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Icky wrote: Tue Dec 07, 2021 1:57 pm Nice find @rubber_jonnie. I always liked the QL case design and how other firms mimicked the design to provide their add-ons.
Yeah I do too, looks smart. IIRC this was working when it went into the box, but I may well pull it all apart and give the modules the once over, since they all stack
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stephen_usher wrote: Tue Dec 07, 2021 2:02 pm I always thought those stackable, modular modem units were spiffing.
Yeah, they are pretty cool, might ask over on the QL forum, see if anyone can provide me with the software. I did have, but the microdrive cartridge self destructed as usual!
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800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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Oh no it's started :twisted:

Thought you might like to buy one of these @rubber_jonnie to add to your growing bare board collection that you have with the Aquarius. You might want to build this for the QL :)

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Icky wrote: Tue Dec 07, 2021 3:38 pm Oh no its started :twisted:

Thought you might like to buy one of these @rubber_jonnie to add to your growing bare board collection that you have with the Aquarius. You might want to build this for the QL :)


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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154417374185 ... SwZhpecj8U
In this case, actually no!! Although you know me, never say never!!

I have the vDrive QL and a Gold card is on the way so I should be well sorted for stuff :)
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Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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rubber_jonnie wrote: Tue Dec 07, 2021 3:45 pm In this case, actually no!! Although you know me, never say never!!

I have the vDrive QL and a Gold card is on the way so I should be well sorted for stuff :)
Is that an original Gold Card or the clone? I have a Super Gold Card clone and its really good.
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Icky wrote: Tue Dec 07, 2021 3:47 pm
rubber_jonnie wrote: Tue Dec 07, 2021 3:45 pm In this case, actually no!! Although you know me, never say never!!

I have the vDrive QL and a Gold card is on the way so I should be well sorted for stuff :)
Is that an original Gold Card or the clone? I have a Super Gold Card clone and its really good.
No, it's one of the replicas by Tetroid, currently languishing in a postal gulag in Novosibirsk, so I am not expecting it before Christmas. I did bid on a Super Gold Card, but the price went a bit high, so I decided a Gold card replica would be enough, and a lot cheaper too.
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800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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The Epyx Fastload arrived today for the C64, and I've just tested it. Aside from being a bit of a snug fit in the cart socket, it works nicely with the SD2IEC I have, so pretty happy with the result for the price.
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Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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BTW @Icky I have been in touch with the guy who had the Aquarius 2 and the Kenbak who we talked to at the show.

I now have the Aquarius ROMs, but what I don't have are the PLAs, so I think I'll have to find a donor machine.

One of the PLAs is nearly recreated, the other not so much. That's going to slow the project down a bit!!
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800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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rubber_jonnie wrote: Tue Dec 07, 2021 7:54 pm BTW @Icky I have been in touch with the guy who had the Aquarius 2 and the Kenbak who we talked to at the show.

I now have the Aquarius ROMs, but what I don't have are the PLAs, so I think I'll have to find a donor machine.

One of the PLAs is nearly recreated, the other not so much. That's going to slow the project down a bit!!
More hunting. I see the Aquarius' are not cheap on eBay.
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Icky wrote: Tue Dec 07, 2021 9:17 pm
rubber_jonnie wrote: Tue Dec 07, 2021 7:54 pm BTW @Icky I have been in touch with the guy who had the Aquarius 2 and the Kenbak who we talked to at the show.

I now have the Aquarius ROMs, but what I don't have are the PLAs, so I think I'll have to find a donor machine.

One of the PLAs is nearly recreated, the other not so much. That's going to slow the project down a bit!!
More hunting. I see the Aquarius' are not cheap on eBay.
They most certainly are not, and given they were over in the UK for some time, not so easy to find. I need to have one though, it was one of the machines I actually did some machine language on the one I had. Kinda wish I still had it

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800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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