Reaping the Ebay harvest

Commie_User · Post by **Commie_User** » 07/08/2011 - 22:32

I didn't know about that but I knew of a generic PC storage device using videotape. When I worked at electronics shops they were (supposed to be) the fad thing a decade ago. 'Proper' tape backup was far more expensive, though making backups to CD or DVD were getting ever cheaper and faster.

People still fancy backing up to VHS now, albeit using more modern technology: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/225 ... kup-medium

Resourceful Youtubers have been able to load data into their ZX Spectrums without apparent need for extra hardware. The tape bus isn't actually restricted to the transfer rate of cassette and so copies of old tapes can be loaded in at blistering speed. This should also be possible with the C64.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BAHjRsnNWA

Analog-X64 · Post by **Analog-X64** » 07/08/2011 - 22:57

I do remember looking into backing up data onto VHS tape, but at the time the methods were a bit on the iffy side, so I never bothered. But it was a cheap method of tape backup.

Commie_User · Post by **Commie_User** » 11/08/2011 - 0:20

Â£125!!!!!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/commodore-pet ... 500wt_1156

I would never have been able to afford them in my current condition. A cheap wire or two for my old video games yes, but not this!

Found a MIDINES though but even more expensive: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Midines-synth ... 500wt_1156

SarahKreuz31 · Post by **SarahKreuz31** » 11/08/2011 - 19:00

hard to live without all these multi-Switchers, isn`t it? Got plenty of them for all my Consoles (including the CD32,NES,SNES,Mega Drive (and more to come...) - not mentioning the "newer" ones since Playstation 1)

Commie_User · Post by **Commie_User** » 11/08/2011 - 21:53

Certainly, but there's always just the one more to get. Good job they're cheap but I compromise and use some as patchbays too. Either that or have couplers on the end of many line out cables and use those as a kind of patch system for the one master cable going to a line in.

There's another thing for me to think about - I bought a lovely MPS 803 and it works a treat with a still-fresh ribbon. But I only bought it just to have one and now I have to find a place on the last patch of wall left empty.

Commie_User · Post by **Commie_User** » 12/08/2011 - 18:36

INFO FOR ME:

List of printers using the same ribbon cartridge: http://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic. ... f6798627d9

Commie_User · Post by **Commie_User** » 13/08/2011 - 1:07

Full scree, full motion video for the Spectrum: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooi9rpx6ECM

Can I have that for the C64 please?

Commie_User · Post by **Commie_User** » 13/08/2011 - 21:28

And whilst we're on the Spectrum...

SPECTRUM MIDI SAMPLER: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RAM-Music-Mac ... 336a39d9c4

Commie_User · Post by **Commie_User** » 13/08/2011 - 21:35

Back to the PET:

Sealed emulator: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-Sealed-Co ... 904wt_1139

Emulator: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Commodore-64- ... 45fc6398e5

Floppy drive: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-COMMO ... 35af2e24a8

Printer: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Commodore-402 ... 336a4b8674

Actual computer: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Commodore-PET ... 256684eba8

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-COMMO ... 19c7eabd49

I want to see more software out. I'm happy enough running them on the 64 with emulator.

Commie_User · Post by **Commie_User** » 14/08/2011 - 20:06

Though I buy nothing, it's rather fun drifting across Ebay.

C128: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Commodore-128 ... 500wt_1156

Yankee 128: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/COMMODORE-128 ... 1558wt_905

Insanely priced 128: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VERY-RARE-VIN ... 1460wt_905

Oceanic disk drive: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Oceanic-Disk- ... _758wt_905

C64 music package: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Retro ... 654wt_1139

Insanely priced 64: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-VINTAGE- ... 1332wt_905

Nice pile of music bumpf: http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=c ... m270.l1313

Hmmm..... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Commodore-64- ... 500wt_1156

Commie_User · Post by **Commie_User** » 14/08/2011 - 20:19

Well well well, a Super Nntendo floppy disk backup device: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Super-Magicom ... 2208wt_905

Practically useless but I may buy it just for the 'techiness' and novelty.

And some ZIP drives may go well: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/IOMEGA-EXTERN ... _615wt_905

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/IOMEGA-EXTERN ... 3a68fe2796

Tape: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SONY-STORSTAT ... 389wt_1199

That'd be psuedo-professional. Imagine booting Mario Composer from tape and clicking away with the mouse.

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Good sounds to sample: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SEGA-MEGA-DRI ... 500wt_1156

Mario Paint 'cheats': http://www.neoseeker.com/Games/cheats/S ... paint.html

SNES-style USB controller: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/USB-PC-Retro- ... 376wt_1139

Commie_User · Post by **Commie_User** » 18/08/2011 - 23:55

How to stop CRT telly buzz from interfering with the sound recorded from my game consoles? As a proud Luddite but willing to compromise, I'll look out for cheap S-VIDEO/Composite-VGA converters.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CCTV-Composit ... 147wt_1234

With my local charity shop selling LCDs for just Â£10-20 each, why not spend a touch extra to make a telly from one of them? And it'd make my MIDINES console or moused-up SNES look even more psuedo-pro!

I'd like to buy British but I don't have the extra 150 sheets odd. Sweatshop labour bags me a 13 quid bargain.

RGB switchbox with just 2 days left: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EXTRON-SW2-AR ... 392wt_1139

Commie_User · Post by **Commie_User** » 23/08/2011 - 21:48

Now then: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... SA:GB:1123

Yup it's gone. I just bought a parallel floppy drive, which can do 'super disks' too. But I'm really into this SNES floppy drive controller stuff. Funny little workstations I've got on the wall now.

If I have success in getting this thing going I'd recommend you lot get some SNES floppy controllers too. In the meantime I'll leave the links just here and handy, as I don't think Google Chrome has a favorites list you can save your hyperlinks to.

Commie_User · Post by **Commie_User** » 25/08/2011 - 23:43

The plot thickens on the MIDINES: http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/02/a ... usic-cart/

A lot of people on different boards have complained about the guy taking peoples' money but rarely delivering the goods - or even communicating, which seems the biggest bugbear of all. On the Wayfar site he says he switched from Paypal to Google Checkout due to difficulties. If the legal action against him had any weight, I'm not surprised.

Lucky I got mine on Ebay. Just a question of waiting two weeks for it to arrive: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Midines-synth ... 500wt_1156

Commie_User · Post by **Commie_User** » 13/03/2012 - 15:42

Instant collections of old recording magazines up for grabs:

Â£50: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KEYBOARD-MAGA ... 3cc2a65852

Some copies of Sound On Sound command obnoxious prices for what they are. Those ten I have from the '80s, still in news-stand condition, could help my pension if things go on the way they are.

Some which caught my eye:

Video game music special: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SOUND-SOUND-1 ... 56483aa28d

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SOUND-SOUND-M ... _649wt_825

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SOUND-SOUND-M ... _649wt_825

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SOUND-SOUND-D ... 483b2c1b7a

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SOUND-SOUND-1 ... _650wt_825

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SOUND-SOUND-M ... _649wt_825

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SOUND-SOUND-4 ... 56483aa292

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SOUND-SOUND-5 ... _572wt_825

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VARIOUS-1980- ... 231wt_1059

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