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That is great info to know, thank you @bent_pin! Actually I got an email from what saying they refunded the buyer but at the same time I am not liable and not touching my funds... I suppose eBay had their insurance that cover them for cases like this... Shame however scammers and up profiting... This affects all of us negatively in the long term...

Kava118 opened a return request and had the nerve to message me saying that he didn't want an actual return, he wanted to keep the CD32 and get a full refund 🙂 To eBay's credit I called them, explained what happened and they closed the case. Phew... I feel better...

Unfortunately this is what I am worried about... I reported them to eBay and blocked them as buyers. I hope eBay will do their due diligence... I am not a big seller, as most of us here try to fund my retro computer hobby with selling duplicate hardware/software. But I do have a few years of presence on eBay where this person seems to have join in Aug 2023 (another red flag). In the meanwhile eBay sent a message saying they will be taking funds from future sales unless I accept the return!!! I hope this will have a good ending... Any advice please share... Believe it or not it is the first time I am dealing with something like this.

eBay user kava118 He purchased an Amiga CD32 + TF328 from me. He received it and said it was not working, he had a very bad attitude, said he purchased a "LEMON" and he said my listing was a scam. All this in his very first message to me. I told him to make sure the TF328 sits well inside the CD32 in case it got moved during transportation and that I took offense with him calling me scammer and that if he doesn't apologize I will not be communicating with him, but only directly through eBay. He sent a second message with threats, so waiting to see how this will end up 😞

A quick Google search received this: https://www.atariuptodate.de/en/emulators/ but haven't downloaded anything from there before. Oh, I misunderstood, sorry. Yeah, maybe. If one has the source code and the time 😉

I am pretty sure I have seen an emulator for C64 and one for spectrum. I don't think it is possible to emulate an Amiga on a falcon. The custom chips would make it impossible as you will need a lot of cpu cycles to emulate them.

The falcon IMHO is a great computer but with a 68060 accelerator (like the ct60) it changes league... You can run Mint OS (both with the 030 and the 060), and in the 060 you can run a ton of ports such as Doom, Quake etc. You can also run ScumVM which is the framework that many adventures use (such as Sam & Max, Day of the Tentacle, Loom etc). I am pretty sure that I have seen all these emulators also running on falcon. There is finally a ton of productivity and music software that is available for it.

I am pretty sure I have a few spare ones. Let me get back to you sometime today. I will sell it cheap.

I had bought an ST from Belgium and replaced it with an American layout keyboard. Looking to sell this one to French speaking friends in US or most likely Canada. I can ship internationally but I don't think it will make financial sense to the buyer. The keyboard was working when I removed it but that was like a year ago, so selling it for parts although I would be surprised if it doesn't work. There is some very very mild yellowing to some of the keys, not all. Over all pretty clean. I'd like to move fast with this one so if it doesn't get sold here I will also list it on eBay. Looking for USD50 + shipping cost + PayPal fees if not f&f. Thanks for looking!

Ok! This is a local buyer and they said they will come over tomorrow to pick it up. I will update the thread accordingly to either close it or let you know that you are next in line.

Sale Pending

I have an Panasonic A1F (MSX 2) sitting around so time to pass it on to someone who will actually use it. The computer does not have a floppy but I believe you can install a gotek drive. Here is what I have tested, see also the attaching pictures... 1. Powered the A1F up. Did power on just fine and booted to the MSX screen. The boot up sound was loud and clear, and as you can see so is the picture through the RGB out (I am using however an OSSC scan doubler). 2. I run basic and all seemed fine. 3. While in basic I pressed all the buttons. They all seem to work however the ones with the led next to the spacebar did not seem to respond, specifically CAPS, Pause and Japanese characters. CAPS did work first time, it locked the keyboard to caps but then pressing it again didn't switch back to small letters. After a fresh reboot never worked for me again. 4. All the menu items on the MSX screen worked fine (calendar, calculator etc). The only one that I am not sure is the paint app. When I selected it I got the pop up message in Japanese, capture in the pictures below, and posting return didn't seem to do anything, so I returned to the main menu pressing esc. I suppose it was trying to access a mouse or some other peripheral? 5. The only software I have is in floppies, so I could not do much more than the above. Asking USD$280 which includes shipping to mainland USA. This is for a PayPal friends and family transaction, if you want a goods and services transaction, happy to do it but please add 4% to cover the fees. I can ship outside of mainland USA but we will have to adjust accordingly to include extra shipping costs. Happy to answer any questions, please DM me.

