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Thanks for the comment. Glad you liked it. Happy Christmas ⛄

Apologies for that

What an awesome story. Thanks for sharing that 😊 Have a wonderful Christmas and new year

I wonder how many of the 16K models stayed as 16K. Not many I suspect 🤔 Thanks for the comment and have a great Christmas and new year

@@RetroComputingReboot I've got a 16K Spectrum, and a 32K Cheetah ram pack for it!

@trance_trousers I forgot you could upgrade the 16K with a RAM pack

Great story! I'm very fortunate to still have my Speccy. It got put away when I finally got my Atari ST. But me being as I am not being able to part with anything, it went back in it's original box, just waiting to be loved again 😊

Thanks for the comment. I'm glad you liked the video and it motivated you. I hope you liked the T shirt in the vid 😂 Merry Christmas and a happy new year 🕛

Hi Mike, I really liked your story. A very merry Christmas to you 🎄

I suspect you're right there. I'm not completely sure. However, you can get modern recreated rim images from tape files such as Jet Set Willy which must be over 16K. Perhaps someone else knows? Good comment though, thanks. Have a great Christmas and new year

@@RetroComputingReboot yeh you are limited to 16k images as if you tried to to access a higher memory address with the cart it would cause problems / corruption . but there are more ROMS available that have been adjusted to run as 16k and there are other options of using bank switching and altered snapshot files to load a 16k bank into ram then switch bank and load another 16k but needs a little hardware + coding. i did try it on a breadboard manually switching the ROM page which to my surprise worked .. some boards use a resistor /capacitor delay to switch the bank page after a short time ..

Thanks for taking the time to comment. I'm really glad you liked it 😊. Merry Christmas ⛄

Nice. I am way too old to have received a computer for Christmas, but I can imagine the excitement. At the age of 74 I have just bought my first retro computer, a BBC Model B. Had it shipped from the UK to the US. I got to play with it for a little while, but now it’s packed away pending a 2000 mile move from Georgia to Nevada.

@Colin_Ames hi Colin. Thanks for the comment. Well done on getting yourself a BBC Micro. It's still one of my all time favourites. Good luck with the move, and have a great Christmas and new year

​@@Colin_Ames Hope the move goes well!

What a lovely Christmas video - thank you for sharing it.. need to get my speccy up to scratch - that said, we never had one when I was growing up.. I'm making up for it now 😃

I'm glad it's not just me then 😂. Really appreciate the comment. I hope you enjoyed it. Have a great Christmas 🎁⛄

Thanks Mike. I can laugh about it now 😂 Have a brilliant Christmas and thank you for your support over the last year 😊

Hi Colin. Thanks for the comment. Yes some lessons are learned hard 😂. So much for thinking all PCB pins were the same. It's all a learning curve though. Not only on header pins, but also checking those via's, which are an easy one to miss. Glad you found it interesting. It makes the pain I went through worthwhile. Have a great Christmas 🎄🎁

Thanks James. I hope you enjoyed it. Certainly some learning points in there 😃. I had never considered a header pin could have so many variations, but hey that's learning for you. I had a comment to say these pins weren't original, and with hind sight, I definitely agree. If it wasn't for doing a video on it I'd have given up, so thanks to you and the others that watch my shenanigans, I percevered 😊. Have a fabulous Christmas and thank you as always for your support.

I know 😂. I should have picked up on this much sooner, but hope it made for interesting watching, if not frustrating at times 😂. I've already got myself some turned pin headers winging their way to me. Thanks for the comment. Have a great Christmas 😊

Exactly right! That's for watching and commenting. Wishing you a merry Christmas and a great new year 😊

Really appreciate the comment 😁. I hope it was entertaining and helpful in some way. I think by showing where and why I went wrong, it might just save someone else making the same mistakes. Thanks for watching and have a great Christmas and new year

Thanks John. I'm glad you liked it, and I hope it made sense.. Have a great Christmas and new year with your new Atari 800 😁

@@daniellagos1938 thanks for commenting. I'm glad you liked it 😊

Glad you liked it 😊

Glad it's not just me 🤣 (although I actually have 3 Cub monitors 😂😂😂)

@@Stelios.Posantzis I just got various sizes of these nozzles with mine. I didn't know there was an adapter for doing multiple pins

@@RetroComputingReboot Is there one? If there is such an adapter, then it's a life saver. I'm sure someone will come up with a method for making one. It will probably require a high temperature setting though.

