====== Home Office Move ======

On moving to our new house in 2014 I made the third of our four bedrooms into a small office space for my computing and video game collection. It worked quite well (though became increasing cluttered) over the years, but by 2019 I was forced to downsize and move to the fourth bedroom to make space for a another bedroom for the second of our //mini-people//.

As such, a lot of effort was put in to designing the new, smaller space to accomodate the bulk of the computing/gaming equipment, with the advantage of new technology (including HDMI adapters for almost everything, to do away with the CRT monitor) and a need to box up almost all games for those systems where they could be pre-loaded to HDD or flash cards... as a result it's a much //busier// room, but actually works much better.

===== New Pictures - 2019 =====

==== 2019 ====

=== Constructing the desk and shelving ===

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=== Varnishing the desk ===

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=== Installing shelves and wiring ===

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=== Scart cabling wiring and switch ===

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=== Filling up the shelves ===

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=== Finished Layout ===

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===== Old Pictures - 2014-2019 =====

2014 - 2019

Last image before the relocation to the new room:

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How the room looked for most of the time:

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First room setup after moving in:

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===== To-do list =====

Fit or move existing components or route wiring:

  * <del>//FIT// Keyboard cable from VGA KVM to desktop keyboard switch</del>
  * <del>//FIT// UK and Japanese keyboard connect to desktop keyboard switch</del>
  * <del>//FIT// PS/2 Trackball to VGA KVM</del>
  * //FIT// Wire up power and scart for Amstrad CPC464
  * //FIT// Wire up power and scart for NeoGeo AES
  * <del>//FIT// Wire up PS/2 cables (x2) from MSX2 to VGA KVM</del>
  * <del>//FIT// Wire up PS/2 cables (x2) from Amiga 500 to VGA KVM</del>
  * <del>//FIT// Wire up PS/2 cables (x2) from Atari STe 520 to VGA KVM</del>
  * //FIT// PSX HDMI adapter
  * <del>//FIT// PS2 HDMI adapter</del> - But it's not particularly great quality, perhaps component output to OSSC instead?
  * //FIT// New CF card in Amiga 1200
  * //FIT// IDE to CF card adapter and CF card in Risc PC
  * //FIT// AztecMonster SCSI to CF reader and flash card in Mac IICi
  * //FIT// MIDI cable to run to RS232 MIDI adapter in PC-9821
  * //FIT// Vectrex to space on top of desk or shelving (maybe in place of GBA?)
  * //FIT// Everdrive GBA X5 flash card to GBA
  * //FIT// Power supply to GBA and plug in to remote power switch
  * <del>//MOVE// Metal drawers from under old office desk to somewhere</del>
  * //MOVE// Metal paint/tool chest to garage
  * //FIT// Picture frames to walls
  * //FIT// 5v PSU to Atari ST sd card reader - to run off main Atari socket
  * <del>//MOVE// Everything from old office desks</del>
  * //MOVE// All old, un-needed cables to loft or garage
  * //MOVE// Anything else from old office to loft or garage
  * <del>//MOVE// All packing boxes from top of stairs to loft or garage</del>
  * //MOVE// Reference books to somewhere...
  * //FIT & TEST// Wiring for
    * PC-9821
        * <del>VGA cable check</del>
        * <del>240 to 110v cable and convertor</del>
        * <del>PS2 keyboard to check</del>
        * <del>PS2 mouse to check</del>
        * 3.5mm stereo jack
        * Roland MIDI cable
        * RS232 MIDI cable
    * Risc PC
        * VGA cable check
        * PS2 keyboard check
        * PS2 mouse check
        * 3.5mm stereo jack
    * Mac IICi
        * Mac to VGA cable check
        * ADB to PS2 keyboard cable
        * ADB to PS2 mouse cable
        * 3.5mm stereo jack
  * <del>//MOVE// Boxes of unpainted miniatures to top of bookcases</del>
  * //FIT// Remaining ethernet cables
    * PC-9821
    * Risc PC
    * Mac IICi
  
Install components, solder or build:

  * <del>//INSTALL// Amiga 500 internal PS/2 keyboard adapter (plus trailing PS/2 socket)</del>
  * //INSTALL// Repair Turbo Duo RGB scart cable
  * <del>//INSTALL// Atari STe internal PS/2 keyboard and mouse adapter install</del>
  * <del>//INSTALL// Small IDE to CF card adapter (<512MB) in PC-9821</del>
    * <del>//INSTALL// DOS to CF card</del>
    * <del>//INSTALL// EXIDE 486 IDE BIOS modification software to CF card</del> [[blog:pc98_hdd|documented here]]
    * <del>//REMOVE// BIOS chip from PC-9821 SCSI card</del>
    * <del>//FLASH// New EEPROM with EXIDE486 generated ROM images</del>
    * <del>//INSTALL// EEPROM to PC-9821 SCSI card</del>
  * PC-Engine modification
    * //INSTALL// Either RGB board to PC-Engine, or
    * //PURCHASE// Super SD System interface board (~£200)
  * //REPLACE// faulty network cable for main Retro PC
  * //FINISH// VME chassis
    * Install 2x small (<18GB) SCSI drives
    * Mount IO panel to rear of chassis
    * Blanking plates to front
    * Fit 2x ethernet cables
    * Fit 2x RS232 to USB cables
    * Power supply cable to remote power switches
  * //INSTALL// New 2.5" SATA drive to PS2 and load up with game images

Buy new parts or hardware:

  * //PURCHASE// 2m MIDI cable for PC-9821 RS232 MIDI interface
  * //PURCHASE// Turbo Duo power supply
  * //PURCHASE// Desktop power strip for airbrush compressor, soldering iron, lamp etc
  * //PURCHASE// original Sony Playstation to replace broken one
  * //PURCHASE// Buy 3x or 4x shelves for left hand side of desk
  * //PURCHASE// PS/2 keyboard adapter for MSX2
  * //PURCHASE// a Spectrum **128k** or 128k **+2a** so that I can fit a PS/2 keyboard adapter - not compatible with +3
  * //PURCHASE// PS/2 keyboard adapter for Spectrum
  * //PURCHASE// Storage units for Vellejo paint dropppers and Tamiya small paint pots
  * //PURCHASE// Multi-drawer, wall mounted shelves for small electronics components (above monitor)

Things to sell or dispose of:

  * //SELL// Sony PVM 14L4 broadcast monitor
  * //SELL// Old Scart switches
  * <del>//SELL// Full width Billy bookcase</del>
  * <del>//SELL// 3/4 width Billy bookcase</del>
  * <del>//SELL// 2x CD shelves</del>
  * <del>//SELL// 1x Office desk</del>
  * <del>//SELL// 1x Desk shelving/paper tray unit</del>
  * <del>//SELL// TV centre units</del>
  * <del>//DISPOSE// Old spray paint booth</del>