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by nickt 6y ago
Excellent, will check them out.
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by nickt 6y ago
@retrohax Just wanted to say thanks for the blog, it's an entertaining and informative read! Man, that A1200 was in a state...
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by nickt 6y ago
You’ll probably enjoy “First Overland” [1], it’s a great travel story. There was an expedition in 2019 sort of recreating it[2] with one of the original vehicles and characters. [1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show&#
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The Comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition(connosoft.com)
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by nickt 6y ago
The original teapot server was an Acorn Archimedes, so this is a nice legacy. Edit: I misremembered, it was a coffee pot. Bloody barbarians! From RFC 2324, “ [CBIO] "The Trojan Room Coffee Pot, a (non-technical) biography", Q. St
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by nickt 6y ago
The Last Mall seems relevant these days. https://youtu.be/H0LRHUwEnFk
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by nickt 6y ago
I got back into the Retro computing scene over the last couple of months, it's very active. The price isn't bad (especially when you look at the prices of original ZX Spectrum 128K, some Amigas, etc.), and you can find original 48
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by nickt 6y ago
Wasn't the type of power I expected: Abstract Replication is an important contemporary issue in psychological research, and there is great interest in ways of assessing replicability, in particular, retrospectively via prior studies. T
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Only those with plastic visors were infected(thelocal.ch)
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by nickt 6y ago
Like the Jupiter Ace? http://www.jupiter-ace.co.uk/
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by nickt 6y ago
SecuritySpy for Mac works well, and supports Ubiqiti cameras. http://www.bensoftware.com/securityspy/
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by nickt 6y ago
I’ve just picked up a copy of “The ZX Spectrum ULA: How to design a microcomputer“ by Chris Smith with makes a good companion read to this, though with the focus (obviously) being on the ULA. http://www.zxdesign.info/book&#x
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by nickt 6y ago
If you want to see it in action, Jeremy Clarkson took one for a test drive. https://youtu.be/pwDZqAW8M4I
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Broken link, I think you mean: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_numerals#Modified_vigesim...
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Yes, I agree. My response was more of a response to "they could have been the USA Miele", which I assume was based on the thought that GE Appliances is an American company.
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GE Appliances is no longer part of General Electric Company. It’s 90% owned by the Chinese company Haier and 10% owned by the US-based PE company KKR. According to Wikipedia [1], they have the right to use the GE branding until 2056. [1] h
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by nickt 6y ago
If you're in a position of appointed authority, then surely special rules must apply. How about starting with 3x the sentence of a normal citizen for breaking the same rules?
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They also said he tripped until the video emerged.
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A Selection of 8-bit Computer manuals(retro8bitcomputers.co.uk)
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That's amazing. Even forces me to use the proper UK keymap on my US keyboard!
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While an amazing manual, nothing beats the original ZX Spectrum manual covers (and the manuals themselves are great too). Retro8bitcomputers [1] has an amazing selection of manuals to peruse. It's almost like we've forgotten the a
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by nickt 6y ago
"Policing by consent" - if you're doing it any other way, you're doing it wrong.
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A collection of 5¼ Floppy Sleeves(disksleeves.com)
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by nickt 6y ago
Very nice looking machine. FS-UAE under Raspian and you have a working Amiga without leaky batteries and bad caps!
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New Commodore PET compatible computer(blog.tynemouthsoftware.co.uk)
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by nickt 6y ago
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23246170
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Lovely background on what looks like the same machines working life here (PDF link) http://vtda.org/docs/computing/SEL/SEL810ARonPrice.pdf
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Full report (PDF) is available on the IAM website. https://iamwebsite.blob.core.windows.net/media/docs/default-...
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Interacting with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay When Driving(trl.co.uk)
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Charlieplexing(en.wikipedia.org)
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