You are right. You either need an old VME card (like Matrix or CrazyDots) that is difficult to find, or you need a "nova" adapter that does VME to ISA conversion and you can plug either a Mach32, or a Mach64 (best by far but very expensive - remember you need an ISA version of it, VLN and PCI are cheap but don't work) or an ET4000 and use the drivers here. The driver will be asking you which graphic option you want at boot time (nova or TT). And yes you are right, the card and adapter won't fit inside your TT. I am lucky to have my Mach64 fit nicely in a towered TT 🙂 (the beautiful Tetra) Lukas from Germany is making these adapters, if you PM me I can get you in touch with him if you want to buy one. One detail however that you need to be aware of: With nova (or the old VME cards) you get worse compatibility... A lot of software is incompatible, with some other you won't see a difference and some is going to take advantage of the graphics card. And one more detail: I use a VGA auto switch that takes input from both the TT and the Mach64. That way when I boot with either graphics port I don't need to disconnect/reconnect VGA cables. These auto switches are pretty cheap. Oh! and Mint looks beautiful in high resolution and many colors!

Yes, PayPal is fine. Hopefully you are in the USA? Otherwise I am sure another member here would do it the same way I offered and it would cost you less and get it faster. But feel free to PM me.

Looking for a working Bridgeboard or my amiga with a 386 or 486 (preferably) processor. I will pay a fair price. I might consider a 286 based one if the price is right. I have quite a bit of amiga and atari (and other platform) hardware to (partially?) trade if you want. Thanks for looking.

I can make one for you and you will only pay me the shipping costs. How about that?

Hi folks I purchased a working a2000 and it had a toaster, two TBC 's and one AD1012 audio card installed. As I am not interested in video production I am selling these items on ebay. Specifically I listed the AD1012 in an auction as I haven't seen any examples of pricing for it. You can find it here if you are interested: https://www.ebay.com/itm/204217450390 Thanks for looking!

Thank you! Yes. Haven't posted for a while and forgot there is a section just for the wanted threads.

I am now the lucky owner of a Risc PC with a StrongARM processor and a 586 PC card.😃

Looking for either a 386 or 486 bridge board for my Amiga 4000. We can make a cash/PayPal deal or trade, I have a lot of commodore and atari (and others) items to trade, both hardware and software. Thanks!

I would keep it simple to start with and just test the power supply to make sure I get good DC power. If I remember correctly the PSU provides +5 and +12 V DC.

I might be wrong but the new ct63 doesn't do anything with the falcon's bus. Also it definitely doesn't affect the nvram. And if you need a recap (very unlikely for a falcon) you would see instabilities already. So if it is stable right now chances are it will be stable after the ct63 installation. It might help if you state where you live as someone local might be able to do the installation for you and remove the risk of damage during transportation and the costs.

Why are you looking for all these? Does your falcon have instability issues, other than my guess that you are getting a new ct63?

I am always careful with those. But one day something distracted me and I touched one of those charged capacitors... Oh my... My sight got darker and I felt a tension in pretty much all my muscles. Of course my fingers kept holding because of the tension that was induced so it was like I was shutting down... And then all of a sudden I made a sudden sound like a scream and got unintentionally pushed back and let that board go off my hands... Totally different feeling than the tingling sensation of AC... And it only takes a moment of not paying attention. Do be careful... 🙂

Please be careful when working on power supplies. Don't touch underneath the capacitors, they can keep quite a bit of a charge even after they psu is powered off.