Post pictures of your beeb setup

CMcDougall · Post by **CMcDougall** » Sat Dec 12, 2015 11:29 pm

mine tonight. using magic UPURS to archive MIA discs

the most action that bed has ever seen....

duikkie · Post by **duikkie** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 6:03 pm

because i must see the chips , the cover is always off

Wookie · Post by **Wookie** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 6:53 pm

duikkie wrote:because i must see the chips , the cover is always off

Hmm, Lets see...
1) beeb with cover off, CHECK.
2) a reel of solder on standby, CHECK.
3) a multimeter nearby, CHECK.
4) pile of paper with notes scribbled on, CHECK.
5) some homemade circuit attached to beeb, CHECK.

I will post a picture one day of my setup, but it's basically the same.

duikkie · Post by **duikkie** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 7:29 pm

on the right corner , the mistery young days that are gone

duikkie wrote:because i must see the chips , the cover is always off

Pablos544 · Post by **Pablos544** » Sat Dec 19, 2015 5:31 pm

Hi All.

Been stuck for a while. Not sure what to about things. (*) good news!! Just got my new BBC today

Here's a pics. of The 'rocket' sample program in the User Guide, modified a little to give colours. The one on the right is the one on the screen

I think it's in pretty good condition, so thanks to "robotrox" of e-bay for

* I sort of short circuited a it after doing my "How I met the BBC Micro" video

sorry, not meaning to be unfriendly guys

hopefully this will help the situation a bit

Pablos544 · Post by **Pablos544** » Sun Dec 20, 2015 1:35 am

KarateEd wrote:Slight change in the setup so I thought I'd post it. I took the footing off the monitor to lower the CRT level, and I quite like it.

Ed......

how do you get that BBC to look so nice with a VGA monitor?

I had a look at the back and I can't see any obvious conversion going on

Pablos544 · Post by **Pablos544** » Sun Dec 20, 2015 1:38 am

I posted this post twice sorry guys; I thought my internet had gone and wrongly assumed it had never got there

Multiwizard · Post by **Multiwizard** » Sun Dec 20, 2015 10:10 am

I just found this Topic...

It's a part of my Attic, both have a MMC inside, the Master 512 is also connected to a 5.25 floppy-drive...

Greetings, Wim...

KarateEd · Post by **KarateEd** » Mon Dec 21, 2015 3:51 am

Pablos544 wrote:
KarateEd wrote:Slight change in the setup so I thought I'd post it. I took the footing off the monitor to lower the CRT level, and I quite like it.

Ed......
how do you get that BBC to look so nice with a VGA monitor?

I had a look at the back and I can't see any obvious conversion going on

Hi Pablo,

Sorry, I didn't see this post until now. I do have a GBS-2800 card in the Beeb. That card converts the output to a VGA, basically it scans the output and then converts it to a VGA signal so it can be read in my 60hz monitor. It's a bit of a miracle of modern electronics I would say.

The card is in the back, there's a VGA cable sticking out of the slot. There is a RGB cable going into the board, that's the connectivity so it could LOOK like there is no conversion but ..... there is.

Ed......

Pablos544 · Post by **Pablos544** » Mon Dec 21, 2015 4:57 pm

KarateEd wrote:
Pablos544 wrote:
KarateEd wrote:Slight change in the setup so I thought I'd post it. I took the footing off the monitor to lower the CRT level, and I quite like it.

Ed......
how do you get that BBC to look so nice with a VGA monitor?

I had a look at the back and I can't see any obvious conversion going on
Hi Pablo,

Sorry, I didn't see this post until now. I do have a GBS-2800 card in the Beeb. That card converts the output to a VGA, basically it scans the output and then converts it to a VGA signal so it can be read in my 60hz monitor. It's a bit of a miracle of modern electronics I would say.

The card is in the back, there's a VGA cable sticking out of the slot. There is a RGB cable going into the board, that's the connectivity so it could LOOK like there is no conversion but ..... there is.

Ed......

so internally there is a cable going in to the board. amazing. I see this site has moved on a bit too, there's 'Notifications' like on Facebook now. This is how I spotted your post, because I didn't subscribe to the topic.

bravo Samwise

You're right KarateED. Looking at the back of the machine it looks exactly like a PC or posh Apple IIe. It is indeed a miracle in modern electronics. And the picture is finger licking hot.

