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[2019-12-29 20:00:53 CET] <heinz> Hello Dave
[2019-12-29 20:00:59 CET] <rune> hello Heinz
[2019-12-29 20:01:10 CET] <rune> did you see the new Video footprint?
[2019-12-29 20:02:23 CET] <heinz> Yes, and it looks very good.
[2019-12-29 20:02:44 CET] <heinz> These are the connectors I use.
[2019-12-29 20:02:55 CET] <rune> OK, I'll get the order sorted tomorrow. Do you still want a PCB and 3 memory cards
[2019-12-29 20:03:56 CET] <heinz> Yes, the small memory cards with extra edge connector at the right side.
[2019-12-29 20:04:28 CET] <rune> No problem. I will send my PCB with yours to see if it can be fixed
[2019-12-29 20:05:07 CET] <rune> I've also lost a lot of ICs, I ordered double, but the at least 5xls367s are hiding fromn me
[2019-12-29 20:05:20 CET] <heinz> I will try my best. You have two of ill boards, do you? 
[2019-12-29 20:05:46 CET] <rune> Yes,  but the first one had a few incorrect cuts so its a write off
[2019-12-29 20:05:52 CET] <heinz> One of my LS367 was also bad.
[2019-12-29 20:06:09 CET] <rune> What were the symptoms
[2019-12-29 20:06:56 CET] <heinz> Therefore saving did not work properly. I have put the IC in question at another place, now all works.  
[2019-12-29 20:07:23 CET] <rune> I tried moving mine around, still the crazy screen
[2019-12-29 20:07:25 CET] <heinz> Symptom: The signal level was not 4V but only 2V.
[2019-12-29 20:07:37 CET] <heinz> Measured by scope.
[2019-12-29 20:08:03 CET] <heinz> But it works as Z15 now.
[2019-12-29 20:08:08 CET] <rune> I could measure it and not know what or when it was wrong
[2019-12-29 20:08:14 CET] <heinz> before it was Z14.
[2019-12-29 20:08:20 CET] <heinz> I think so.
[2019-12-29 20:08:45 CET] <rune> I need a fresh pair of eyes to look at my board
[2019-12-29 20:08:51 CET] <heinz> I think you should train a bit measuring with the scope. 
[2019-12-29 20:09:05 CET] <heinz> Probes to 1:10, triggering ,...
[2019-12-29 20:09:17 CET] <rune> Yes, I still am short of time with work
[2019-12-29 20:09:26 CET] <rune> I need to retire
[2019-12-29 20:09:27 CET] <heinz> I see.
[2019-12-29 20:10:00 CET] <rune> Especially at Christmas and New Year. No work at work but pleanty work at home:)
[2019-12-29 20:10:15 CET] <heinz> The work at home will never end.
[2019-12-29 20:10:21 CET] <heinz> I know it .
[2019-12-29 20:10:27 CET] <rune> Not when you have my boss
[2019-12-29 20:10:40 CET] <rune> Shhh, how do I delete these posts?
[2019-12-29 20:10:52 CET] <heinz> ;-)
[2019-12-29 20:11:22 CET] <heinz> I had tried to write ian printer program.
[2019-12-29 20:11:28 CET] <heinz> for the ACE. 
[2019-12-29 20:11:41 CET] <rune> Using the I/O board
[2019-12-29 20:11:56 CET] <heinz> Wanted to check it by sending the bytes via serial card to my PC.
[2019-12-29 20:12:10 CET] <rune> Have you got a serial printer? I got 6 small ones
[2019-12-29 20:12:17 CET] <heinz> I had used Joachim's serial board. 
[2019-12-29 20:12:41 CET] <heinz> The problem was that several letters were omitted.
[2019-12-29 20:12:59 CET] <heinz> Finally I tried to use Oliver's board, and now it works.
[2019-12-29 20:13:00 CET] <rune> Thats like me typing on my ace
[2019-12-29 20:13:12 CET] <heinz> That took me a lot of time.
[2019-12-29 20:13:26 CET] <rune> Its impressive though
[2019-12-29 20:13:35 CET] <heinz> I have no serial printer.
[2019-12-29 20:13:52 CET] <heinz> What type do you have and would you sell one?
[2019-12-29 20:14:05 CET] <rune> I threw anbout 30 in the skip.
