What's in the box - a new retro purchase

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Icky wrote: Fri Jan 28, 2022 7:29 pm This arrived today. Nice small XT-CF-Mini ISA card. I plan to mount this inside the PPC640 to give it an internal HDD.


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Icky wrote: Fri Jan 28, 2022 7:29 pm This arrived today. Nice small XT-CF-Mini ISA card. I plan to mount this inside the PPC640 to give it an internal HDD.


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Very neat indeed, are there expansion slots internally you can use? Or will you need to wire it up?
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rubber_jonnie wrote: Sat Jan 29, 2022 10:05 am Very neat indeed, are there expansion slots internally you can use? Or will you need to wire it up?
It needs wiring up as the PPC640 has external ISA through two DB connectors so it’s a case of patching to the board. I need to find a good place for the board to go inside yet.
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Icky wrote: Sat Jan 29, 2022 10:15 am
rubber_jonnie wrote: Sat Jan 29, 2022 10:05 am Very neat indeed, are there expansion slots internally you can use? Or will you need to wire it up?
It needs wiring up as the PPC640 has external ISA through two DB connectors so it’s a case of patching to the board. I need to find a good place for the board to go inside yet.
Sounds like a fun project 😁
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Got a box of my own here, any guesses as to the content?

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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
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D'uh it's a CPC! Says so on the box ;-)
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alexh wrote: Wed Feb 16, 2022 1:19 pm D'uh it's a CPC! Says so on the box ;-)
Cat Protection Container. It's full of cats.
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alexh wrote: Wed Feb 16, 2022 1:19 pm D'uh it's a CPC! Says so on the box ;-)
:lol: :lol: :lol:
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derkom wrote: Wed Feb 16, 2022 1:22 pm
alexh wrote: Wed Feb 16, 2022 1:19 pm D'uh it's a CPC! Says so on the box ;-)
Cat Protection Container. It's full of cats.
I see the jokers are out....
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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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No takers then?

It's this:

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And actually in very nice condition :)
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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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