Thanks a lot for sharing

-Pablo

sweh · Post by **sweh** » Sun Apr 24, 2016 8:19 pm

I reconfigured my setup

: 4 machines

The machine bottom left is the File server. It doesn't (and won't) have a connection to the monitor; it's configured to auto-boot. I need to create a cable to connect the other master to the monitor switch. The bottom right Beeb is my main machine.

I need to create two more "2nd user port" adapters so the other beeb and the Master can talk UPURS as well NFS and TurboMMC.

But I'm not sure this configuration is good; it's hard to use the machines on the top level. It's good enough for testing configurations, though

flaxcottage · Post by **flaxcottage** » Mon Apr 25, 2016 8:50 am

You must have long arms!

paulv · Post by **paulv** » Mon Apr 25, 2016 10:49 am

sweh wrote:I reconfigured my setup

But I'm not sure this configuration is good; it's hard to use the machines on the top level. It's good enough for testing configurations, though

Do you have enough plug sockets and extensions do you think

Paul

sweh · Post by **sweh** » Mon Apr 25, 2016 2:24 pm

paulv wrote:
sweh wrote:Do you have enough plug sockets and extensions do you think

The rack-side power strip is two circuits; the white sockets are on the UPS and so battery backed. The main server and critical infrastructure are plugged into them. The black sockets are merely surge-protected. The laser printer, the Beebs, etc all go into that. I stuck most of the Beebs onto a switched extension cable so I can turn on the Beebs, monitor, video converter with one button

Flynn · Post by **Flynn** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 7:44 pm

Hi all,

It took some 3D puzzle skills with al the cables to fit everything. But after a few attempts I got it where I wanted it, well ... mostly. And I certainly don't want to change anything inside my BBC-B

So here is my 8-bit pile.

The pieces of tape on the keys of the M4000 are keys (the 4th and 5th of every

that don't produce a sound. I still have to figure out what the cause is.

Kind regards,

Ad

Post by **1024MAK** » Wed Apr 27, 2016 12:15 am

Flynn wrote:The pieces of tape on the keys of the M4000 are keys (the 4th and 5th of every that don't produce a sound. I still have to figure out what the cause is.

Note that if you want to write 8 followed by a bracket, you need a space in-between, like so: 8 ), otherwise the forum prints a cool smilie

....
As the problem is a pattern, one or two poor connections somewhere in the keyboard (or connector/lead) is the likely cause. As the keyboard is likely to be a matrix.

BTW, nice pile

Mark

dixiestoat · Post by **dixiestoat** » Wed May 18, 2016 1:12 pm

So after a while getting them all sorted..here's my collection.
So we have.. Retroclinic Master 128 with switchable OS and John Kortink co-pro.

Issue 7 Model B with Datacentre and Turbo MMC, Watford 12 ROM board and 32k SWRam.

My original BITD Issue 4 Elk with Slogger Master Ram board, AP1, AP 3/4, and the new DaveH AP6. 32k SWRam onboard.

With various other DaveH bits .. ATI, ARA x 3, ABR.

Plus 2 x 3.5 and 2 x 5.25 drives and Acorn cassette recorder.

Nick.

paulv · Post by **paulv** » Sat Jun 04, 2016 8:25 pm

No so much my Beeb setup as my new area in my new utility room for my soldering activities

Seeing as I've managed to get my soldering station out of storage and do some tinkering, I thought I'd share a bit of the reason why all my Beeb stuff is (still) in storage. Since October last year, we've been having the house extended and refurbished. Downstairs is almost complete now with an extended kitchen, new utility room, new dog wash/boot/cloak room and downstairs WC facilities

It's entailed a lot of work and hassle and every room in the house, new and old has been affected but it's been worth it

It's got great light with a Window to the left, a Velux skylight directly above and some rather excellent LED down lights in the ceiling so I'm never overshadowing my work space

Paul

JonC · Post by **JonC** » Sat Jun 04, 2016 8:48 pm

Nice!
Just don't do any soldering on laundry day!

