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That looks fabulous, it really turned out well!

Well I have no idea how a Dazzler dazzles but if I had one and also my sadly long-gone S-100 system I would probably re-key Microsoft Level II BASIC (surely someone's done that since I did 40-odd years ago from the BASIC Decoded book) then modify the command table to add some graphics commands...

On the Calcomp box logo thread recently, I suggested blank waterslide decal material which you colour laser print onto: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/293826764299 I have a few sheets of this somewhere, but sadly no access to a colour laser any more.

Mode 2 setup, it doesn't have to have a ratchet for throttle but the Futaba gear did. The single spring per axis is ingenious, all the sticks I've seen seem to be that way. Hugo do you have a US reshipper? They can be very handy.

The return to centre can be defeated easily by removing the springs, should be trivial to do

You will need to disable the vertical detent for the other stick as it will be set up for throttle (likely Mode 1, RHS) but this is a simple procedure.

Looks like the makings of a nice replica. If the speaker almost fits the back panel short of twice the metal gauge, you could use a fine cut flat file to put flats across the diameter of the speaker frame and then it ought to fit. There are really plenty of old RC transmitters on eBay so you...

Wasn't Maryland where there were some earthquakes the other day? I thought you only got that sort of thing in California?

That cam repair is an easy fix. The greatest difficulty is overcoming the idea that glue alone is enough to hold together a part that is under mechanical strain.

I got around to trying the iron-on decal onto a piece of very smooth finished ply. I had the iron on the hottest setting, no steam and held it on for a minute. Even after that, only some of the laser printed bit transferred. It did not transfer the substrate, only the printed part. I've...

Actually the RKV11 print set is there in the last three photos and I can't edit my above post. My sincere apology!

For me the finish on the wood would play a part in the choice of application. Screen printing would be good but for line detail that fine it would probably require an azide UV photoresist on a high-Denier mesh count mask fabric. That might not be a cheap option. CNC vinyl cutting as suggested...

Looking at this RKV11 offering, the print set shown appears to be for the RXV11 rather than the RKV11 unit itself. So I guess that the buyer would possibly still have to be looking for the RKV11 drawings?

The same seller has an RKV11 for >2k USD (about a quarter million Oz Dollarydoos) which I would be interested in, but I'm a bit hesitant at that price. AFAIK this uses three of the RK11-D modules and a custom 4-height Qbus I/F module plus a special wired backplane? A while ago I asked on cctalk...

Apart from the cost, there's probably more on that 60 USD waxed lacing spool than you'd need. I'd try experimenting with making some from a ball of regular string/twine from a "$2 shop". Melt some candles over a heat source in an aluminium softdrink can cut in half, and draw the twine through...

They look like regular Winchester MRAC75P connectors. The body parts and shells for MRACs are easy enough to find on eBay but it's the multitude of options for the pins and sockets (diameter, material, plating, tail type etc.) that are annoyingly complicated, and expensive. They also require a...

Don't know about that book, but this one sure is informative: HOW IT WORKS... THE COMPUTER

We don't have basements here in Oz. If I get to the states sometime, a basement is on my list of things to see. Re the bonus points, can I be presumptuous and ask what they can be redeemed for?

I have unfinished projects going back to 1978 that I still get out occasionally and work on, can't hurry these things... I have a zillion of them, of which vintage computing is just one hobby. For instance I must have a few hundred scale model kits to start on sometime, with a few dozen more on...

These look to be fantastic projects! The Whirlwind sounds pretty interesting (the carousel pictures on the new site don't seem to be scrolling for me though.....?). A while ago I made some replica Whirlwind paper tape from some sample programs Mr Fedorkow sent me, you can see the punched...