It's that time again where Paul and Ed have gotten together during less restricted times to do all things Beeb related (and apologies for the sensitive in nature, some Commodore stuff too), in other words, just having some retro fun.
- Paul posing for a picture after hearing me shout out "Look up!!!"
Paul had a very uneventful drive to Squamish where we had our first ABUG after a year, almost to the day.
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- Paul's solution for batteries, other than the big guys. He's since changed it again to use the covers I printed him eons ago.
So, no, it didn't die. Paul was showing me his solution to the 'battery' problem of those big, big batteries.
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- This video cable stopped working for some reason. The connections seemed very secure....hmmmm, mystery.
This particular cable stopped working for some reason, it had been fine for quite a while. I figured it was probably one of the connections that came off one of the connector's pins. I was wrong. I bought a microscope a few months ago and put it to use to see if I could see the disconnected wire(s). To my surprise, that was not the problem. What I found was a solder bridge between two pins. What gets me is it worked for a long time with no issues. So, my question for all you geniuses out there is "How could this happen after the fact?
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I used an exacto knife to clear the problem, checked it again under the microscope and tested it. Flawless and priceless all at the same time. I figured I was in for a bit of a day of resoldering the connector to the wires.
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- After cleaning the problem, voila! A working cable again.
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and it worked......
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- These were inside my arabic Compact. This was the first time that I opened it up. Have yet to figure out how to make the language one work.
Notice the EPROM that has the window untaped.
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- The window is now safer from UV.
Notice the EPROM that has the window taped.
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- Paul was showing me how he installed his different devices in his compact
Paul was just showing me his configuration of a number of items within his Compact, very impressive work Paul.
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- The turtle was printing on 'absorbant' cardboard so that's why the 'dots'.
Paul worked his turtle to make this graphic. It wasn't so long ago that this hunk of plastic didn't do anything but he got the controller's 'brain' to work, first by the buttons on the controller and then with the bluetooth. Very nicely done Paul.
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- This is what Paul printed that day with his turtle.
More examples of the turtle printing out things.
The next page will show some 'other' retro gear and maybe some not so retro at all, however there may be interest in both topics from some people.