Zarchos · Post by **Zarchos** » Sat Jun 04, 2016 8:51 pm

paulv wrote:No so much my Beeb setup as my new area in my new utility room for my soldering activities

Seeing as I've managed to get my soldering station out of storage and do some tinkering, I thought I'd share a bit of the reason why all my Beeb stuff is (still) in storage. Since October last year, we've been having the house extended and refurbished. Downstairs is almost complete now with an extended kitchen, new utility room, new dog wash/boot/cloak room and downstairs WC facilities It's entailed a lot of work and hassle and every room in the house, new and old has been affected but it's been worth it

MyNewWorkbench.jpg

It's got great light with a Window to the left, a Velux skylight directly above and some rather excellent LED down lights in the ceiling so I'm never overshadowing my work space

Paul

To know if it's really different from my country ... how many weeks or months for the delay to get it all complete ?

Commie_User · Post by **Commie_User** » Tue Jun 21, 2016 11:21 am

dixiestoat wrote:20160518_105825.jpg

Those are so pristine. One of mine looks pretty OK, but storage led to a small scratch on the otherwise fine clear plastic. I HATE it when that happens.

I can give you some videos I made of why I bought a couple of cheap Beebs - music, by virtue of tapes like Beebsynth and a line-out mod.

Like so many of us, we last faced a BBC at school and were shot right back as a consequence.

Getting 'em in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBLNLH9zrYU
Playing with music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKaJ4NMstcw
Tinker with tapes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EnMzdR2LZo

JudgeBeeb · Post by **JudgeBeeb** » Sun Jul 03, 2016 6:09 pm

Trying to make the best use of limited space, I came up with this. It's on wheels and and has a power strip at the back. It works well for me, but realise that it looks like most people's nightmare from school. (I left school before the Beebs arrived en masse.)

JonC · Post by **JonC** » Sun Jul 03, 2016 6:13 pm

I could do with something similar, not an Ikea job?

JudgeBeeb · Post by **JudgeBeeb** » Sun Jul 03, 2016 6:18 pm

It's this from Argos. Only £20.

Bear in mind that the keyboard shelf doesn't extend the full depth of the trolley. (It is intended for a conventional PC keyboard.) If you place a disk drive or whatever on it, the front feet will be on the shelf, but the back ones will be left hanging. I replaced the provided shelf, with a piece of MDF which extended the full depth of the trolley.

Commie_User · Post by **Commie_User** » Sun Jul 03, 2016 6:33 pm

I finally have my Ebay BBC B walled and plumbed in. Pity the only items to accept RGB are my sitting room telly and CUB but I still have my bloody nice Osaki TV for the UHF, if I don't want the Microvitec plonked on top of what else I'm trrying to use.

Patch my lovely line out to the recording loop, patch my soundcard lead to the Beeb for loading tape images and I've almost all I wanted. A faulty joystick port on this board prevents me really dressing it up to the nines, though I've a stack of iconic tapes like Killer Gorilla to christen it anyway.

Post by **roland** » Wed Aug 31, 2016 4:00 pm

My very temporary beeb setup to test my Z80 cheese wedge:

The Z80 is working, now I just have to find some suitable hardware for creating 3,5" CP/M disks.

BTW ... this beeb seems to have 256KB ram

I didn't notice before....

Post by **danielj** » Wed Aug 31, 2016 6:33 pm

Careful Roland - you'll suddenly find yourself seduced by actually seeing what you're typing in any screen mode

I seem to have picked up an infection

paradroid90 · Post by **paradroid90** » Thu Sep 01, 2016 9:03 pm

Hi guys

, Thought I had already posted My Elk setup on here previously, but this is my humble set up

Packs a punch inside with a Master Ram Board and AP6 installed inside

Kevin1967 · Post by **Kevin1967** » Sat Sep 10, 2016 11:14 am

Here's my setup, just the single Beeb B and CUB monitor. I'm thinking that I could scrap the MacMini and put a Master 128 in it's place. I've also started collecting vintage computer books, mostly Beeb programming books.

Commie_User · Post by **Commie_User** » Sat Sep 10, 2016 2:55 pm

Look at that juxtaposition!

You'll chuck out nothing!

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