[2019-12-29 20:14:09 CET] <rune> hold on
[2019-12-29 20:15:54 CET] <rune> back, 
[2019-12-29 20:16:15 CET] <rune> OK, its a Epson TM 88 with standard 100mm thermal paper
[2019-12-29 20:16:26 CET] <rune> Cost is an amazing 0.00
[2019-12-29 20:16:46 CET] <heinz> really amazing. Would like to have one.
[2019-12-29 20:16:47 CET] <rune> You can also get a USB interface from China for about 10.00
[2019-12-29 20:16:57 CET] <heinz> Is a special PSU needed?
[2019-12-29 20:17:11 CET] <rune> OK, I'll see about putting one in with the boards and sending by Hermes
[2019-12-29 20:17:33 CET] <heinz> I would enjoy it. 
[2019-12-29 20:17:53 CET] <rune> No, but its got one of those 4 pin plugs. If you can wait until week after next i will pull one out of a paystation at work
[2019-12-29 20:18:07 CET] <heinz> Practically there is no need to connect a printer since the programs can be sent to the PC.
[2019-12-29 20:18:39 CET] <heinz> Erik made great success with his programms.
[2019-12-29 20:18:51 CET] <rune> https://www.ers-online.co.uk/o3989/c31ca85041-epson-tm-t88v-thermal-epos-printer?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIy7jEvsnb5gIVB7TtCh0qWQ2dEAQYASABEgKFZfD_BwE
[2019-12-29 20:19:10 CET] <rune> yes, I was talking to him at Christmas
[2019-12-29 20:19:38 CET] <rune> I think he is going to use the space for tape load/save and convert to vcDrive
[2019-12-29 20:19:38 CET] <heinz> He wrote LOAD, BLOAD (for binary files) and ALOAD (for ASCII-files as Forth programms).
[2019-12-29 20:20:06 CET] <rune> And he is talking about writing a tape/load/save to be loaded from vDrive
[2019-12-29 20:20:37 CET] <rune> He is a very good programmer, he told me about some of the stuff he did
[2019-12-29 20:20:52 CET] <rune> He had linux running on Pokemons ZX More
[2019-12-29 20:21:48 CET] <heinz> Yes, indeed. And with LOAD, BLOAD and ALOAD I mean loading from Vdrive.
[2019-12-29 20:21:55 CET] <heinz> Works perfect. 
[2019-12-29 20:22:11 CET] <heinz> Yesterday he have sent me the SAVE-Versions.
[2019-12-29 20:22:26 CET] <heinz> Unfortunately, they don't work. Crash. 
[2019-12-29 20:22:26 CET] <rune> yes, I like the ALOAD as that means you can write/edit the programs on a PC
[2019-12-29 20:22:39 CET] <rune> Nothing works until version 3
[2019-12-29 20:22:41 CET] <heinz> But he will fing the error soon, I expect.
[2019-12-29 20:23:03 CET] <heinz> ALOAD/ASAVE is the be3st version.
[2019-12-29 20:23:25 CET] <rune> Where did you get the ACE rom from?
[2019-12-29 20:23:27 CET] <heinz> These programs can also run on the ZX81NU under H4TH.
[2019-12-29 20:23:56 CET] <rune> Brilliant. 
[2019-12-29 20:24:09 CET] <heinz> Do you mean the ACE ROM for Vdrive support?
[2019-12-29 20:24:50 CET] <rune> No just ACE rom. I am wondering if mine is corrupted. 2 boards, same issues on each... Its either ROM or a component
[2019-12-29 20:25:14 CET] <heinz> Don't think that the ROM is bad.
[2019-12-29 20:25:31 CET] <heinz> I expect a bad IC or bad jouint.
[2019-12-29 20:25:35 CET] <heinz> joint
[2019-12-29 20:25:46 CET] <heinz> By the way, the printer looks great. 
[2019-12-29 20:25:56 CET] <rune> Do you want black or cream?
[2019-12-29 20:26:09 CET] <rune> The cream ones look a bit grubby though
[2019-12-29 20:26:10 CET] <heinz> Looks like 10cmx10cmx10cm. Right?
[2019-12-29 20:26:31 CET] <heinz> Black would be nicer.
[2019-12-29 20:26:43 CET] <rune> About that. I have 6 in my shed
[2019-12-29 20:26:52 CET] <rune> I'll send a load of paper too
[2019-12-29 20:27:14 CET] <heinz> What kind of connector?
[2019-12-29 20:27:17 CET] <heinz> RS232?
