macsonny Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Installed in less than 30 mins taking time. We are up and running! Loving the ability to swap between ROM types and love the track display. Now to spend some time thinking about options for mounting on front. I feel a few mods coming up ? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panther Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Looks just like the one I installed in my drive years ago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 (edited) Any idea on price as yet? I might be (am) keen, if the price is in dollars let me know if it's US or AUS dollars with shipping to the UK.. Always wanted one, but I actually have no real use for it but I just love the all in one thing of it.. Edited May 10, 2022 by Mclaneinc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Argh...Cancel above interest, half yearly car tax due in June, slipped my mind....Just under a month to get 178.00 together...It'll happen, but it will be tight..The joys of modern living..(car 100% needed) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathy Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Hello Paul Duddie is also working on getting a small (100 items) production run done. And he's looking at improving the selector knob. Not sure when he'll be able to sell them, but maybe by that time... Sincerely Mathy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 half yearly car tax??? I thought the almighty VAT was suppose to eliminate all others and take care of everything... so it's stacked taxing across the board now... double taxation or more? hidden, excise, VAT etc etc.. Hope you gather enough to make it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 Sadly we still have different taxes, car tax can be paid for the year or half yearly, there's a small incentive to pay for the year but (a few pounds cheaper) but I don't have the luxury of savings etc so everything is done as and when it can be afforded. I'll get the tax but it's all scrimp and save, no different than a lot of the population around me. The car is so important for many reasons. Still, I just won £6.07 on the euromillions lottery, so I'm getting there And thanks for the heads up Mathy, appreciated, as said, it would be a treat, with treats not being top of my list of essentials I'll have to see how the old pocket is holding up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E474 Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 It's an emission/pollution tax, the details are here, but it's possible to pay no tax with a zero or very low polluting car: https://www.moneyhelper.org.uk/en/everyday-money/buying-and-running-a-car/car-tax-bands-explained Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 Sadly, my old car's emissions are just enough to make it have to pay tax. I'm exempt from a certain London inner city tax (uLes), but that's it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quantum Mechanic Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 On 5/9/2022 at 7:13 PM, macsonny said: Installed in less than 30 mins taking time. We are up and running! Loving the ability to swap between ROM types and love the track display. Now to spend some time thinking about options for mounting on front. I feel a few mods coming up ? Salivating in anticipation… and I haven’t even unpacked my Atari collection yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macsonny Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 5 hours ago, Quantum Mechanic said: Salivating in anticipation… and I haven’t even unpacked my Atari collection yet! I have already ordered parts and found a way to make it look good without major front panel modifications. Give me a few days and I'll have a few photos up for people to consider.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe r Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 On 4/25/2022 at 1:57 AM, macsonny said: Hi Guus, You really are such an amazing person to support bringing this project back to life. Thank you. I initially plan on building up 5 units. I have worked on surface mount components a lot in the past so reasonably confident I'll be able to build these circuit cards up. I've sent you details to purchase 5 sets of components from you. I'm hoping you will be able to pre-flash the ICs before sending as I don't want to have to purchase a programmer if I don't need to. Thanks again. Sonny If you decide to make a few please drop me a pm, I would be interested in several.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 (edited) 15 minutes ago, joe r said: If you decide to make a few please drop me a pm, I would be interested in several.. The easiest way is for you to keep an eye on the thread, he'll announce when ready and possibly do a pre-order thread or just take this thread and put people in the order they showed interest, either way it's easier than trying to track multiple PM's Edited May 13, 2022 by Mclaneinc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guus.assmann Posted May 13, 2022 Author Share Posted May 13, 2022 Hello Macsonny, Did you already try to set the MegaSpeedy to the Mega Speedy mode and then boot with the disk-latch open? It gets you a menu and the possibility to copy disk really fast. ABBUC uses this to copy the magazine on disk. And maybe a bit obsolete, but with a very small interface the turbo 1050 has an interface for a centronics printer. All of this is in the user manual..... BR/ Guus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panther Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 This is my 1050. It works well for me like this since the drive is up on a shelf. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 (edited) see the power switch? Put the track display there.. see the power LED? Put a Lighted Push button there, it will light up when push button is in the on position... see the knob? it was a combination knob, push button with led light and can be placed nearly anywhere. the LED's in switches and push buttons can be multi color as well, most commonly the tri color variety red / orange / green... you can use them to indicate other things like write protect etc... the drive will look damn near factory, very slick Edited May 13, 2022 by _The Doctor__ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panther Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 Sounds great, post a photo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nasty niff Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 Mega speedy ftw 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 posted in the 1050 track display but relevant in this one as well... there are 3d extruder and resin based printer files to print bezels for these drives, no need to hack up the originals... some are posted on AA as well... some are floating around with places for updates such as these as well. A number of members here do professional quality files and even provide prints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panther Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 24 minutes ago, _The Doctor__ said: posted in the 1050 track display but relevant in this one as well... there are 3d extruder and resin based printer files to print bezels for these drives, no need to hack up the originals... some are posted on AA as well... No point in having the original bezel sit in a drawer forever if the mod isn't likely to be removed. Might as well hack away. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 You can make it look anyway you like, there are many options that keep it looking nice. If you want to go for the steam punk look, the hack and slash look, the melted mess look, it's all up to you. Efforts to make it slick, professional or to preserve the value of things should a person later decide to sell it, move mods or whatever is entirely up to the owner. YMMV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E474 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 A little off topic, but what's the deal with magnetic media (/devices) and loudspeakers? I've always steered clear of having them in close proximity, but never been certain if I was being wise or over cautious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nasty niff Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 (edited) 22 minutes ago, E474 said: A little off topic, but what's the deal with magnetic media (/devices) and loudspeakers? I've always steered clear of having them in close proximity, but never been certain if I was being wise or over cautious. It's a shielded speaker, so no issue, not exactly a 15" sub.... Edited May 13, 2022 by mistapaul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 AV speaker are shielded, normal loudspeakers are not... 2 feet from any of the non shielded speakers/televisions etc is the norm to prevent magnetic drift or damage to magnetic media Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathy Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 Hallo Doc, guys 5 hours ago, _The Doctor__ said: see the power switch? Put the track display there.. see the power LED? Put a Lighted Push button there, it will light up when push button is in the on position... Since the track display lights up when you switch on the drive, you don't need anything else to indicate that the drive is on. Sincerely Mathy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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