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They were between $22 and $25 dollars each, with shipping, etc. they cost me about $180, so not so cheap, but I bit the bullet as they are still cheaper than others, as you say.

 

Back when I had the market stalls and shops I used to buy Atari and Amiga dust covers for about £0.50 each. Price has certainly increased over the years lol. Think I will need to use tea towels over mine instead

 

Have you got that time travel switch fathomed out yet for the unexpanded VIC-20, Al?!

 

It's Dr Who, the ultimate time traveler

 

Jeez... I wouldn't know, mate.

Stopped watching that around the David Tennant era.

Ooops....!

 

To be fair, that's probably when I stopped as well Andy!

 

I don't remember which actor was the last before the female Doctor Who, but that was the last time I watched. As soon as I heard the new Doctor was a female and the show had gone to the extreme of political correctness I have never bothered to turn in. It was bad enough when The Master was made a female, I put up with that, but I can't abide The Doctor as a female. And it's not even a male chauvinist, 20 or 30 years ago I probably would have excepted it, but just in light of the PC climate and the show in general going too the extreme with being PC and woman activists going way beyond "equal rights" and seeming to want to be actually put above males these days I just refuse to accept it. I probably wouldn't be watching it any more even if The Doctor were still male because of what they have turned the show into, and the attitude that male testosterones becoming an "evil" in main stream society and shows. To me that is the real evil and I refuse to put up with it.

 

This is another of the joy's of a bloke's man cave - there's always something else to aim for to make it the creme de la creme of ALL caves/trailers and man boltholes etc.

You WILL get there, Matt - just a few more accessories to lay yer hands on and then you'll be able to retreat into there in a state of semi-permanent bliss and self-sufficiency.

Jammy bugger!

Hey, my garage conversion into a pub has had to be paused for now but it's all system go shortly to get that up and running for the end of summer so watch this space!

 

Yes, a small wet bar may be something else for me to consider. Maybe I can find one that looks like a Dalek (Dailek?-I've seen it spelled both ways) which the top tips open and storage below...or make my own, if I can find the time...

 

Well, I did some Google searching for a Dalek shaped mini/wet bar with no results. There are plenty of globe shaped mini/wet bars, but other than that all are just different style of furniture/carts and a couple portables that look like old-time travel chests/boxes. Not even an R2-D2 droid style mini/wet bar which I find disturbing, I thought that would have been made at least, if not a Dalek version! So I guess I will be forced to make my own when I can find the time. I had a floor standing unit about 4-5 feet tall, or about actual size prop Dalek's in mind to buy, but if I construct my own it will probably be in the 2-3 feet tall range to sit on top of a University dormitory style mini-fridge...I did find R2-D2 and Tardis shaped mini-fridges by the way...

 

Sadly as it's back to Russel T Davies, I imagine he will continue his crusade to make everyone gay in some way. Looking at the new Doctor I think it's a given. Shame I liked some of the stories but the drive to make it overly PC killed it.

Sadly Tennant is only in for the anniversary which I believe is a two parter and as he's such a great actor there are piles of work out there for him.

Was looking at the price of a PS3 on ebay, 40 quid (machine only, no pad) seemed the norm so you got a great buy there..

And yes, double dipped (oh errr) which surprised me as I did two lines and had 2 numbers on each, normally only do one. Must be some odds on getting 2 out of 2 but would have preferred a chunk of cash more

Here's hoping..

 

I still prefer playing The Need For Speed on my 3DO, Gran Turismo 2 (original Playstation version) on my Dreamcast using Bleemcast for emulation and enhanced graphics, 24 Hours Lemans, Test Drive V-Rally and F1 World Gran Prix on my Dreamcast, and, last but not least, the classic Atari Jaguar World Tour Racing for my 3D/simulation drivers. I've got several newer NFS, Test Drive, MSR, etc. for my original Xbox and 360, but I still prefer the 90's/00's classics myself. Really the ones that started it all.

 

There is no place whatsoever for blatant sex, relationship drama or parading of sexual orientation in sci-fi and fantasy, period. It ruins it all, just like it ruined the more recent BattleStar Galactica series. Eluding too, sex and romance, like between Leia and Han in Star Wars, or like it Lord of the Rings is great, and needed, but the rest just ruins the rest of it. And then you start throwing overt (current day) political and PC stuff in too. Again, keep it vague and along the lines of ideals, not true current politics. Obviously my favorite series of all time, The Foundation series by Isaac Asimov is full of government and politics, but distant fantastical ones that may vaguely resemble something can ponder or learn by. But then the entire series shows the entire gambit of politics and government and slaps both good and bad of each across both of your cheeks.

