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  1. Posted

    12 minutes ago, Mclaneinc said:

    If you use foil inside the container with the peroxide liquid its spoils the foil..Well it did when I tried it, could have just been that it was really cheap foil..Ideal would be a fish tank with real mirrors on all sides..

     

    I've tried both liquid and the cream methods, neither worked great for me, the liquid did work better with more heat applied..

     

    Must try it again sometime, I've got an Amiga 500 that is just begging to be the right colour again..

     

    @damanloox which country did you do the sunlight way, must have been Poland as Ireland is usually the land of the grey skies and moisture... (I'm originally from Northern Ireland)

    Peroxide cream & cling film in IE on a summer's day, it worked a treat.

  2. Posted

    On 2/26/2021 at 4:44 PM, flashjazzcat said:

    Yep: nothing being coded up for it. :)

     

    Start the 'Profiler' and 'Jotter' from the system menu. The Profiler has a fully functional tabbed interface with buttons, scroll bars, lists, etc.

    That would do it. Thanks!

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  3. Posted

    I just started playing with this today. it seems that the top bar (keeper/file/... etc.) responds to a mouse click and will cause the menu to cascade, but no other part of the interface responds to clicks. not the sub menus, not the icons on the desktop. Any idea as to what might cause that?

  5. Posted

    13 hours ago, archeocomp said:

    I just dont get it. Commodore folks have been backing two campains for just keycaps, collected tons of money and still have nothing. And here a sole guy makes completely new replacement keyboard just like that.

    I can't imagine it was cheap, but yes it just goes to show what one person can do. Fantastic job. I wonder if he'd be willing to share plans etc with the community?

  10. Posted

    Thanks for the quick response, I'm very much a beginner.

     

    Ok, so I don't need to touch the side2 fw if using U1MB, good to know.

     

    Yes, I've read the manuals (uncharacteristically), but I was stumped that I couldn't update the U1MB firmware without doing some unusual help+reset followed by quit to get it to find the ROM files.

     

    A Google took me to a post on this forum from a few years back where someone had s similar problem and had to do the same thing. I.e. hope the atr stayed loaded after a soft reboot.

     

    I thought maybe this behaviour was related to some other perceived weirdness like the effect of the switch or button on the side2 not being consistent. This could just be my lack of knowledge.

     

    I'll definitely watch that video!

  11. Posted

    Is it possible to update the side2 firmware from the U1MB environment?

     

    After much difficulty I was able to update the U1MB to the latest firmware but I've not been able to determine the magic incantation required to update the side2.

     

    I'm finding how the 2 devices interact a bit baffling, maybe it's due to the old firmware on the side2.

  12. Posted · Edited by flemingt
    Update and success

    Now when I select firmware.atr it loads missile command?!

     

    Definitely something odd happening.

    It entered the self test menu on reset.

     

    I tried something else, mounting the atr in side2. Loading it. It complains about no DOS. Then pressing help & reset to get back into the U1MB menu. Then Q. At which point the flash tool detects the firmware files and it flashed correctly...

     

    I now have the new U1MB menu

  15. Posted

    thanks!

     

    Now to figure that part out.

    I've a CF card and reader ready to go.

    I'll format as FAT32 and stick on the firmware files.

    I understand I can flash it using the side2 cart.

     

    For anyone who's interested, here are the files for my upside-down U1MB 600xl bracket.

    I printed it in under an hour. 50% infill and with no supports.

    Orientation images are earlier in this thread.

    Hopefully someone else finds it useful.

     

    U1MB holder Flemingt.FCStd U1MB holder Flemingt.stl

  18. Posted

    8 minutes ago, mdivancic said:

    Nice design. Are you not worried about flex because one side is not supported? Please post the STL here for others. Also if you want I can add it to my Thingiverse post so these are all in one place. Now we need designs for the XE’s.

    No problem, I'll post them once I'm back in front of a more modern computer.

  23. Posted

    So I've been busy this morning. I actually had some of the required resistors in stock (but no heat shrink) to do the video mod. The c109 capacitor fell apart when I was desoldering it.

     

    I also did the RAM upgrade and soldered in the pickups for the U1MB upgrade.

     

    Tomorrow I'll have a look at designing a bracket for the U1MB board.

    IMG_20200821_154722.jpg

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  24. Posted

    The top image is your RAM upgrade? I've seen some other 3 wire setups that don't desolder the resistor and they remove a chip and put a jumper cables into the socket... Interesting.

     

    Each of those heat shrink cables have pairs of resistors in? I'll need to check my parts bin or see about scavenging from old hardware to see if I have anything that I can make work.

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