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by trixster
Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:10 pm
Forum: 8 BIT CORNER
Topic: Getting to the end of collecting - Sam Coupe
Replies: 14
Views: 485

Re: Getting to the end of collecting - Sam Coupe

Higgy I removed the main floppy drive and have put a gotek in there - the aesthetics now look a bit crap but it just makes it far easier to have a play with different games etc. the machine came with an internal 512k ram expansion which is quite lucky, and all the keys still work! I do have a Trini...
by trixster
Sun Mar 17, 2024 8:46 am
Forum: 8 BIT CORNER
Topic: Getting to the end of collecting - Sam Coupe
Replies: 14
Views: 485

Re: Getting to the end of collecting - Sam Coupe

Nice Sam, Higgy! Here’s mine: IMG_2369.jpeg I think I’m at the end of my collecting days too. I don’t have 80 machines (!) but at last count I was iro 40 or so and I don’t have the space or inclination to get more now. Once I finally managed to get a NextCube recently (I’ve wanted one for years and ...
by trixster
Sat Dec 30, 2023 11:14 pm
Forum: OTHER 680x0
Topic: A X68000 arrived
Replies: 74
Views: 34361

Re: A X68000 arrived

terriblefire wrote: Sat Dec 30, 2023 2:48 pm After this i'll put an external floppy on it at some point and pickup a 1942 and spray it black.
Hah! I did at one stage consider spraying my spare 1940 black to match my machine! :D
by trixster
Sat Dec 30, 2023 10:27 am
Forum: OTHER 680x0
Topic: A X68000 arrived
Replies: 74
Views: 34361

Re: A X68000 arrived

Good news that you got it working :)

This guy’s cf card image would be a good place to start once you’ve caught your breath!

https://nfggames.com/forum2/index.php?topic=7231.0

Or the classic V4 image
https://nfggames.com/forum2/index.php?topic=5323.0
by trixster
Fri Dec 29, 2023 5:41 pm
Forum: OTHER 680x0
Topic: A X68000 arrived
Replies: 74
Views: 34361

Re: A X68000 arrived

Interesting that the Master Disk doesn’t work. I’d try that again whilst powering on the machine holding down F11.
by trixster
Fri Dec 29, 2023 5:09 pm
Forum: OTHER 680x0
Topic: A X68000 arrived
Replies: 74
Views: 34361

Re: A X68000 arrived

I think OPT.1 is F11

Sorry, cross post! Didn’t see that you’d replied!
by trixster
Fri Dec 29, 2023 3:42 pm
Forum: OTHER 680x0
Topic: A X68000 arrived
Replies: 74
Views: 34361

Re: A X68000 arrived

Have you tried holding down the OPT.1 key whilst powering on? That should bypass any corrupt SRAM contents and try booting from floppy immediately.
by trixster
Wed Dec 27, 2023 2:28 pm
Forum: GENERAL FOR SALE & WANTED
Topic: Sold: TF1260, no cpu
Replies: 1
Views: 11165

Re: For sale: TF1260, no cpu

Now sold, thread can be closed.
by trixster
Wed Dec 20, 2023 12:53 pm
Forum: OTHER 680x0
Topic: A X68000 arrived
Replies: 74
Views: 34361

Re: A X68000 arrived

Once the harddrive (sd / cf card whatever) is set up and you can boot into an environment like LHES then there’s a handy programme for writing XDF disk images onto floppy from the X68000 itself. It’s useful for those games which are a pain to install onto the hdd.
by trixster
Tue Dec 19, 2023 2:52 pm
Forum: CHAT FORUM PUBLIC
Topic: A sad loss of a forum moderator
Replies: 27
Views: 14502

Re: A sad loss of a forum moderator

Terrible news indeed :(

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