Gammitin (Ben) 💾

Random Retro Computer Mad Scientist 🥼 💾
Obsolete doesn’t mean dead!
+Cat Enthusiast 🐱
If you're in the UK, I can save your kit from e-waste
🙏
🔗
https://linktr.ee/gammitin

Location: Enq: [email protected]
Link: https://ko-fi.com/gammitin

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2026-04-18 22:04:59 UTC

Sneaky peak of the absolute beast of a 386 I'm going to be building, many many thanks to uhf_satcom (x.com) for the motherboard and CPU and other bits! 🙏🙏🙏
I've managed to get it running on 16MB of RAM, but I've ordered 16 more, can't even imagine a 386 with 32MB of RAM, but soon.... 😍
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2026-04-10 23:35:50 UTC

My best Friday nights three decades ago, still exactly the same now, what a Frickin' game man 😍
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2026-04-10 19:33:03 UTC

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I'm insanely excited about this! 🤗
1Ghz AMD Athlon Slot A ✅
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2026-04-10 19:29:54 UTC

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Hold onto your Pants!
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2026-04-10 19:26:02 UTC

A 26 year dream of mine may just about to be realised!
[[[[- 1Ghz Slot A Athlon -]]]] 🤞
I had this board delivered, new old stock and it's factory sealed, it has that pristine electronics smell.
Gigabyte GA-7IXE Rev 1.1
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2026-04-09 19:43:40 UTC

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Pentium II 266Mhz
160MB RAM
10GB HDD
+
Modern Linux 😍
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2026-04-09 19:23:44 UTC

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So, I've shorted the fuse out and guess what?
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2026-04-09 19:02:38 UTC

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F1 is an SMD fuse and guess what, no connectivity, so the fuse has blown at some point.
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2026-04-09 19:00:56 UTC

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So unknown if the backlight is broken, but either way the inverter is not doing anything either.
The screen does work, just no light, so it's not visible.
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2026-04-09 18:56:12 UTC

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So, zero voltage on the output stage to the CCFL-Backlight.
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2026-04-09 18:29:50 UTC

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So, the screen doesn't work, but it does seem to post ok and works on an external monitor.
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2026-04-09 18:12:54 UTC

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It's quite THICC
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2026-04-09 18:08:34 UTC

Another eWaste rescue, saved from the Gold recovery fiends and given a chance to live another day.🤞
IBM ThinkPad 770E (1997)
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2026-04-05 20:20:32 UTC

IBM ThinkPad T42 (2004) running MX Linux 😘🐧
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2026-04-02 21:11:58 UTC

Sometimes I'm totally blown away with how nice people in the retro computer community can be. Honestly I'm speechless!
I've been after a 1Ghz Slot A Athlon for 20 years and then I'm gifted one by one of the kindest people ever
Thank you so much @npub18zp…8pd8 I'm over the moon 😊
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2026-04-02 20:29:30 UTC

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Yassss I got the DNS working!
So happy, that's the last piece of the puzzle sorted!
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2026-04-01 22:29:02 UTC

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It's now talking to the outside world, I've also installed a web browser.
Here's theoldnet.com but I've not managed to get the DNS working yet, I had to enter the I.P address.
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2026-04-01 22:12:41 UTC

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What I love about these kind of projects is the learning process. I've now managed to get the network working on my lan. I was trying to copy some software packages over and they all didn't extract properly.
I realised the built in FTP client is default in ASCII mode, not binary. 😂
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2026-04-01 22:07:07 UTC

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So, to get the network card to work I've had to swap it around with the video card as I had IRQ issues. It's now initialising.
Also I had to use my 10/100 switch as it only seems to like a 10mb connection.
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2026-04-01 22:00:51 UTC

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The IDE to SD card was quite slow, so I've dd'd a backup image of it and written it to an SSD, it's about 5x+ faster now, really impressed with the boot speed and general usability.
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2026-04-01 21:53:49 UTC

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Sound is also now working!
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2026-04-01 21:45:34 UTC

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The Video is fully working, check this screensaver out, I think I've seen it somewhere before 🤔
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2026-04-01 21:35:28 UTC

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So, as I've had to do numerous installs to get the video working, I ended up making a VMWare machine.
I mounted an SD card as a physical IDE drive in the virtual machine and did the install that way.
Also a great way to get files on is to add packages to an ISO and mount it.

