What did you buy today. - Page 66

fitzsteve · 29 April 2010, 14:54

I used an Acorn at Primary School, but I never owned one. What am I missing out on

I'm tempted to buy a HXC SD Floppy Emulator for my A600

edit LOL @ Alexh

edit2 I bought the HXC SD Floppy Emulator for my A600 YAY

PowerPie5000 · 30 April 2010, 07:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by fitzsteve

I used an Acorn at Primary School, but I never owned one. What am I missing out on

I can't really remember using Acorns at school but i do remember those old horrible RM Nimbus computers with a whopping 10 or 20mb hard drive

I'm pretty sure we had computers manufactured by Apricot too (what is it with names like Apple, Apricot and Acorn

).

Anyway i bought some of this for lubing my old PS2 drive: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WHITE-GREASE-L...item4aa04823f5

Brilliant stuff and ideal for greasing optical drives etc...

asm1 · 30 April 2010, 23:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexh

@ASM1
Damn good price.

You live locally? I wonder how much postage would be?

Glasgow isnt that local to Argyll & bute - A&B Being an island "up a bit and over there somewhere"

Postage is £15 total £61, but even still.... when I think of what they cost when they were new

s2325 · 30 April 2010, 23:35

NES clone for 13 EUR:

electronic pinball Space Hero for 13 EUR:

electronic pinball Transformers for 13 EUR:

dlfrsilver · 01 May 2010, 08:52

Bought Rock Challenge from Readysoft from DJ Mike

Extended ADF or ADF to come soon

Locash · 01 May 2010, 15:17

Broken NES, will be gutted and used to house a Mini ITX board for emulation purposes.

Supamax · 01 May 2010, 17:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by dlfrsilver

Bought Rock Challenge from Readysoft from DJ Mike

Extended ADF or ADF to come soon

dlfrsilver · 01 May 2010, 18:25

Yes, since even the ADF present in TOSEC is knackered, i will check at first the kind of shit it's using, physical protection or anything related.

Djay · 01 May 2010, 20:21

bare with me on this one....

13 years ago i worked in a small privately owned game shop, i worked there for 7 years...

when i got new games in from suppliers and the public i opened the case and stuck a sticker on the barcode which advertised the shop...

yesterday, i bought micromachine v3 on psone from a charity shop, across the barcode was a sticker...

strange huh?

lopos2000 · 01 May 2010, 20:42

Bought a XBox 360 for £10. It's broken but I hope I can fix it.

Peter · 01 May 2010, 22:58

Djay - that's amazing - keep this game for ever - it was meant to be yours!

Predseda · 01 May 2010, 23:31

Barbarian 2 - Dungeons of Drax - in wonderful condition, complete with poster.

Djay · 02 May 2010, 00:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peter

Djay - that's amazing - keep this game for ever - it was meant to be yours!

it cost 99p, i already have it on platinum edition, but this version is in better condition and of course is part of own personal history

i have wipeout 2097, which i bought from my own shop, i have never sold it, even when i sold my original psx, i kept it and a memory card (with my save game)

i went to ECTS (computer show like e3 but much smaller) in London when it was released, i entered a wipeout 2097 compo, they used the demo level from official playstation magazine (which i had played a bit), i came 2nd across all 3 days, the guy that came first was a "friend" of one of the developers, which i later found out!

i got a lousy t-shirt instead of a limited edition psx, custom wipeout machine

alexh · 02 May 2010, 10:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by lopos2000

Bought a XBox 360 for £10. It's broken but I hope I can fix it.

Let us know how it goes. I've been considering doing this too. Did £10 include the PSU, cables & a pad?

Supamax · 02 May 2010, 15:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Djay

13 years ago i worked in a small privately owned game shop, i worked there for 7 years... [...]
[...]yesterday, i bought micromachine v3 on psone from a charity shop, across the barcode was a sticker...[...]
[...]strange huh?

Strange and amazing and... what to say? Life is a circle!!

Supamax · 02 May 2010, 15:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexh

Let us know how it goes. I've been considering doing this too.

Alexh, have you some experience in repairing Xbox 360s?
Some days ago my brother's Xbox died after his 2-years old son "played" with it: he repeatedly (and quickly) switched it on and off and so on SEVERAL times. After that, the Xbox shows the 3 red lights (the red circle of death)

.
Is there something he can do?

P.S. The Xbox doesn't display anything at all on the attached TV, and the error code (obtained by pressing the buttons in a certain order and seeing how the lights behave) is 0-1-0-2 ("Unknown problem").

lopos2000 · 02 May 2010, 15:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexh

Let us know how it goes. I've been considering doing this too. Did £10 include the PSU, cables & a pad?

I will keep you up-to-date. It came with PSU,AV cables but no pads.

Djay · 02 May 2010, 15:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Supamax

Alexh, have you some experience in repairing Xbox 360s?
Some days ago my brother's Xbox died after his 2-years old son "played" with it: he repeatedly (and quickly) switched it on and off and so on SEVERAL times. After that, the Xbox shows the 3 red lights (the red circle of death)

.
Is there something he can do?

P.S. The Xbox doesn't display anything at all on the attached TV, and the error code (obtained by pressing the buttons in a certain order and seeing how the lights behave) is 0-1-0-2 ("Unknown problem").

a friend works for M$, apparently if you can prove you bought the xbox360, then they will always fix the 3 red ring problem... give em a call and try your luck!

Supamax · 02 May 2010, 15:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Djay

a friend works for M$, apparently if you can prove you bought the xbox360, then they will always fix the 3 red ring problem... give em a call and try your luck!

Even (many years) outside of the warranty period??

alexh · 02 May 2010, 17:48

The warranty period was extended to 3 years after purchase date for all xbox 360's and they are known to repair for free 360's outside that date which have confirmed 3-light RRD.

Try to get it fixed for free. I think you've got a 100% chance if it was manufactured after 2007. Less than 10% if it was 2005.

I have no experience fixing them but I have knowledge of the XCLAMP addon and I have access to a BGA re-work station to reflow the solder on the main chip.

29 April 2010, 14:54	#1301
fitzsteve Professional slacker! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kent, UK Age: 44 Posts: 6,683	I used an Acorn at Primary School, but I never owned one. What am I missing out on I'm tempted to buy a HXC SD Floppy Emulator for my A600 edit LOL @ Alexh edit2 I bought the HXC SD Floppy Emulator for my A600 YAY Last edited by fitzsteve; 29 April 2010 at 21:55.

01 May 2010, 20:21	#1309
Djay 95th User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Brighton/UK Age: 48 Posts: 3,120	bare with me on this one.... 13 years ago i worked in a small privately owned game shop, i worked there for 7 years... when i got new games in from suppliers and the public i opened the case and stuck a sticker on the barcode which advertised the shop... yesterday, i bought micromachine v3 on psone from a charity shop, across the barcode was a sticker... strange huh? Last edited by Djay; 01 July 2011 at 21:30.

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