 

classic scene to a classic movie...I'll have to give it another watch. I've seen the film 2-4 times in my life I would guess, but I'm sure it's been 20 years since I saw it last. I want Royal with cheese, like you Brits get, instead of the Quarter Pounder with cheese.

 

We are the quarter pounder here as well Matt, mainland Europe gets the Royal

 

Blimey Richie, is any console safe from you

Good luck to you my friend, keep enjoying the old stuff, it needs the loving..

Paul..

 

Yeah Matt, my Stereo POKEY is an old school DIY one using MYTEK’s design minus the Transkey element. I preferred that and I can always pop it back into my 7800 cart but with all the will in the world Ballblazer on the 65XE is better so I don’t think I’ll do that any time soon.
The chip shortage is impacting a lot of projects isn’t it.

 

One of my best buys of the last couple of years peripherals wise was the SID-FX board. It’s fitted in my C128 and currently have two 6581 SID’s fitted. You can mix between 6581’s and 8580’s and the board auto adjusts the voltages. The Game of Thrones theme tune in stereo is quite impressive. The ARMSID is an excellent replacement for the SID much like the POKEYMAX. All these projects are suffering from chip shortages.
I also forgot I bought a Raspberry Pi Pico W last week as well for my microcontroller MicroPython practice.

 

Nice mount Matt, like the portrait/horizontal option.

Nothing new here, in fact I've actually sold off a couple of machines and am probably down to the smallest collection that I've had in a long time. Decided that PC emulation will do for the majority of systems as I only tend to play a couple of titles on most of them. Let's call it "curated" now lol.

 

On a birthday related note, I found a couple more Rush albums at good prices, hopefully the last one will arrive by the 12th of August, but one arrived already (Clockwork Angels). One used in great shape and one new, just like the first two albums.



Though I already have 3 of the 4 Rush albums in-hand, I have not listened to any of them yet. I'm saving them for a personal birthday "concert."

 

On an Atari related note, I finally got around to painting and installing a 3D printed thumbstick replacement (upgrade) for one of my Jaguar controllers and I love it, so of course my other controllers will be getting the same upgrade. It's still the digital pad underneath, but uses a modern styled thumbstick and is tight and responsive with a good feel and "throw" to it. I tried Raiden and Tempest 2000 with it and was sold! I never had issue with the original thumbpads, but I do have a bunch of more modern systems I'm used to now that have them, and even my 7800 pad controller has a thumbstick and feels much better than without. I'll be adding it and a rapid fire mod to my 3-button original Jag controller for my Jag shoot-em-ups(as none need the extra buttons of the pro-controller anyway).

 

Got a Fat PS2 with a HDD, I think I'll leave it as that as I don't use it very often, and I have a set of titles on it that I feel is complete for my liking..

Personally I'd leave the Gotek in there, unless there's any compatibility issues I'd stick with digital media, storage is easier, and you don't have issues finding real floppies at a reasonable price. But hey, everyone is different..

 

The PS2 is one of my favourite consoles, and the majority of games are still very cheap on it. Think I have around 100 original titles. Plenty of racing games and retro compilations

The idea with 'restoring' the ST is that right now I haven't used it in well over a year (the A500 Mini in comparison gets played at least once a week). I'm going to dig through all my old floppy disks and see what I have before deciding on the next step. A lot of the time I think it is the actual menu disks that bring back memories instead of playing the games themselves! Also got a 9pin to USB mouse adaptor to try at some point.

 

Do you have a McBoot memory card Al ? It lets you use PAL or NTSC DVD-R discs. Makes retro gaming a bit easier. I have about 50 original games but I wanted to play some of the games released in Japan or the USA. I have created a Japanese account on my Nintendo Switch to do the same thing.
I used to like the Japanese 2D stuff on the Saturn with the 4MB memory cartridge back in the day.

 

You and LED's Matt

Nope, what did you use for the tips?

I actually owned that EQ, I'm 99% sure it was that exact model..It didn't match the mat black gear but what the hell..It did the job..