What did you buy today.

[jbh1977]

I don't have it yet, but I just ordered a Furia accelerator, and OS 3.1.4 to go in my A600. At some point I'd like to get the A604n and an Indivision ECS, but that will have to wait until I have more pennies!

[abbub]

I just picked up a new motherboard for the SE/30, since the memory controller in the old one is completely hosed.

[lesta_smsc]

Originally Posted by Nobby_UK

On the 26 inch TV it has Vertical lines/Jail Bars (4:3)



On my 7 inch TFT the lines are Horizontal + worse



I have a NES mini clone = 500 in 1 = much better

That's a poor AV interface. Cheap components. I wonder whether a similar fix to this would work:

https://www.retrorgb.com/snesverticalline.html

[Nobby_UK]

Cheap components and very few:
[ Show youtube player ]

[lesta_smsc]

For the price this is excellent! A small mod will bring this back to life. BTW what resolution is the screen used (?could he replacement for RPi!?). The picture on the video looks pixel perfect in comparison to original NES so this must be outputting 240p or even lower!

Getting the games i loved back in the day so this week have got:-

All big box versions

Alien Breed 3D
Cannon Fodder
Chaos Engine AGA
F1 World Championship Edition
Hired Guns
Syndicate


Also got a couple of Amiga related bits n bobs

4 Amiga game coasters
Commodore Mug

[Nobby_UK]

Originally Posted by lesta_smsc

BTW what resolution is the screen used (?could he replacement for RPi!?). The picture on the video looks pixel perfect in comparison to original NES so this must be outputting 240p or even lower!

How would I find out ?

[Nobby_UK]

Originally Posted by xubidoo

4 Amiga game coasters
Commodore Mug

My Sister made me an Amiga Themed Mug/Desk Tidy
and her first attempt at a Coaster with Jim Sachs Amiga Lagoon
went a bit wonkey

Originally Posted by Nobby_UK

My Sister made me an Amiga Themed Mug/Desk Tidy
and her first attempt at a Coaster with Jim Sachs Amiga Lagoon
went a bit wonkey

feel heavy and very good glossy finish

[Nobby_UK]

Still has not re-done the Lagoon:

[Havie]

Got an AV mod for my 2600 - different most as doesn't require drilling the case for connections, the lead just connects internally and runs out the hole in the case for the original lead. All very neat and non-destructive.

After a few hairy hours of dodgy soldering and it not working, I discovered that the old TV I was using to test it wasn't taking a composite signal in from he side connectors!!! All working well now and had a game of Combat v Little Hav on the 40" 4k TV - wasn't quite 4k but picture was better and brighter.

Now awaiting an UnoCart.

P.S. If you haven't seen what is happening on the 2600 scene then you should look - it's got to be one of the most versatile systems ever.

[Rochabian]

An FXPAK PRO to play all those over expensive SNES games and some games that has been traducted, hacks or MSU-1 games

[dreadnought]

YAT - Yet Another Trinitron. Delivered by seller (plus a Syncmaster 17" VGA monitor), for about 20 pounds.

It's in a very good nick, and the display has no major imperfections found often in CRTs these days (bad geometry, convergence, etc). And, most importantly, it doesn't seem to have the super annoying pixel-jitter flaw found on some Trinitron models.

So, seeing as I have 5 of them now , I think it's time to stop hoarding Three of them are in a very good shape, so should last me another decade, hopefully more. And by then I suppose OLED (or some new TV tech) + shaders will get to the point where they are viable replacement.

[lesta_smsc]

Originally Posted by dreadnought

YAT - Yet Another Trinitron. Delivered by seller (plus a Syncmaster 17" VGA monitor), for about 20 pounds.

It's in a very good nick, and the display has no major imperfections found often in CRTs these days (bad geometry, convergence, etc). And, most importantly, it doesn't seem to have the super annoying pixel-jitter flaw found on some Trinitron models.

So, seeing as I have 5 of them now , I think it's time to stop hoarding Three of them are in a very good shape, so should last me another decade, hopefully more. And by then I suppose OLED (or some new TV tech) + shaders will get to the point where they are viable replacement.

Thats ridiculously cheap! Local ad?

[dreadnought]

Originally Posted by lesta_smsc

Thats ridiculously cheap! Local ad?

Yeah. I live in Poland atm and here Trinitrons don't have any special markup. The seller was actually asking ~10 pounds, but I paid him extra for delivery and that VGA monitor.

Now, if you look at Trinitron prices on UK ebay....

[Nobby_UK]

The Mouse I mentioned on the 25th arrived:

It has those strange melt notches in it,
supposedly caused by cable wrap ?

It was cheap (£4), but described as
"New, unused in box, so in very good condition"

[Washac]

Originally Posted by Nobby_UK

The Mouse I mentioned on the 25th arrived:

It has those strange melt notches in it,
supposedly caused be cable wrap ?

It was cheap (£4), but described as
'New, unused in box, so in very good condition'

That is not new in any way shape or form

[demolition]

Originally Posted by Nobby_UK

It has those strange melt notches in it,
supposedly caused be cable wrap ?

It was cheap (£4), but described as
'New, unused in box, so in very good condition'

Yeah, that is one very 'inaccurate' description.. And yes, those marks are definitely caused by it being stored with the cable wrapped around it. Over time, the plasticizers leak from the cable and make the plastic in the mouse shell go soft. Ever wondered why some cables that have been stored for very long seem greasy? Some plasticizers have been proven to be quite harmful so be sure to wash your hands after touching old cables.

[lesta_smsc]

Originally Posted by Nobby_UK

The Mouse I mentioned on the 25th arrived:

It has those strange melt notches in it,
supposedly caused by cable wrap ?

It was cheap (£4), but described as
"New, unused in box, so in very good condition"

Haha...

Just like my keyboard and mouse set. So unused that it has glue residue and fluff inside on the keyboard and also scratches galore! "unused"?...yeah right(!)

[Havie]

Male to male ide connector!

Not very exciting but wanted to get one for ages as currently my cd-rom is wired direct from inside the cd-rom case to inside of the Amiga (buffered ide) via the removed modulator socket. This means the whole thing has to be moved as one.

With this connector and another ide cable I can keep the ide coming out of the Amiga but plug it into a shorter connector coming out of the cd case so the two can be easily separated.