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Hi, thanks a lot for that. That is very confusing, I have tried a couple of 5.5 x 2.5 plugs and neither fit. The problem is that the plug will not fit into the socket. Mmm, just tried another plug (wrong voltage PSU, but just to see if it would fit) - and it DOES! It seems that the 2 other 5.5 x "2....

Thanks Dave,

can the "new owners" help me with this question please?

dangardner?
hoglet?
anyone else?

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Dave

Dave I realise that this is quite an old thread and your devices are long gone. However, when you posted the ad, you said . . . "The unit will now ship with the following: ... 2) DC Power Supply and mains lead - it has the correct DC plug! (Note: NOT a cheap Chinese version) ..." Can you recall what...

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Thanks for the tip, I’d prefer a smaller enclosure, but may have to compromise I guess

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Dave

Hi,

I am looking for an external 3.5" floppy disk drive case, could be from a Beeb, Atari, Amiga etc. Cumana made quite a few versions. I just need the case to put an existing drive in, no drive, PSU, or cables needed

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Dave

Hi, thanks for the tips, but all sorted now :) It turns out that the data cable that I was using for testing (not the one that's attached to the case) is faulty. After I cleaned the heads, in "clutching at straws" mode, I readdressed the drive as "2" and found that it worked perfectly in DS mode. In...

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ah, I hadn't appreciated that side 0 was the bottom head, so, I can see that it must be a DS drive. If one head is not working, then I guess there must be a fault on the drive. I will try cleaning the upper head (again), but it seems that the drive may only be partially working

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Dave

Hi, yes, it's definitely for the Beeb - it has a connector for the BBC disk power supply. I saw the photo that you posted of your drive, on yours, the Mitsubishi logo is obvious on the PCB. On my drive, initially, I didn't t see any logos or other indication of the drive manufacturer, but from the p...

Hi Mark, yes :D I can't see any wires going to the bottom "head", though there does look like there may be a head embedded in the ceramic, it looks like a single bit of metal - no tunnel erase heads, it does not look like a "real" head, so it may indeed be SS. There is no manufacturer's name on the ...

Hi, Can someone tell me a bit more about this unit please? I have one of them that I got to use with my Memotech systems but it's surplus to requirements and I wanted to know a little more about it before I decide how to dispose of it. The drive appears to be single sided but the enclosure has a 40/...

Hi Daniel,

is the composite to VGA adapter still available please?

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Dave

http://www.primrosebank.net/computers/m ... mavram.htm

4164 fix described on this page

Hi David,

I posted the same problem in this thread (with no answer either)

http://www.stardot.org.uk/forums/viewto ... 45&t=13159

Still, here in SCART land, the RGB output works great on my TV

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Dave

Hi Rob, thanks for the link. It was quite interesting, but, not too helpful. Either the guy had consulted a medium off camera, or he was just lucky :-) I have gone about as far as I can I think. I have proved that the input board seems to be working and I get 'scope traces for the 3 colours similar ...

Yes, PayPal fees suck, but the costs for such a low value transaction are skewed by their minimum processing cost, they charge 3.4% + £0.20. Yes, it's a rip off, but they are the published fees https://www.paypal.com/uk/webapps/mpp/paypal-fees As it says, even if you use "Send money to Friends & Fam...

Well, I have confirmed that it is definitely the monitor that's faulty.

Taking the RGB output from my BBC Micro into the monitor's TTL input displays the BBC Micro boot text in blue !

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Dave

Hi Rob, thanks for the input. I did wonder if an Einstein fault could be the problem, but the RGB analogue output works fine into the SCART RGB input on my TV. Though oddly, the component output doesn't, hence my question on whether there was anything "special" about the component output. I will try...

Hi Mark, yes, that should be possible. The monitor has inputs for TTL and Analogue RGB, I just need to make up more cables to take the output from, say, my Memotech FDX or BBC to the monitor. That's the easy bit, then I need to work out what to do to try and fix the monitor :) Thanks for the suggest...

Tatung Einstein TC-01 Video Output Hi, I posted this on Amibay as well, but there may be more Einstein user's here . . . I have just bought a Tatung Einstein TC-01 with TM-01 colour monitor. Although it was advertised as working, the monitor is not working, I just get blue on blue output from the TC...

Hi,

just paid, looking forward to receiving it

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Dave

Thanks guys,

That bit stuff looks interestng,
I'll check it out

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Dave

I think that it will probably be much better when the pages are split. Acrobat tries to square up the page when it does the OCR, two pages with different slopes are a bit too much for it.

The number of pages put me off splitting and cropping too

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Dave

Hi folks, I have given the high quality version a quick run through Adobe Acrobat X, you can find the result here : http://www.primrosebank.net/computers/bbc/bbcmanuals.htm#software This is a rough 'n' ready first pass, it is searchable, but does not have hyperlinks, clickable TOC, etc. I will try a...

Hi, I've just got a Teletext cheese wedge, not really sure what I can do with it either, but . . . . . . I have a distribution amplifier in my house that distributes TV signals around the house. (These days, it's mostly digital, but I have a few CCTV cameras that I still have on an analogue channel....

Hi, I recently got a Microvitec 14H94CGS2 (sometimes referred to as just a model "1494" I think) monitor from Elminster (thanks a lot D.) Unfortunately, the Useless Parcels Service managed to give it a beating on its way to me and it has suffered some damage, the majority of which is cosmetic/struct...

Elminster wrote:I have found that some of the people who sell their old BBC B's on ebay seemed to have been using them as birds nests if the inside of them is anything to go by.

But, do they make good soup ?

Well, done the reading and am now veering towards the Extech EX330 . It'll mainly be used for low voltage DC but could also be useful when changing light fittings, switches, etc. Costs a little more than I wanted to pay but the I especially like the NCV detector. Probably too late now, but, if you ...

mutilate What a harsh word! How about "re-purpose"? :wink: Or "it will live on" ... in a bunch of other machines? :lol: Definitely don't throw any bits out - you never know when someone might come along here needing an Electron space bar or lower case or ... etc. Well, you could say "The needs of t...

It's sold as untested so it may well work! So can we congratulate you with your Acorn Electron and help finding a new key cap for the letter "X"? 8) Don't even joke about it! I have recently taken on yet more projects that I don't have time to start, never mind finish! I couldn't possibly start an ...

Yes, it was a bit more than I'd hoped to pay for a non-working machine.

As you say though, hopefully, I can get a lot of good switches from it

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Dave