videogame console, tested and working like a dream

1 x Spectrum+ to add to my collection (11 Spectrums and growing

)
1 x Amiga 600HD - complete with spare A500PSU, Deluxe Paint 4 and a collection of joysticks!

I've not had chance to check the Miggy over yet as I picked them up on the way to work, so I'm well-keen to see what's on the HDD!! The case has yellowed horrendously, but I deep clean all my collectables when I get them so this'll make a cool project.

All a snip at £80 for the lot (the Vectrex is worth that alone

).

I'm so excited!!!!

Very nice find indeed i wish i could find a spectrum+ here in Aus

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