Total Failure To Launch...
Well I managed to do very little on my projects over the month, various things have as usual got in the way.
Got a few bits today for my ViewData project...
PSU Caps
A bunch of caps to sort the "Magic White Smoke" issue out on several of my machines.
RotaTone
Some new RotaTone units to convert the other rotary phones I have to DTMF so that they will work with the PABX.
Will carry on any try to get the machines sorted for an Acorn event in November.
Failing Slowly...
Have managed to do very little on anything over the last few weeks.
Did however meet up with some of my friends for a weekend of drinking and was given these...
Have spent the evening archiving as many as I can, its slow work but I've now got through about a quarter of the first disk box.
Slow start...
Well I've been on holiday for the beginning of the month so have had a slow start. Can't believe we are half way through already and I've barely done anything.
ViewData Demonstration Machines
Have managed to get the machines I'm going to use together, they need cleaning and the caps replacing in the power supplies but all of them work ok.
Ordered the parts for the power supplies and they arrived yesterday, next job is to dismantle the units and replace the caps.
Got another PABX to use so that I can keep the one on my desk and have one specifically for the ViewData BBS setup.
Kryoflux Imaging
Did a run of imaging yesterday, started with a few Archimedes games.
Created a raw copy and a disk image for emulation.
Opened the created disk image on RiscPCEmu.
2016/10 RetroChallenge...
I'm going to try fairly simple tasks this time round, the intension is that I actually complete them.
ViewData Demonstration Machines
I want to setup a set of 3 demo machines that can be used for connecting to my ViewData BBS. The idea is that I want to have a set of machines setup to show the "Internet" in 1985.
Each setup will consist of a BBC Micro, Cub Monitor and Acorn Prestel adapter. I also want to get a nice 80s TV that can sit on the side showing clips and videos from 1980 - 1985.
Each machine will need...
1) Cleaning
2) RetroBriting
3) Fixing / refurbishing (Probably power caps etc)
4) Configuring
Kryoflux Imaging
For the last RetroChallenge I setup a PC to do my software imaging using a Kryoflux. I have since sorted the machine and it now has all the software I need to image disks.
I have a large amount of software that needs imaging, I'll start with some of the BBC titles and then continue with the Archimedes software.
Pimped Out Master
I currently have a BBC Master on my desk but I'd like to fully pimp the machine out.
I've also looked at doing a custom black paint job on the machine (I have special Vinyl paints so may give that a go).
So there are my goals, we'll see if I can actually accomplish any of them next month :)