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Post by jenny on Jul 8, 2024 20:40:40 GMT
I finally got around to making myself a website. Actually, to be brutally honest, I paid someone to sit with me and show me how to do it as I couldn't wrap my head around WordPress. jennydoughty.com/ |
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Post by tetsabb on Jul 10, 2024 15:22:24 GMT
Bravo!!
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Bondee
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Bearer of Ye olde Arcane Dobbynge Sticke.
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Post by Bondee on Jul 29, 2024 21:23:44 GMT
I haven't actually "made" anything yet. I'm posting this as the "before" pic. The "after" pics are to follow in the (hopefully) not-too-distant future.
(pic "borrowed" from the ebay listing)
They were a single listing, both sold as "spares or repair". When I messaged the seller and asked about the faults, they told me that "The consoles [sic] doesn’t power up so I am not able to test". They were half right. The GameBoy Color (slightly larger of the two) doesn't switch on, but there's nowt wrong with the GameBoy Pocket.
I got myself a bargain! I managed to knock them down from £70 to £50. A working GBP currently goes for anything between £35 and £70.
My intention is to get the GBC working again, upgrade the screen, and give it to my best mate's daughter who is currently obsessed with Kirby, one of Nintendo's mascots (the pink, flying marshmallow-type thing who swallows his adversaries and takes on their characteristics). It'll be a good exercise in keeping my soldering skills up to scratch, and if it makes a little girl happy, all the better! And I'm sure my mate would appreciate something that manages to keep his daughter quiet for an hour or so.
Not sure what I'll do with the GBP. The shell is in good condition and it works so there's not much that needs to be done. The screen on them always was a bit shit so maybe I'll upgrade it on this one as well.
Watch, as they say, this space!
No, not this space.
This space.
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