if you want a better allround machine than a TT
that can spin your hoop better than you can
then work fowards from the 030
and look at madusa computers coldfire project
http://www.medusacomputer.com/coldari.htmleuro 599 avalible now.... yes about £500 for a far superior machine
and work from there... with ram/ drivers / etc fits in a pc case
with all the added skills and accepts in place the hades and other clones had..and have...
and a better faster mpu
the only thing missing is an ide port
but i am sure a riser and drivers is just needed for that
or asci to ide
or you can buy a brand new 32bit 32mhz TT motherboard only
from good old best
for $699
remember one !! mistake with an addin framework to a TT
and you fry the mainboard
i am sure that the magnum took many many hours and a few fried boards to make it work!!!
i would not wish a fresh project for the TT on my worst enemy...
a real no brainer
i just worked out if you find ident 10-20 or so p75 nexgen mpu or similar 3/486 hibred
i think ive de-pin'd and scraped about 50 and more so far... into a box...
you can easily raise about 500 euros
as the pins are 24crt solid gold !! 99.6%
and so is a 500 micron layer on the top of its die case.../heatsink/rad-screen
a military spec one {hope i am not too doomy here} has a thicker layer of top gold
and fine gold pins {26crt} many other solid gold pin mpu are sold everyday on ebay
by idiots who dont know what a pair of cutters and a model knife are for
youll get about 1 or 2 grms from each mpu and pay about 20 quid inc post for the lot
1 troy ounce = 31.1034768 grams or so.. fetches about 865 quid or more now...
why do you think people scrap them as a business
much like mobile phones etc etc.... gold scrap is the best one for sure this is why the goverment wants a stake
{here in uk anyway}
it costs more to mine / process to fine gold
that you get from a worked ton... of ores...
than the phones..etc costs to buy and process back to fine gold etc...
1 ton of phones = 1 -2 kilo of fine gold =99.9996% or 26crt gold
and other rare earth metals !!! the chinese {the only source } now do not export
and man made substraights FACT!!
old redundant phones mostly do not end up in the third world as some people believe...
so ... back to fine gold and other metals etc... easy....shuck shing ...... kiiiish !!!
= some rich people
1 ton ores = about 1-2Kg fine gold max...
1 ton of pc boards = 2-4 kg of fine gold max
1 ton of old mpu = about 15-16 kg of fine gold back or more!!!!
we are all in the wrong business for sure
in saying this there are some old 386 mpu the usa goverment will pay you tax free 1million bucks for
also fact... if you find one ...they need for a satalite
certain mpu i see are running at 5million $ for cash...!!! now
and the mib's arrive and carefully take it away with your lawyer present!!! this is fact...
do a search online
its almost worth digging up old machines from the dump's
if people want to know where they are in the uk ie the dumps ...
then most of the new build homes around made in the late 70 -90's are sitting on them
i feel this is why the labour goverment was happy to sell of a mear 25tons for squat prices...
when some peoples estates are sitting on maybe a few tons each...!
and now with this knowladge go and buy a resistivity assay meter
and get hunting
and there is nothing more pleasurable than chopping up a old mpu for a badge
and getting payed for it ...