2026-04-01 21:05:32 UTC

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The hardware:
- Pentium 3 - 800Mhz (Coppermine)
- 512MB RAM
- Ati Rage XL 8MB Video
- Creative Soundblaster PCI 128
- Intel Pro 100 Network Card
- SSD
The goal:
- High Res Colour Video
- Sound
- Full Networking
- Fast Booting and Usability
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2026-04-01 20:45:51 UTC

I've always wanted a machine to run NeXSTEP natively, the chances of me ever getting a real Next Computer are very slim.
So, I've been researching hardware for an Intel based build and today I got to about 99% completion of the testing.
I'm more than pleased! 😍👇
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2026-03-31 18:12:16 UTC

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too busy cooking at the moment 😂

2026-03-31 17:37:00 UTC

Giving Windows Me a whirl on this Pentium 3, let's see if it's as unstable as I remember 🤔
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2026-03-30 21:39:38 UTC

If anyone in the I.T field in the UK has any corporate laptops being discarded because of Windows 11 requirements please either give me a shout to help them get to FreeITStafford or reach to https://www.freeitstafford.org/
A UK non-profit volunteer team fighting e-waste and digital poverty by giving them back to the community.
Link: https://www.freeitstafford.org/

2026-03-28 23:17:06 UTC

Nice Saturday Retro Mission!
I just installed modern Linux: Debian 14 "Forky" (kernel compiled yesterday), from the ground up on an:
Apple iBook G4/1.33 14" 1.25GB RAM (2004).
Wow, this is really fast and cool 😎
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2026-03-28 22:48:11 UTC

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Xorg configured and lightdm display manager working 👍
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2026-03-28 22:08:05 UTC

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[[[ENHANCE]]]
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2026-03-28 22:06:23 UTC

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Obligatory Fastfetch:
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2026-03-28 21:59:04 UTC

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No WiFi yet, but I've got that covered for now!
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2026-03-28 21:56:51 UTC

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2026-03-28 21:56:40 UTC

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Debian Forky (codename for 14), up and running.
Now I'm getting everything installed, no sudo etc.
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2026-03-28 21:03:49 UTC

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I'm trying Debian 12 PowerPC, wish me luck, not sure how this is going to go....
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2026-03-28 20:53:25 UTC

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Well, I've got to try to get Linux going haven't I, it would be rude not to.
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2026-03-28 20:47:51 UTC

Having a spontaneous #MARCHintosh day today, not sure how that happened.
I got this FireWire DVD-RW a while back, that I never really tested, I thought it was worth cracking out to try.
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2026-03-27 21:38:51 UTC

Windows XP Nickelodeon Theme
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2026-03-26 21:22:53 UTC

ASRock E35LM1 Mini-ITX running Windows 98SE, with a PCIe to 32-bit PCI adapter and an Nvidia Geforce FX 5500.
It likes Quake 2!
Sometimes I wonder: why am I like this!? 🤔
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2026-03-25 20:04:49 UTC

Pentium III
+
Windows 98
+
Quake II
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2026-03-19 20:23:29 UTC

Thursday evening Windows 98 install on a Pentium II, my kind of Zen 🧘‍♂️😊
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2026-03-14 11:04:41 UTC

Descent 2 is now 30 years old!
It's definitely up there as one of my all-time favourite games!
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2026-03-07 21:14:04 UTC

25Mhz 286 😍
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2026-02-28 20:35:29 UTC

Apricot PC Xi (1984)
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2026-02-18 20:13:32 UTC

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This is what I now get, I think the DRAM has failed 😒
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2026-02-18 20:11:12 UTC

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So I started to make a Spectrum to Atari joystick converter (need to finalise the heat shrink and resin the end) and I was about to test it, then........
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2026-02-13 17:35:19 UTC

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So the +2A is now playing anything I throw at it, this game takes 13 minutes to load from tape, but what a game, all time classic!
R-Type (1989)
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2026-02-13 00:38:14 UTC

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I've found out an old Android phone with a 3.5mm jack, wiped it and installed this app called: PlayZX. It plays the ZX game tapes into the cassette adapter in the deck. 👍
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2026-02-13 00:30:35 UTC

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I need to sort a joystick, playing with the keyboard is just not the same experience. 🕹️

2026-02-13 00:29:19 UTC

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Not only did I fix the issue, I now by chance loaded a game and as soon as I saw it had an insane nostalgia hit from when I was young - I played this 40 years ago and forgot about it. Wow 🥹
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2026-02-13 00:23:48 UTC

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Ok, so I've sorted the issue, I needed to adjust the azimuth of the tape head! 👍👍
Everything is now loading on the 1st try, I'm so happy ☺️
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2026-02-12 22:24:48 UTC

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I'm struggling to get larger games to work at the moment, but the loading screens look cool 😎
I'm going to install an audio-in jack (the +2A doesn't have one), hopefully it will help the situation. 🤔
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2026-02-12 22:14:07 UTC

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Digger Dan (1983) loaded and was the first ever game I've played on this Spectrum.
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2026-02-12 22:11:33 UTC

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I'm shocked that a Bluetooth cassette tape works tbh!
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2026-02-11 18:34:53 UTC

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Ok, so I've reassembled it, honestly it was a pain, but it's not completely done yet (keys not cleaned yet).
To Do:
- Take the keyboard back out and deep clean each key.
- Figure out how and where to mount the Pico PSU.
-Figure out where to put the USB C connector.
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2026-02-11 18:25:25 UTC