@Stelios.Posantzis Ive never seen one. I think it might cause more problems than it would solve

@@RetroComputingReboot You're probably right. Still, it's a nice thought - if it could ever work!

@Stelios.Posantzis I'll have a look on AliExpress 😂

@@MrMultipaco Good to hear

Good advice. Thanks for that. I havnt run into difficulties myself with that, but I've only fitted it to a Beeb Micro and a Speccy. From experience I would certainly disable Dolby Atmos and choose mono on your playback device. You just want a plain mono output

Hi Marcio. Yes that's the best place to check voltages on the Speccy

Good question! Parts are readily available on AliExpress and for good prices, from the whole gun, to just the seals and filters. All the bits are there

£50 for a cover? Yeh I'd leave that. I have three of those covers. I think the most I paid was £30. They are quite rare but they do come up. Just 5 ST's? Same as me 😂 although I still dream of getting a Mega. That's what I really want. The ROM images would be handy. I need to go though mine and see whats in them .I know I have a 1040STE that needs an upgrade. It's currently connected to my Megafiles and has a buggy earlier ROM that doesn't auto load the desktop config file to bring it into medium res, so am currently using a bug fix program for that, It's an annoying fix though as it's using up a bit of memory which is then causing some of the games I have on the HDD not to work. I definitely need to get round to updating the ROM and a 4MB upgrade. Yep, the Amiga I did use Bone. It's not a perfect match if you're super picky, but I think it's close enough to make me not care. Gives a really nice finish that lasts. Just watch out for getting IPA anywhere near it as it will lift it - I know from experience 😂

I have three of those Cub monitors 😊 (terrible to film though 😕 so apologies for that)

Tha KS for the comment. Glad you liked it 😊

Hi Andrew. You're right! Apologies for that. Ive mixed it up with S4 I think. I'll pin your comment. I really appreciate you taking the time to comment

Glad you liked it 😊 I've got a complete copy of Elite for the Beeb but the tape version

I'm glad it brought back some happy memories 😊. What happened to your Beeb?

@@RetroComputingReboot it died many years ago i stil have 1 disk left tapper/load runner, i run BeebEm now

That's really odd. Mine definitely doesn't do that. Has it always done it?

@@RetroComputingReboot Yes. It must be an alarm of some sort but I can't figure out for what. If I leave the soldering iron or heat gun on, it doesn't do it.

@SomeTechGuy666 It must be an everything is off and safe alarm 😂

@@AppliedCryogenics 😂 fabulous, thank you for the comment. I had to Google that 😁

Thank you for the comment. I really appreciate it. I'm glad you enjoyed it 😊

Thank you. I really appreciate that. Sadly I don't have a video camera. I shoot all my vids off my phone (currently a Xiaomi 11T Pro). I'll be getting a proper video camera at some point once my budget allows for one though, but thanks for taking the time to try help me 😊

Thank you, I'm really glad you liked it and let me know. What did you think of the price of £35 for two? I'm crossing my fingers that the second board works when the new sockets finally arrive

@ That price sounds very good to me, i got mine cheaper, but that was an unusual price. IME, they tend to go for around £30-50, so 2 for 38 is very good

Have you considered getting an archimedes?

@cruxinc I've ordered myself a couple of RAM chips for it, so this second one had better work! 😂

@cruxinc Many many many times! I would love one but they are just way beyond what I can afford at the moment. I have many happy memories of using one back in my youth. But they are very much in my wish list, along with a Mega ST, a Spectrum 128 toast rack, an IBM XT, Amiga 600... you get the idea 😂

Thanks Mike

@@martsmiscmix Thank you. I really appreciate the feedback. I've had a couple of ideas that might help you. Check pin alignments before fitting by using loose sockets to just push fit Second idea is I might fit the board by soldering in the new sockets whilst the sockets are already installed on the expansion. Just a couple of thoughts that came to me after messing up one of my Beebs. Hindsight is a wonderful thing 😂

