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Sun, 11 May 2008 10:40:22 GMT

Heh.

The vinceh.com domain is now registered for another year, and 'graced' by the old hosts until 24th May.

I guess either they (or their system is set up to...) assume that a renewal might happen, so it's worth paying the low domain renewal fee at least once.

Anyway, prompted by this discovery, I've started the process again.

One of the ridiculous events in my attempts to transfer vinceh.com last time was that at one point, they provided me with an auth-code, and the new host got back to me to say the domain was locked and couldn't be transferred. Old hosts said "no it isn't because we don't use domain locks now that the auth-code system's in place", new hosts said "yes it is", old hosts said... "oh yes, so it is, sorry about that, we'll remove the lock".

Then the transfer failed because the auth-code had expired.

Subsequently, I just couldn't get an auth-code from them. Since then, they've changed things so that the auth-code can be got automatically (yay!).

I've got an auth-code.

I've given it to the new hosts.

I've had an email from the new hosts to say "the domain is locked and can't be transferred..."

Round and round it goes.

Posted by VinceH (VincceH) in General
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Fitting 128 ram

Sun, 11 May 2008 10:06:20 GMT

CJE had a page selling high clearance simms (here) but when I tried it, it was missing. You might try contacting them directly. Liquid Silicon are also selling some but I'm not sure how you'll like their prices. Otherwise, you might just buy another machine from eBay and gut it for components. Good luck!

Posted by Jason Togneri (filecore) in General
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Fitting 128 ram

Sun, 11 May 2008 01:34:11 GMT

Does anyone have any 64mb or 128mb cards like this they're prepared to part with?

Posted by Edward Rogers (Monty) in General
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Fitting 128 ram

Sat, 10 May 2008 16:55:26 GMT

The early RiscPCs had issues with clearance for the RAM chips.

"High Clearance" means that the chips are mounted further up the DIMM.

Posted by keith dunlop (epistaxsis) in General
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Fitting 128 ram

Sat, 10 May 2008 15:03:28 GMT

With the RPC I've got ( a 600 ), you put them in at an angle of about 80` from the motherboard, then push them down to about 45` where they're latch on. This is how he seems to suggest doing it, and how the older, smaller ram cards that came with it are fitted, but the 128 doesn't fit well at all. When I eventually force it down in with a screwdriver as he says the screen goes green whenever the power's turned on. On the following page;

http://apdl.co.uk/ram.htm

; it says that older RPCs need High Clearance fitted, but doesn't say what it is, or where to get it.

Posted by Edward Rogers (Monty) in General
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Fitting 128 ram

Sat, 10 May 2008 14:53:09 GMT

Not just RISC PCs, but lots of other old machines, the SIMMs have to go in diagonally as pointed out (ie, not straight down as with modern RAM, but at a 45 degree angle), and when they fit into place, then you push them to the vertical postition, where the catches lock. I wouldn't recommend cutting parts off just yet.

Posted by Jason Togneri (filecore) in General
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A9Libretto?

Sat, 10 May 2008 12:41:20 GMT

Seems like it would be quite easy to build an A9 into one of these;
[Link: en.wikipedia.org]

I got one for my sister and they're quite good. The dimentions are about right, except that the base would have to be deepened. Just a thought.

(I asked this question over in drobe forums, but it appears to be quite dead in that corner of the net)

Posted by Edward Rogers (Monty) in General
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Fitting 128 ram

Sat, 10 May 2008 12:37:34 GMT

This is what the seller sent me in reply to my question to him;

"Can be a little tricky doing it for
the first
time.

Before dispatch I had this
memory stick fitted, working in my own
RiscPC.

Fitting to a RiscPC

There are 2 slots available.
Back
slot is slightly trickier.

I presume you are fitting to the front
slot.

A small screwdriver is handy

1/ Unplug RiscPC !

Note SIMM
has an indent on bottom
One way will not fit

2/ Hold SIMM (slight
indent at one end)
towards right of RiscPC.

Looking @ RiscPC from front
Power switch to right.

3/ Make sure SIMM is
fully to the left of the
slot before locating.

ie push slightly against spring clip.

4/ Hold
SIMM at the vertical position
+ push in gently to locate in slot.

5/
Gentle lean back SIMM @ 45 degrees

6/ Using the screwdriver gentle make
sure spring
ends are clipped over SIMM.

Hope that all makes
sense."

However the plastic parts of the latches are too far down to go through the holes on either side of the simm, and if I just sort of wedge it there then the computer doesn't recognise it. Should I cut off the plastic parts?

Posted by Edward Rogers (Monty) in General
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Britain's most famous RISC OS user

Sat, 10 May 2008 12:31:57 GMT

Ye Gods, that websites a gem. Put 'em where you can see 'em.

Posted by Edward Rogers (Monty) in General
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Britain's most famous RISC OS user

Sat, 10 May 2008 09:58:18 GMT

Jesus, I knew the Daily Mail was hardly a pleasant paper, but so many of their readers AGREED with him. It's humbling to realise how easily National Socialism could have happened to us if Hitler had ben British. "Well, you can see his point".

There's lots more good stuff here:

http://ifyoulikeitsomuchwhydontyougolivethere.com/

Posted by Phil Mellor (monkeyson2) in General
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