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Can you tell where I've gone wrong? 🙃
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2026-02-11 18:23:52 UTC

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Sorted!
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2026-02-11 18:21:08 UTC

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Part of the tape deck needs reattaching:
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2026-02-11 18:19:11 UTC

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Bottom half sorted, the left standoff was destroyed, so I'll have to hope for the best as it's one that holds the front of the case down.
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2026-02-11 18:16:02 UTC

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16 standoffs repaired, now onto the front half and also the tape deck.
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2026-02-10 23:07:12 UTC

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11 threaded standoffs repaired so far, 5 more to go 😌
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2026-02-10 18:32:40 UTC

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Solid!
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2026-02-10 18:28:58 UTC

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Post, by post, piece by piece, we will rebuild this!
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2026-02-10 18:21:44 UTC

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Happy with the case now! 😍
Next is the millions of posts that have snapped off 😔
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2026-02-10 18:19:53 UTC

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The resin is stronger than the case itself! 💪
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2026-02-10 18:15:19 UTC

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UV Resin repair time, first I'll start with the actual damaged case.
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2026-02-10 18:08:36 UTC

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I've taken the tape deck out, cleaned and dried both sides of the case, looking a lot fresher now!
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2026-02-10 18:05:18 UTC

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It's case cleaning time 🫧🪥
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2026-02-10 18:03:45 UTC

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The Spectrum +2A saga continues.....
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2026-02-09 19:25:42 UTC

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These keys and the board will all need individually washing, but I've other things to sort out first, like testing the Datacorder, mounting the new USB C PSU and fixing the case.
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2026-02-09 19:20:50 UTC

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I've quickly cleaned the springs and put it back together, this will have a nice deep clean though.
But I'm happy to report that every key now works. 👍
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2026-02-09 19:18:12 UTC

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Well that works nicely
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2026-02-09 19:15:16 UTC

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Keyboard membrane cleaned up, now let's test it.
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2026-02-09 19:12:56 UTC

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2026-02-09 19:11:32 UTC

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Yuck 🤮
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2026-02-09 19:10:14 UTC

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Membrane removed and it's really gross, also it looks like there may have been a spillage at some point.
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2026-02-09 19:08:36 UTC

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Also Basic works well and has a flashing cursor.
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2026-02-09 19:06:38 UTC

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So, I tried cleaning the membrane connector and the socket, no luck.
But, if I short out a few connections, below I figured out up, down and enter I can get into basic.
So I know that it's not the machine, it's something to do with the keyboard itself.
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2026-02-09 19:01:38 UTC

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Sooo, my keyboard is not working, no keys at all - let's diagnose.
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2026-02-08 21:13:15 UTC

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Before
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After
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2026-02-08 21:11:26 UTC

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Looking good on my Commodore monitor via RGB too! 👍
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2026-02-08 21:08:11 UTC

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Wow, just wow! 😊😊😊😊
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2026-02-08 20:57:38 UTC

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There we go, an RGB Scart cable, that's compatible with the:
ZX Spectrum +2A / +2B / +3
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2026-02-08 20:55:34 UTC

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All sorted, just need to put the connector back together.
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2026-02-08 20:53:04 UTC

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Checked all the pins, all good and no shorts.
Next up is to add 3x 330R resistors to the R, G & B connectors inside the scart.
Fortunately there's a lot more room in there!
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2026-02-08 20:49:45 UTC

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DIN is Done!
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2026-02-08 20:40:45 UTC

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This is going to be fun 😊
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2026-02-08 20:36:35 UTC

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Bit of a sense check.....
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2026-02-08 20:33:11 UTC

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"it will be ok......"
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2026-02-08 20:30:11 UTC

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Slowly, slowly...
These all need to be grounded, soldering 6 wires into a single pin will be fun.
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2026-02-08 20:27:44 UTC

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Scart cable chopped in half, this is what we're working with:
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2026-02-08 20:24:31 UTC

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"Buy an RGB Scart cable"
No, let's make one, we have the technology!
Quality Scart Cable ✅
8-Pin DIN ✅
Sunday Afternoon ✅
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2026-02-06 19:03:06 UTC

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Works a treat! 👍
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2026-02-06 18:55:57 UTC

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Time to have a go with powering it by USB C PD:
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2026-02-06 18:50:16 UTC

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The RF signal sucks, but well happy!
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2026-02-06 18:43:20 UTC

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It's Alive! 😊😊😊😊
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2026-02-06 18:38:31 UTC

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So I'm going to make an RGB Scart cable, but for now I just have RF that's easily accessible. This little trucker TV is so useful, it auto scans channels, got it hooked up.
It's go time! 😬
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2026-02-06 17:57:34 UTC

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The plan:
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2026-02-06 17:55:42 UTC

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I forgot to say, all the socked chips have been removed, scrubbed and then reseated.
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