On 19 May 2016, at 22:31, Swift Griggs <swiftgri...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Thu, 19 May 2016, Austin Pass wrote: >> systems I've neglected - lots of them not booted in 10 years or more. > > Ouch. I'm thinking my oldest boot is going to be 6 years on my: > > * Sega Genesis + 32X > * SNES (but I do play on the SupraBoy) > * Sun Ultra 60 > * SGI Indy R4600/200 > > Actually, I'm just going to treat this as a service reminder and go do > some "spring cleaning" and actually test a few this week. > >> Quick check-over and they both booted just fine! > > woot! > >> The systems I'm feeling really guilty over neglecting are: >> SGI Crimson VGX (skins perfect but needs some TLC before power-on) > > Ohhh, pretty. > >> Maxed-out Acorn A3000 (my home-brew external SCSI Podule needs >> finishing) > > I missed out on those, to my sorry. > > -Swift
Is Acorn kit available at all, Stateside? Growing up I was surrounded by it (parents both teachers and Acorn owned the UK Ed. market in the 1980's). I'm surprised I have relatively little of it now (just the A3000 and a very clean Model B). I'd like a RISC PC but supply is thin on the ground here nowadays, it appears the boat has sailed. I have a Genesis (badged Megadrive here) and regularly fire it up - both my kids love Psycho Pinball. I have a Saturn and GameGear in my collection, but they don't see much action. Still use (and adore) my Dreamcast of course, bought from new. -Austin.