What's new Pussycat too?

That would be great - Al, you fancy one too then we can get a couple of orders in with Rich if he's happy to have a crack at these - would be smashing having instant ROM action on the old Speccy and booting up Jet-Pac and Tranz Am in the wink of Sir Clive's eye... cheers once more, Rich.

 

OK, this came through the door this week, lads, and rather than get me to review, why not a famous BBC bod?

TAKE IT AWAY, FRED!!

 

Well imagine using our Fred to review your software finds!
What's next, Uncle Jimmy doing the Fun School titles?

C'mon Baz, give us hard hitting stories like the time a boatload of refugees arrived from France on the back of an Oric Atmos power supply.

 

Nice work there, @Vyper68 - are these only cartridges where you can load up some games or have they another usage? I ask for your forgiveness but Sir Sinclair's ZX universe is partly unknown to me.

 

Hi @AlexDrito
So the cartridge can hold 4 16KB ROM images. Sinclair didn't produce many cartridges so that is a bit limiting and it can only be a 16KB image. There are other options for larger games like the Dandanator or more exotic variations of the Interface 2 cart using bank switching but that relies on extra logic. This one basically gives you a standard interface 2 cart but uses a dip switch to choose which image.
The images available for the cart I made can include games but there are also alternative BASIC's and diagnostic ROMs as well so you could use the Interface 2 or a clone of it as a diagnostic system for a Speccy.

 

I picked up a 28 Pin One ROM yesterday, very handy if you need to burn a 2764 of 27128 EPROM.

One ROM - The Most Flexible Retro ROM Replacement

 

Nice work on the CPC by the way Andy. It's a good little machine. Just need to add an external Ear socket so you can load CDT images via a Maxduino device, save you a fortune in games.

 

Cheers, Rich!

I will open your box - prob Wed night as I'm visiting mam in Brid tomorrow night but as you know, the CPC464 is hogging the limelight at this moment in time.

Knight Tyme and Oh Mummy, Harrier Attack - those bundled Amsoft titles getting a good run through right now and I'm really enjoying the Amstrad system's "complete" package and the great clear yellow font on a blue background.
It's truly cool schmule old school round at Baz's reet now!











Some fiendish puzzles to solve in Knight Tyme - and being a noob, it's novel and I need the walk-through









Never played this one before - bit of fun, nothing to get too excited about.

But this one, if I've played it a 1000 times, I've actually played it 10,000!

The one and only...



HARRIER ATTACK - chocks away and we're back in the Falklands again.
Cheers, Rich - I lurve the CPC system but you watch Al come down and raid it from me in 10 days time !

 

As if I would Andy...

So glad you are enjoying it mate. If you have any of the Roland games they are usually fun as well.
There was a good homebrew of Deathchase for it as well and some of the French isometric adventures were amazing.

Just wait, next thing we know you'll be auditioning for The Apprentice and getting Lord Sugar to sign your 464!

 

OK, AT LAST - ROCKING RICHIE'S PARCEL IS OPENED!


GREAT PACKING INSIDE - ALWAYS - THANKS, RICH.

I'm calling this part 1 as it's BIG and I'm not on about the size of Al's LPG fuel tank, either (apparently he can gan twice round Jupiter on one refuel). No, I mean Rich has packed several boxes/projects into one big box so here goes.

Part 1 - PSUs ARE US... you send em, we mend em. And by god, he does...

Thank you, Rich, these 3 first items are/look to be all working lovely jubbly (need to test the Atmos FDD PSU) - thank you, my mate.

So, let's recap on what they are/what they power...



Three units in there - a rechargeable solar "flame" lamp at the top - Bev loves this cos her mam got her it and last winter it seemed to cop it in the bad weather (yes, I was slowww getting it packed away before the storms hit it, so my ruddy fault) but Rich was kind enough to have a look and sure enough - I've tested it - it now works a treat and Bev's eyes will also light up tonight Thanks so much, Rich...


CHARGING AWAY!



BACK OUTSIDE IN THE FIRE BALLOON TO ENTERTAIN BEV LATER (it doesn't take much hence me being on the scene!)

OK, let's move on to PSU 2...

We have a 5V euro plug PSU which stopped working on my Oric 3.5" floppy - arrived at Rich's and apparently all was well, as far as we know, so I need to test this one during the week so watch this space for further news here...




WE'LL SEE WHAT's WHAT WHEN THE ATMOS GETS A BOOT UP SHORTLY (currently a Speccy Plus 2 and Amstrad CPC464 hogging the limelight in the Baz cave).


So, finally for now, PSU 3 is a 12V jobbie which powers Bev's mushroom lights. Rich has repaired these at least twice before and there's barely "mushroom" much room to sort the frayed short length cables anymore (groan!), so he's been brilliant sorting these out for us previous and they've worked for months and months and then always something catches the PSU and lead behind our front door (the electronic fungi... should that be fun guy? No, that's Rich, these are illuminated fungi! Groan once more), which then severs the power cable to the lights out front way, fellas, eg.


NEW PSU repair and the mushroom lights in the background - see what a neat job Rich has done on the leads and connectors for us - many thanks, Rich.


THESE SHOULD LOOK BLOOMIN LOVVERLY, OUR BEV, TONEET!

So, I'll wrap up this first part of "What's in Richie's box, Baz?" and conclude by saying a MILLION THANK YOUS to you, Rich, for sorting out at least 3 electrical issues we were having here and so bringing light to where there was once only Orics and dark... that's gotta be a good thing, yeah?!

Cheers, fellas, massively appreciated, Rich - enjoy the sun, some fresh air and your gardens/outdoor life and both me and Rich will catch up with Al this week and he'll report back on his latest discoveries, finds and treasures... no doubt!

Adios, all, til next time and the remainder of....

"What's in Richie's box, Baz?"

 

Like that first lamp Andy. I'm sure Bev will enjoy it on the cold dark evenings that pass for summer in Hull...

What's in the box? A carrot (bonus points if anyone gets the joke)

See you soon Andy Bhoy

 

LOL!

You crack me up, Al...


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