Look what I found in the trash

joska · 21:23, 18 October 13

Quote from: Bryce on 08:59, 18 October 13
Ok, now you're just asking us to hate you

I guess it's just mean to show you this picture then:

I didn't find this one in the trash, it was given to me by a friend for free. He bought it off me 25 years ago, now it's back home. He couldn't find the PSU or the SCART-cable I made, so I haven't tested it properly yet. But it does make noise when I type "ZAP" and "EXPLODE"

How can you not love a machine with BASIC-commands like that? It looks fantastic too.

Bryce · 21:42, 18 October 13

A thing of beauty (and sadly still missing from my humble collection). It's high on my "Wanted" list.

Bryce.

beaker · 00:04, 19 October 13

Out of interest, what power supplies can you use with the Oric 1? Will it say work with a Sega Master System/Megadrive 1 one?

joska · 23:46, 19 October 13

Quote from: beaker on 00:04, 19 October 13
Out of interest, what power supplies can you use with the Oric 1? Will it say work with a Sega Master System/Megadrive 1 one?

To be honest I just picked a 9V power brick from my stash and made sure that the polarity was right (positive on tip). These old computers usually draws very little current, so I assume most 9V power supplies would work.

beaker · 22:24, 20 October 13

Thanks for the reply Joska

I knew of a cheap one on sale in Ireland but my conscience got the better of me

so I am using it to barter with someone on the Wiki here

joska · 22:30, 30 October 13

Quote from: joska on 19:04, 08 October 13
This CPC is in excellent condition and it's probably almost unused. Unfortunately I could not find any disks for it.

A small update. I've never had any 3" disks for my CPC's, I've only been using 3.5". But just for completeness I bought some used disks off eBay a little while ago, just to discover that both my 3" drives doesn't work. A quick inspection revealed rotten drive belts. New belts arrived in the mail a couple of days ago, I just installed them and tested both drives. Works fine

And yes, writing works.

protek · 17:15, 31 October 13

Quote from: mr_lou on 06:15, 09 October 13
In Denmark it's impossible to salvage anything.

It's forbidden to take stuff from the trash. If you try to, they "guards" will be utterly pissed at you.
Not to say I haven't taken an occasional Wico joystick every now and then. (It's worth the risk ). And if I did see some other old retro computer there, I'd most probably also try to just "steal" it anyway.
But really a shame how such stupid silly rules forces us to witness the good old machines just being destroyed.

A little civil disobedience is always in order, if it's for a good cause.

joska · 16:35, 03 November 13

Today's catch: A Sega Mega Drive II with two carts (Sonic and Lion King)

Edit: The PSU I found with it did not fit. So I actually went back to look for it. Found the PSU, and also a third game (Ninja Turtles by Konami) and the boxes for all three games

Edit 2: Well, it didn't work. Dead. I checked the PSU and it put out 14V instead of the rated 10V. Inspected the motherboard and there were signs of overheating in the power circuit. I removed the voltage regulator and fed the Megadrive directly with regulated +5V. Success

I will probably fit an internal PSU later.

TFM · 04:25, 04 November 13

So when will you find the Cartridge Demonstrator?

Bryce · 14:00, 04 November 13

Quote from: joska on 16:35, 03 November 13
Edit 2: Well, it didn't work. Dead. I checked the PSU and it put out 14V instead of the rated 10V. Inspected the motherboard and there were signs of overheating in the power circuit. I removed the voltage regulator and fed the Megadrive directly with regulated +5V. Success I will probably fit an internal PSU later.

If you were measuring the output voltage unloaded (ie: the PSU wasn't trying to power anything), then 14V would be about right. You can only accurately read the voltage output when it's powering something.

Bryce.

joska · 21:18, 04 November 13

Bryce, the PSU was tested with a 2w lightbulb connected.

Bryce · 15:14, 05 November 13

Then it really isn't doing what it's meant to be doing

Bryce.

joska · 21:15, 05 November 13

Yup, the PSU is broken. It has done some damage do the Mega Drive, but luckily nothing serious. It's working perfectly now

TFM · 17:57, 06 November 13

This thread provides the perfect stories for a new Trashman game on CPC:

- Collect retro computers
- Fight scavengers
- Flee trash patrol

And of course for one or two trashman ;-)

joska · 20:59, 19 July 14

I haven't found anything cool for ages now, but today a nice find turned up: A dirty, but working Macintosh SE 1/40. It appears to have a harddrive, but doesn't boot from it. Not sure what to use this for, as I'm not really into Macs and a 8MHz 68000 Mac was not really usable even in 1988. It looks good though.

Edit: The Mac cleaned up nicely. It also turned out that it already had 4Mb RAM. I replaced the disk and fan with parts from a spare LC475. The "new" disk is a Quantum LPS and already had System 7.5 on it, which booted right away on the SE.

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joska · 19:51, 01 August 14

The next item(s) was not found in the trash, but donated to me by an old friend. A beautiful, almost mint Atari Lynx 2 with three games and a ComLynx cable. Unfortunately no boxes, but the Lynx itself is almost perfect with only a few very minor scratches.

I also got a Playstation with a controller and some games. Not very exciting, but it's been chipped (by me, 18 years ago) so I will download some games and let my kids play with it.

Gryzor · 18:47, 21 September 14

Finding a retro Mac in the trash? Wow. I should dive into trash more often (I currently only do it when hungry)...

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