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The spare pcbs are now spoken for, but I’m going to order another, larger, batch of pcbs from TechBridge, so there will be some more of these for anyone that wants one. ‘Till then, there will be a short delay. Have a word with Henry (techbridge) about a scored panel. He's very helpful . . . Dave H :D

Could you bring me a Mini Podule, please Ian . . . For a.n.other! Although I was thinking of reverse engineering it

Dave H

To overcome this issue in the ABR I use a DS1210 - specifically designed for the job.

Datasheet here.

Dave H

I should be there for an 8am start Mrs H may be my driver

Dave H

Budgie wrote:Do you have any AP5s and cases still available please ? I’ve sent you a PM,.

PM sent . . .

jms2 wrote:One thing to look out for though - one of the M3 nuts wasn't an M3 nut! It was slightly taller than the others, and didn't fit. 1/8" BSW perhaps?

Hmmm! Sorry about that - They were taken from a new bag of M3 nuts from Rapid!

Dave H

Welcome to the Forum, VectorEyes . . . Enjoy . . .

Good luck with your restoration. It may take awhile but well worth the end result. Lots of options for Floppy and Hard Drive replacements.

Dave H

One thing to be aware of with Southern Belle is that if there are additional ROMs in the system, then it doesn't seem to work quite right, because of the additional interrupt service time. This is one of the issues that I wanted to 'fix' for the MGC e.g. disabling all ROMs other than the OS, BASIC ...

Another box of delights from Dave H :D Glad it arrived intact. I'll take this opportunity to raise a potential problem for AP5 kit units: The 2 x 20 way connectors, for the User Ports, are new - old stock. I've noticed, when I've been building them, that the pins have become 'aged'. So I've been pr...

Can you recall what the "correct" DC plug was please? I have just picked up an EMP-20 and what looked like a 5.5mmx2.5mm power adapter socket isn't :-( Sorry, I've been through my photos and it looks like I didn't take any of the power adaptor :( Maybe one of the 'new' owners would be abl...

Welcome to the Forum, FelisSapien . . . Enjoy . . .

Good luck with your coding - We expect greatness

Dave H

JonC wrote:Very nice, those look really professional Dave.

Thanks . . . I can look back now and - yes, it was worth the hassle - chuffed

Dave H

Pegasus Case:



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I tried one of those, it was "ok" but slow and cumbersome and not much better than solder wick. After one 40 pin DIP I'd had enough and bought this: and bought this: A slightly lower cost version here . Just a slightly different case. There's also this review here . And this is the one CP...

1024MAK wrote:I'm perfectly happy to have a kit with case instead.

Kit it is . . .

Dave H

Elminster wrote:I want mine in rainbow strips.

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EUPERS Case: Note: This was the most difficult one and the case can only be used if you are NOT using the battery! It involves: 1) A track cut - to isolate the centre battery connection. 2) Enlarging the centre battery connector hole. 3) Marking and drilling 2 more holes using the Case as a template...

dominicbeesley wrote:Hopefully nothing too invasive for now, just socketing the CPU! and maybe fitting a heatsink to the ULA...

Dave H

Built and cased AP5 here.

Dave H

Here at last . . . AP5 with case:









Sorry about the 'colours' of the images and focus - rushed it

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dominicbeesley wrote:I'm going to have labotomise the poor thing...

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On order: AP5, BeebSCSI, ADFS Rom, AP6 Rom and memory. Questions\thoughts:- Using the above equipment, could I build a floppy disc controller which connects to a user port and use a gotek flashyfloppy? If so what would I need? There's an MMB version that works with the AP5. Dave (Hoglet) will proba...

marcusjambler wrote:Could be Semi Gloss.

Of course it is . . .

Dave H

AndyF wrote:just the graphical output is not quite as polished as the version I indicated

Well . . . There's a challenge for someone

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The colour I've been given for the range of new cases I'm having made is: BS10B17 Oatmeal (the actual number they gave was BS10B17 SG - not sure what the SG stands for, though). Paint Colour.png Although this is really a third-hand colour match e.g. Originally taken from an Electron case for the AP3...

KenLowe wrote:@Prime has already offered to remove the two PALs from my board. Would that ultimately be the better way to go here??? I don't have the tools to do that without potentially damaging the PALs.

Open the box . . . Sorry, meant to say 'take the offer' - So much easier . . .

Dave H

Another update here.

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An up date and explanation of the appalling delay in the manufacture and delivery of the metal cases. None of my holidays, visits to look after my Dad and time in hospital has contributed to any delay. The order was placed with the fabricators at the back-end of September! Broken laser, catching up ...

Welcome to the forum, Eric . . . Enjoy . . .

Interesting history . . .

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emeu1 wrote:I have the same question.
Also interested in an AP5 (and also a floppy interface that would fit in one of the cartridge slots of a Plus 1).

Best regards,

Erik

pm sent . . .

Dave H