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Doge · 26-11-2011 05:13PM

Steve SI wrote: »

I really hate dust inside my PC.
So when I was building a new one a few months back I went for a case with proper dust filters on the intake fans that you can clean when required.
So far its worked perfectly.

But that thing would be handy for cleaning vintage consoles and computers as long as you can lower the power down on it.

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There is no power control on it, but it's not like it's going to blow capacitors and resistors off the board!

The skinnier attachment does lose some of the power though.

Plenty of people have bought it on the overclocks uk and .net forums, and all the feedback has been positive.

What concerns would you have with vintage consoles?

Steve X2 · 26-11-2011 05:50PM

waveform wrote: »

There is no power control on it, but it's not like it's going to blow capacitors and resistors off the board!

The skinnier attachment does lose some of the power though.

Plenty of people have bought it on the overclocks uk and .net forums, and all the feedback has been positive.

What concerns would you have with vintage consoles?

I'm the kind of person who goes at a vintage console with some cotton wool buds and a lot of time when I have to clean them.

So a power hose worries me a bit.

Maybe not for a NES but for rarer items I like to take it easy, romance them a bit and take it slow

I made a mini clean room when I had to clean my Apple I a few years back :pac:

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Dale Parish · 26-11-2011 06:31PM

Steve SI wrote: »

clean my Apple I a few years back :pac:

Your Apple I ?? :eek::eek::eek:

Pyongyang · 26-11-2011 06:57PM

Dale Parish wrote: »

Steve SI wrote: »

clean my Apple I a few years back :pac:

Your Apple I ?? :eek::eek::eek:

Sod that! He has two copies of Darius Alpha for crying out loud!

o1s1n · 26-11-2011 10:45PM

Just got a second pro sound modded Gameboy DMG 01 for dirt cheap -

http://www.ebay.com/itm/120817307555?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

Apparantly it has a few dead pixels, but doesn't affect LSDJ. No backlight either. But for 15 pounds you can't really complain!

Dale Parish · 26-11-2011 11:40PM

Pyongyang wrote: »

Sod that! He has two copies of Darius Alpha for crying out loud!

Surely he meant Apple II and not Apple I?

o1s1n · 26-11-2011 11:44PM

Nope, it's an Apple I.

Dale Parish · 26-11-2011 11:50PM

o1s1n wrote: »

Nope, it's an Apple I.

Good Gawd.

Doge · 27-11-2011 12:06AM

Steve SI wrote: »

I'm the kind of person who goes at a vintage console with some cotton wool buds and a lot of time when I have to clean them.

So a power hose worries me a bit.

Maybe not for a NES but for rarer items I like to take it easy, romance them a bit and take it slow

Power hose! lol!

Ah it's a far more specialized device than that, Its a vacuum blower.
Definitely the best alternative I've seen using to cans of compressed air.

I'd actually be more worried about using it on newer electronics, rather than vintage stuff!
As you know, the components in vintage gear tend to be bigger and more robust, and have bigger leads and thus bigger solder joints.

Back in the days when stuff was made to last!

Steve SI wrote: »

I made a mini clean room when I had to clean my Apple I a few years back

POIDH!

Sounds like quite a project! How did you go about that?

sparkthatbled · 27-11-2011 12:59AM

Picked up a few bits and pieces on a charity shop trawl today, not all retro related, but y'know... Also, camera still on the blink so no pictures, but i have entered several promising competitions, so fingers crossed!

GC Luigi's Mansion (mint, complete)
GC Super Mario Sunshine (mint, complete)
PS1 PaRappa The Rapper (with poster)
PS1 The World Is Not Enough (missing book)
Xbox Need For Speed Underground (mint)
DVD Rush In Rio (2xDVD + 2xCD special edition)
DVD Chasing The Lions
DVD Lost Season 2 (doubt it has ever even been watched from the disc condition, second best season of it too!)

Total spend: €20!

Monkeyto · 27-11-2011 06:28AM

I picked this game up today in Akiba for around 1500 yen/15 euros.
The shop itself is a "internet culture" shop which thousands of people miss because its a well hidden basement shop and the entrance is beside a kebab stand.

Next time someone from the forum comes to Tokyo, send me a PM and I'll guide to it!

The packaging is really nice, and the CD is beast! You can see my fingers behind the disc!

Pyongyang · 27-11-2011 11:41AM

I have the same edition as you. RefRain Prism Memories is one of my favourite doujin shooting games. That and Crimzon Clover which is just brilliant too.

