WTB: Bridgeboard

[DWV]

Looking for a 386 or 486 bridgeboard, may also consider a 286 if the price is right.

[CodePoet]

I have an A2286 bridgeboard that needs a home, but shipping out of Australia will likely cost you an arm, leg and testicle.

[Iggy]

I have an A2286 bridgeboard that needs a home, but shipping out of Australia will likely cost you an arm, leg and testicle.

I've never found shipping into Australia to be particularly odious, but the delivery time makes you wonder if Polynesians in dugouts are used to get packages to and from that country. :hammer:

[CodePoet]

It's because our posties are always pre-occupied with something:

[Iggy]

It's because our posties are always pre-occupied with something:

Hey! Don't knock moped racing! I own a Derbi Predator LC myself. :roflmao:

Now yabby farming, there's a weird Australian preoccupation.

[Pat the Cat]

I've never found shipping into Australia to be particularly odious, but the delivery time makes you wonder if Polynesians in dugouts are used to get packages to and from that country. :hammer:

 Still quicker than US snail mail across the country then.
 
 
 

Looking for a 386 or 486 bridgeboard, may also consider a 286 if the price is right.

You do know it's possible to upgrade a 286/386 based unit to a 486 unit? Good.

You might find this megathread of use in getting the thing going.OK, Wally had a 8086 based system but had to rebuild the whole software base of it from the ground up. Good illustration and pitfalls to avoid.

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=71885&highlight=Bridgeboard

[Iggy]

Still quicker than US snail mail across the country then.

Not really, my shipments can reach anywhere in the continental US in 2 to 3 days via Priority Mail (which is only marginally more expense than First Class postage).
And it IS a slightly larger country than the UK.

You do know it's possible to upgrade a 286/386 based unit to a 486 unit?

'486 upgrades for the '386 I'm aware of, but how would you upgrade a '286?
That cpu is quite a bit more primitive than the '386 and above.

[zipper]

There were some kits to upgrade 286 to 486SLC.

[Pat the Cat]

Not really, my shipments can reach anywhere in the continental US in 2 to 3 days via Priority Mail (which is only marginally more expense than First Class postage).
And it IS a slightly larger country than the UK.

Sending a consignment cross state in the US has no comparison.
 
 Have you EVER checked the importation rules for Australia? No, you just mark it as "personal item".
 
 Actually playing by the import rules is a very time consuming business.
 
 That's before it even gets there.
 
 The size of the UK is completely irrelevent to the UK, although I will admit, US egos are FAR larger.
 
 And waistlines (does Russian sign language for "American").

[Iggy]

 
 The size of the UK is completely irrelevent to the UK, although I will admit, US egos are FAR larger.

Seriously? Nothing compares to the British ego. Every generation seems to think its somehow entitled to leave its mark on the world. And when the rest of the world stopped paying much attention...

Empire...its a concept we aren't to familiar with. Seems a bit...presumptive?
Although we DID inherit our disregard for 'dark' people from Europe.
The US, India, South Africa, that British sense of superiority really did wonders for those nations.

As to shipping into Australia, yeah, it is pretty easy. They've never questioned anything I've sent to an individual.

[Pat the Cat]

Seriously? Nothing compares to the British ego. Every generation seems to think its somehow entitled to leave its mark on the world. And when the rest of the world stopped paying much attention...

Empire...its a concept we aren't to familiar with. Seems a bit...presumptive?
Although we DID inherit our disregard for 'dark' people from Europe.
The US, India, South Africa, that British sense of superiority really did wonders for those nations.

As to shipping into Australia, yeah, it is pretty easy. They've never questioned anything I've sent to an individual.

After some reflection, I think we are talking about two different meanings of "ego".
I was talking about the emotional outburst, hystrionic sort of ego. John Macenroe sort of thing.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=john+mcenroe+angry
 
 
 There are more than 2 meanings anyway. They are different in US and UK cultures.

 https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/ego

Anyway, I'll admit it's a bogus point. I mean, how is ego measured anyway? It's not like a ruler or calipers work. :confused:

[Iggy]

No, not a bogus point at all, and an interesting insight that I hadn't considered.

Culturally, there are vast differences, and more than a certain amount of 'uncouth' behavior this side of the Atlantic.

The British seem to value subtlety as much as our resident from the New England States.

[Pat the Cat]

Culturally, there are vast differences, and more than a certain amount of 'uncouth' behavior this side of the Atlantic.

If guns weren't banned here, the murder rate would be astronomical. Current flavour is acid attacks to the face - crippling but non lethal.

Uncouth behaviour is considered "normal" in some subcultures all over the planet. The BBC is very, very misleading on these points.

Wanna taste? Try watching Harry Brown. Not that accurate, but the flavour is close.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1289406/videoplayer/vi3650356505?ref_=vi_nxt_ap

[Iggy]

Interesting, never saw that before.

BTW - Battery acid, eh? Damn, just shoot me!
Actually, I'm surprised our murder rate isn't higher.

We have become increasing hostile in my time, and I don't see that improving any time soon.

But violence is related to crimes of passion and those with a monetary motive.
Outlawing specific weapons just forces people to choose alternatives, and prevents self defense.

[Pat the Cat]

Outlawing specific weapons just forces people to choose alternatives, and prevents self defense.

Arguable. I think the real answer is to remove the motive for violence.

Anyway, an even better movie, although extremely violent (no guns) is the New Zealand classic Once Were Warriors.

At least body armour is street legal in the UK, up to level IIIA. Which means toys like this are technically OK, although I doubt a policeman would agree.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/inventions/sas-soldiers-trial-star-warsstyle-bulletproof-helmets-with-heatseeking-technology/news-story/b89ac0e94ac52ef8a380331b8b7da3b5