[2019-12-29 20:27:31 CET] <heinz> Or some TTL?
[2019-12-29 20:27:33 CET] <rune> Data, yes standard 9 pin D
[2019-12-29 20:27:44 CET] <rune> Unless you buy the USB port for it
[2019-12-29 20:27:50 CET] <heinz> OK, I am curiouzs.
[2019-12-29 20:28:08 CET] <heinz> curious
[2019-12-29 20:29:03 CET] <rune> https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/USB-M148E-UB-U03II-FOR-eps-on-TM-T90-TM-U200-TM-U230-TM-U300-TM-U325-TM-U375/293034875550?_trkparms=aid%3D1110001%26algo%3DSPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D40733%26meid%3D58d2601de501424aa68fbd0a47eb6ba0%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D7%26mehot%3Dco%26sd%3D303116580760%26itm%3D293034875550%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851
[2019-12-29 20:29:15 CET] <rune> Thats the USB, should be cheaper
[2019-12-29 20:29:15 CET] <heinz> Yesterday I bought 8 rockets for Silvester eve.
[2019-12-29 20:29:42 CET] <rune> Thats the USB, should be cheaper?
[2019-12-29 20:30:03 CET] <rune> Is silvester eve the same as Hogmanay?
[2019-12-29 20:30:23 CET] <rune> You also get a Wifi interface.
[2019-12-29 20:30:43 CET] <heinz> Might be, but don't know how much is it at Hogmany.
[2019-12-29 20:31:03 CET] <heinz> Everybody in the street has lots of rockets, 
[2019-12-29 20:31:24 CET] <rune> Yes, same thing. 31st is Hogmanay in Scotland. 
[2019-12-29 20:31:27 CET] <heinz> and the people start firering at 12:00 am.
[2019-12-29 20:31:37 CET] <rune> Women go mad cleaning the house
[2019-12-29 20:31:57 CET] <rune> Same here with fireworks and rockets. We may go to party at the local pub
[2019-12-29 20:32:01 CET] <heinz> After that the roads are full of smoke and rubbish.
[2019-12-29 20:32:13 CET] <rune> And the cars are covered
[2019-12-29 20:32:21 CET] <heinz> Exactly.
[2019-12-29 20:32:59 CET] <rune> I dont buy fireworks now, not since the kids grew up.
[2019-12-29 20:33:12 CET] <heinz> What do you think the PCBs are ready?
[2019-12-29 20:33:44 CET] <heinz> I paid 9€ for the rockets. 
[2019-12-29 20:34:11 CET] <rune> If I order tomorrow, they should be made by Tuesday. DHL usually takes a day to pick up and 3-4 days to deliver.
[2019-12-29 20:34:23 CET] <rune> Depends how long they keep it in Dorsten
[2019-12-29 20:34:29 CET] <heinz> Who is the producer? 
[2019-12-29 20:34:34 CET] <heinz> An English?
[2019-12-29 20:35:00 CET] <rune> So, next monday here at the latest. I'll pack everything and send by Hermes.
[2019-12-29 20:35:12 CET] <rune> No a Chinese company in Hong Kong.
[2019-12-29 20:35:19 CET] <rune> JLCPCB.COM
[2019-12-29 20:35:22 CET] <heinz> I will pay the shipping of course.
[2019-12-29 20:35:54 CET] <rune> I'll put a couple of bricks in to help
[2019-12-29 20:35:59 CET] <heinz> 3-4 days shipping from China? Incredible.
[2019-12-29 20:36:10 CET] <rune> Yes, very good. 
[2019-12-29 20:36:22 CET] <rune> Good old Deutches post
[2019-12-29 20:37:04 CET] <heinz> They have increase the postage some month ago.
[2019-12-29 20:37:12 CET] <heinz> increased
[2019-12-29 20:37:29 CET] <heinz> Dave, 
[2019-12-29 20:37:40 CET] <rune> For all our order (35 individual PCBs) its 18.00
[2019-12-29 20:37:42 CET] <heinz> I think we should stop now.
[2019-12-29 20:37:44 CET] <rune> Yes, time to stop
[2019-12-29 20:37:56 CET] <heinz> I wish you a very good New Year.
[2019-12-29 20:38:21 CET] <rune> And you, Have a gresat time and dont do damage witrh the rockets:)
[2019-12-29 20:38:27 CET] <rune> Bye
[2019-12-29 20:38:32 CET] <heinz> Bye-
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