Great purchase and thanks for the tip on the shop, I'll certainly check it out next year.

Retr0gamer · 27-11-2011 04:56PM

sparkthatbled wrote: »

GC Luigi's Mansion (mint, complete)

Still looking for this bloody game for a decent price

readyletsgo · 27-11-2011 06:03PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Still looking for this bloody game for a decent price

Ordered a copy from amazon for £10, with postage and all it comes to €18, not bad but not great, but just wanna play it before LM2 comes out. So maybe have a check there?

Got my copy of SSX Tricky for the gamecube in CEX today, knew they had it behind the counter the other day, the guy just wouldnt look for me. Only €2.50 \o/

Retr0gamer · 27-11-2011 06:41PM

Can get it for that price on ebay. I just can't bring myself to pay that much for one of the GC's best selling games and I can get two games ~I want for that price.

CiDeRmAn · 27-11-2011 08:13PM

Gamecubes, the one thing I almost never see at the markets at all.
Until, that is, I picked up a US console with the GB Player attached with a few games and got it all for a song!

Here, Retr0, what region GC have you got?
I have a jap copy of Luigi here that you can have if you like, otherwise I'll be keeping it.

Atavan-Halen · 28-11-2011 12:11AM

I've actually had loads of luck with gamecubes! Picked up a boxed one for €15 with a new memory card, Picked up a jap one for €15 with mario kart and then got another one which I sold on for €30 for a fiver at a car boot! So all in all 3 Gamecubes cost me a fiver

valleyoftheunos · 28-11-2011 11:54AM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Still looking for this bloody game for a decent price

I got it for €12 delivered on ebay, took a while though, let a good few pass me by. They had it in the rage for a while, was €10 I think.

Retr0gamer · 28-11-2011 11:55AM

It's 25 in rage last i looked.

Pyongyang · 28-11-2011 11:56AM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

It's 25 in rage last i looked.

readyletsgo · 28-11-2011 12:08PM

Anyone recommend to me a good DVD storage box or fabic box to hold all my gamecube and xbox360 games and ds/3ds games?

Getting beyond a joke now, running out of space, and is a pain to move them all when moving house so often. Anyone know of a cheap alternative?

Also, just got Luigis Mansion in the post this morning, Retr0, when I get around to finishing it, your more than welcome to a lend of it if you like?

Pyongyang · 28-11-2011 12:09PM

IKEA do great ones with zips for around €5 each.

Retr0gamer · 28-11-2011 12:16PM

Nah it's grand I'll find it for a decent price someday, maybe when the idiots on ebay stopping bidding on things until they are way over the buy it now prices after christmas.

OwaynOTT · 28-11-2011 12:35PM

Yeah I have the same problem with earthbound.

readyletsgo · 28-11-2011 12:40PM

Pyongyang wrote: »

IKEA do great ones with zips for around €5 each.

Kool, thanks for that, had a look on the ikea site, only cardboard boxes coming up though. Will venture out and have a look.

@Retr0: why do people bid so much on ebay instead of waiting till the last hour or minutes of the auction. Wrecks my head, its like people dont understand how ebay works anymore :mad:

Myrddin · 28-11-2011 12:49PM

readyletsgo wrote: »

@Retr0: why do people bid so much on ebay instead of waiting till the last hour or minutes of the auction. Wrecks my head, its like people dont understand how ebay works anymore :mad:

Sellers arn't immune to bidding on their own items either to generate interest in them. Ebay can be a nightmare for that. I really love though when they win their own auctions & you get the obligatory "winner didn't respond, are you still interested?" emails :cool:

readyletsgo · 28-11-2011 01:00PM

EnterNow wrote: »

Sellers arn't immune to bidding on their own items either to generate interest in them. Ebay can be a nightmare for that. I really love though when they win their own auctions & you get the obligatory "winner didn't respond, are you still interested?" emails :cool:

I must live a sheltered internet life but :eek::eek::eek::eek:

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

Myrddin · 28-11-2011 01:05PM

readyletsgo wrote: »

I must live a sheltered internet life but :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

Of course they do, they do it to drive up prices with alt accounts also. Not all of them of course, but it happens.

OwaynOTT · 28-11-2011 01:09PM

People taking advantage of the Internet to scam m

Pyongyang · 28-11-2011 01:10PM

Easy way to resolve that. Only bid what you want to pay.

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