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![Les Railton's (Phipscube) Super A1200 Part 8](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b51528_d5ba37b340a741199b6cd5925d136e57~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_670,h_377,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/b51528_d5ba37b340a741199b6cd5925d136e57~mv2.webp)
Les Railton's (Phipscube) Super A1200 Part 8
Installment 8 of this mega build is an epic, so go grab a brew before you start :) Well here's my latest stuff: - So there is the...
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![Les Railton's (Phipscube) Super A1200 Part 7](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b51528_636da16054d24acf945aaa20e39b207c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_640,h_360,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/b51528_636da16054d24acf945aaa20e39b207c~mv2.webp)
Les Railton's (Phipscube) Super A1200 Part 7
Welcome to part 7 of this A1200 build of awesomeness :D Well, here's some more bits and bobs i've been doing... I ROLLED MY OWN 3.9...
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![Les Railton's (Phipscube) Super A1200 Part 6](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b51528_1e3e2e0e136e457d9fe63206d823fa73~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_670,h_377,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/b51528_1e3e2e0e136e457d9fe63206d823fa73~mv2.webp)
Les Railton's (Phipscube) Super A1200 Part 6
This project is so epic it will require a lot more posts and it isn't even finished yet :O Here's an update on what i've been doing here ...
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![Les Railton's (Phipscube) Super A1200 Part 5](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b51528_b80d284d79c24cc8b8f6ce8f12d3d092~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_640,h_360,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/b51528_b80d284d79c24cc8b8f6ce8f12d3d092~mv2.webp)
Les Railton's (Phipscube) Super A1200 Part 5
and so onto part 5 of this incredible build :) Here's a few more bits and bobs i've been up to with this mad beast: - I put some more...
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![Les Railton's (Phipscube) Super A1200 Part 4](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b51528_cdf601a1fe404e43b1ed19eb29905141~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_640,h_360,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/b51528_cdf601a1fe404e43b1ed19eb29905141~mv2.webp)
Les Railton's (Phipscube) Super A1200 Part 4
Well After a few weeks of seriously smashing my head and face against a wall trying to get Warp OS running, or ANYTHING software related...
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![Les Railton's (Phipscube) Super A1200 Part 3](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b51528_4c9334be974a45c6b987727acd58ca4e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_670,h_377,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/b51528_4c9334be974a45c6b987727acd58ca4e~mv2.webp)
Les Railton's (Phipscube) Super A1200 Part 3
What about that eject button? Did you just solder the two wires to the back or did you have to make some more special modifications to...
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![CDTV ownership part 2](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b51528_e8ae40dc5d91422a93dade02c40c1cfc~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_670,h_377,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/b51528_e8ae40dc5d91422a93dade02c40c1cfc~mv2.webp)
CDTV ownership part 2
Hi again to one and all, As promised here is part 2 of my CDTV ownership adventure. I have finally soldered the video bypass mod in...
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![Diary of a Retro Computing Geek – January 2017 (part 3)](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b51528_81cdbed229194749a3803f0542804cb1~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_618,h_307,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/b51528_81cdbed229194749a3803f0542804cb1~mv2.webp)
Diary of a Retro Computing Geek – January 2017 (part 3)
I’ve always felt very lucky to have been born when I was. I was born in 1971 (and Share my birthday with Elvis Presley and David Bowie)...
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![Diary of a Retro Computing Geek – December 2016 (part 2)](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b51528_45a4693b4c134b849600a0fba7d72fff~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_89,h_115,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/b51528_45a4693b4c134b849600a0fba7d72fff~mv2.webp)
Diary of a Retro Computing Geek – December 2016 (part 2)
I love Christmas time. The young 11 year old me got a Sinclair ZX81 computer for Christmas in 1982. I loved it! I loved everything...
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![CDTV 1st use and video bypass](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b51528_f848bf61f896405c9189c16e1e33f8b5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_670,h_377,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/b51528_f848bf61f896405c9189c16e1e33f8b5~mv2.webp)
CDTV 1st use and video bypass
I have always wanted a CDTV, and now finally thanks to my wife and John McDermott I have one (thanks) OK so just playing around with it...