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I don't know how we would make it work, but I'd be happy to invest some newer Econet/Ethernet/RiscOS hardware. Same here. Maybe a central donations pot (or the ABug pot) would be the right way to go? Set up a 'Donate' paypal account, and then we could have votes on how those funds are spent. Even g...

If the prevailing sentiment is that this isn't wanted/needed, that's fine. Just think a trick is being missed here and there may be some missed opportunities.

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The idea I had was to promote the most wanted things by listing them and letting people bid on them. That way if people really want them, the 'reward' price will go up and up. If money is a motivator for someone, then they claim it. At the end of the day if time is a commodity you don't have (I know...

Not sure if this has been discussed before here, so if so my apologies. There are a lot of greate developments going on at the moment by a few people, and to support them (as I do not have the skillsets myself), I think it could help productivity to be able to contribute a bit of cash for their effo...

If it's a question of funds, I'm more than happy to contribute to something like this which helps everyone. But if it's skills as others have said, I'm out of my depth there.

.... Econet and IDE goodies from IanS.

Thankyou kindly!

I've just ordered one of these . Interesting description> The pad may have dust or other appearance minor defect.It does not affect the function. Please make sure that you don't care that.Thank you. I shall report back. Seems a bit small for a lot of Acorn mainboards (especially the Archies), maybe...

Econet in 'several' boxes: aka old skool econet! ;
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/An-Acorn-Eco ... Swbehbp-qP

Hi

Could I have a podule and 5 x T peices please?

Cheers!

8 bit IDE with DOM if poss please! (V3)

Cheers!

I think the way the terminators work is that you leave them in place if you're not using the external connector and then terminate the end of the internal chain. I don't think you can toggle termination in software with these as you can with some podules (e.g. Powertec). The terminators will act as...

Do any of the keyboard lights work? Caps Lock etc? Do they flash on power up?

If not, it suggests there's an issue with the connection somewhere along the way. Maybe double check the traces from the connectors as they are pretty close to the horrible green gunk!

Might be worth trying to clean the keyboard connector first, probably just dirty?

Try plugging in the floppy drive.

The drive will flash diagnostic fault codes via LED which may help you track down issues.

rmbrowngr wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 18, 2018 2:07 pm

No, but isn’t the ‘A’ in ADFS for “Advanced”?

Depends who you ask!

If we are looking at throwing in everything and the kitchen sink. Could you squeeze in the MGC like functionality onto the board. I guess would require some clever ROM switching between MGC and DFS, but one assumes you dont need them at the same time. Only because I once the AP3/4 and AP5 plugged i...

Might be worth a look for spares and upgrades?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Acorn-3000-M ... SwSvFbcuWS

Just go to the mouser website and search for the part number 7-520355-0.

No idea if its any good, but its somewhat cheaper;
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0719TQLHY/ ... B0719TQLHY

Also somewhat smaller....

IanS wrote: ↑

Mon May 21, 2018 10:29 pm

If I sell some more, would people be interested in buying a board with an included DOM (probably 4GB, ony 2GB usable on RO 3.11)?

I'd certainly be interested in an 8bit one for my A3000.

One for me please!

Ah brill, thanks for the info! I should be ok then as I'm not boarding out to the edges of the loft, where it's then ventilated via the eaves. I'm guessing that as long as I don't compress the insulation too much when boarding, that shouldn't be a problem either. Made stuff, like floor/shelf/mezzani...

The loft is insulated with one layer of fibreglass from 20 plus years ago and another layer of knaufwool over the top, which is more recent (about 5-10 years). When you say 'breathe' do you mean the ventilation under the eaves? On our house, it's open to the elements in that respect, so gets freezin...

Hi All, I've had a bit of a bodge floor strip in the loft for 20 years, which consists of a few leftover lengths of tongue and groove chipboard screwed to some 'risers' screwed to the joists. Nothing too fancy and has served well. However this was just a strip to walk the length of the loft. I'm now...

philb wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 11, 2018 8:41 am

..snip.. darkest Yorkshire for the next couple of weeks anyway.

AKA Lancashire!

Hmm,

Is there a problem with your order page?
In Edge and Firefox I just get grey circles with white circles spinning inside and am unable to continue....

A jiffy bag of capacitors, allowing me to bring this sorry looking Pentium 3 motherboard back to life after 10yrs in the loft. Amazingly it now works, although I also had to swap out the PSU which is similarly affected (smaller bag of capacitors now on order). This will form the basis for a Windows...

How much data do yo have to move? A few 800kb floppies might be ok if it's a small amount?

Check your SD-IDE adaptor, does it have a jumper to switch between CS/D1/D2 etc?

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