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I got it on ebay there are a few on there from time to time if you use worldwide search I went a bit nuts and paid 110 euros for mine with system disc and manual witch is a bit expensive one went for 49 euros last night all it needed was the ribbon cable and a few screws to put together be patient t...

Hi
if anyones interested theres a brand new pravetz on ebay,
Be nice if it went to a genuine oric enthusiast Id have it myself but ive spent a fourtune on oric stuff in the last few months and wifes not happy

Hi ive now managed to get an oric microdrive in working order can 3 inch discs be found anywhere or do I have to hack it to a 3.5(seems a pity to not use original
open to comments anyone?

Hi just to confirm this books still available ,I recieved it today,worth the wait!

Hi where can I get my hands on a disc drive or controller for my orics or is there one I could mod (as much as I love the euphoric sometimes its nice to use the real thing , my wife thinks im sad)I have seen a few schematics on the net but I dont think id be able to build one from info given .can an...

must have been a big box he's relisting the stuff as its selling

Hi it seems that the oric advanced user guide is still available new from amazon uk ive managed to order one this week but it has a long delivery time I mention this as a lot of people are paying nearly double for an old book on a certain auction site

HI if anyones interested somones put quite a few new game cassettes on ebay uk tonight Ive bought quite a few for my collection and they are going quite fast as people are going nuts on prices of all oric stuff tonight, (whos the swedish guy buying all the oric stuff up would have loved thoes joysti...

HI womble thought Id posted that oric 1s usually show 47k free but atmos's only show 37K. not sure why think its due to rom fix am I right anyone?

Hi remembering my first early oric 1 it never booted up properly from new you had to plug power unit into wall then pull the power lead out and in on the back of the oric(making sure you dont stuff it into expansion port)then it booted . wasn't there was a modification to fix this after early models?

fitted regulator chip today works perfectly chip sent was ti 7509c same chip different make.

Thanks second time youve sorted it out for me ,the service manual said it was ti but your description of the chip is same as mine ive bought a couple off the guy in the link you gave (I trawled the net looking for that model thinking it was ti (how dull am I) I will post once Ive sorted it thanks ag...

Tried a voltage regulator that I picked up at maplins electronics today not life out of the oric at all ( but soldered a power supply board from a scrap acorn to main board and its working fine apart from interferance on screen when oric outputs sound ,guy in shop says this is the only type of regul...

Hi bought another oric 1 (could not resist as it has a different colour badge to mine and makes my set almost complete)with the seller saying he had killed it with overvoltage (trying wrong power supply) opened it up and can see IC1 blown tried it it works but make a horrible noise ,so im hoping its...

Thanks had a look on net at rear view and it is spec has ttl/rgb on it and it has a switch with status/rgb on it so I should be iin luck