Cheers James. Yes the sockets were mangled. I didn't dwell on it in the vid but the pins looked perfectly aligned. However, since making the video, I've had a couple of ideas... First idea is to install the sockets on the pins before I solder the new ones in Second idea is to install the sockets in the BBC and then fit additional sockets onto the expansion board before refitting (but I'm not sure there would be enough clearance for this) Either way., check the pins line up perfectly with sockets BEFORE fitting. I might do another vid on the second board once these turned pin sockets have arrived, but I don't want to bore everyone to death with a similar video. What did you make of the sideways RAM? I had no idea it could make such a difference 😁 I'd say go for it if you fancy one. It's a brilliant 'little' board to fit, if a bit tricky. I'd follow my own advice here with hindsight and double check pin alignment with a spare couple of sockets before installing into a Beeb

@RetroComputingReboot Good luck with the replacement sockets.. your suggested approach seems to give a bit more tolerance. Yeah - I do like the idea of that extra RAM.. certainly offers less of a constraint in programming - loading samples like that is a great way of making use of it. I've got a long term project to write a game for the BBC and the extra RAM may come in handy for that ..

Best of luck with that project 🙂

I'm glad you liked it. I appreciate the comment. In answer to your question, no this board isn't compatible with the Master. By default though it does come as standard with 64kB of sideways RAM which I understand can be configured to take ROM images. There's also the cartridge ports as well that can be used and fitted with your own ROMs subject to using a suitable cartridge of course.

I get very few clogs with mine. It's very rare. Although what I tend to do it keep the vacuum running for a second or two after I've brought it away from the joint I'm de-soldering, just so it gets a nice clean flow through the tube. I might try replacing the spring with steel wool as that's something that has been recommended.

I used a spray on plastic dye

Thanks James, I really appreciate that. I'm glad you liked it. I just wanted to make a video for anyone out there who had been toying with the idea of getting one but potentially put of thinking it would be hassle and overly complicated. I think the T56 is probably only worth the spend if you need a larger ZIF socket or do loads of programming where the faster programming speeds would be of benefit. When I got my T48, I just got the unit on its own without all the myriad of adapters you can buy. I can potentially see myself needing adapters for PLCCs at some point (maybe), but I'm going to be fine with just the ZIF socket for now. The good thing is as well, you can always buy the adapters separately at a later date for what you need. I've got some videos planned now making use of this, so it will be getting plenty of use

@@firsteerr I'm glad you found it useful. I e been in the same boat as you have for ages. It's surprising pretty straight forward to use

Funny you should mention that. I've got some chips on order so I can upgrade my Atari ST's

@@RetroComputingReboot In my ST's, I went from 2 x rom chips to 6 x rom chips. I don't know if you'll be upgrading via 6 x rom chips to 1.04, but if you are, I have split the 1.04 image into 6 parts and can email them to you if you wish?

@JohnSmith-bh4zx Thanks John. I'd appreciate that. I've got 4 ST's, a mixture of 520 and 1040 ST and STE's. I can't remember off the top of my head how many use 2 ROMs and how many are on 6. What chips did you use?

@@RetroComputingReboot 3 of my STFM's had 2 rom chips ( in each machine) with TOS 1.02. I used 6 x 27C256 -10 (I'm not an expert but you may be ok using 27C256 -15 or similar) and split the 1.04 image into 6 parts. What's your email so I can send the images to you. If you replace 2 rom chips with 6 chips there are 3 links on the pcb that need solder bridges to be removed from "1M" and soldered across the "256K" bridges, but they are easy to spot.

@@RetroComputingReboot Hi, I don't why but YT seems to have lost a reply from me? But anyway, the Eprom's I used were 27C256-10, but I think you could use slightly slower chips like 27C256-15. If you increase the number of roms to 6 you will need to unsolder 3 bridges on the pcb from the "1M" link to "256K" link (the exact location of these links can vary with the motherboard version) but they are fairy easy to spot though. Let me know your email and I can send you the split 1.04 images.

@@G7VFY According to the specs it can go up to 25v

@@RetroComputingReboot Can it do 2708, 2716, 2516 2732 and 2532 as well?

@G7VFY You would have to check on the Xgecu website. All the specs are there and a full list of chips it can work with

@@G7VFY No not 2708s unfortunately.