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peter

@peter@area51.social

Geek, Developer (Java, Go, C, 6502, Z80, 68K & many others), Retro-Computing (Acorn BBC, Amiga, C64, Sinclair Spectrum), Open Source, 3D Printing, Electronics, Weather, Space.

Works in the online games industry during the day time...

I do need to restart my YouTube channel

@peter_mount on twitter

#coding #3dprinting #opensource #making #homelab #homeautomation #electronics #java #retrocomputing #weather #railways #opendata #java #c #assembly #fedi22

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peter, to random
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Good to see alternate means to go to the pub still in place .

There is a second horse ๐Ÿด just out of shot.

peter, to random
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Back in the day, Pac Man was so popular it's branding was on everything

Via RMC discord

peter, to retrogaming
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Remember the petition about "Require videogame publishers to keep games they have sold in a working state" & the response saying "Those selling games must comply with UK consumer law. They must provide clear information and allow continued access to games if sold on the understanding that they will remain playable indefinitely."

Well the Petitions Committee has stepped in and say it did not respond directly to the petitiion request

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/659071

#ukPol #petition #retroGaming #games

FrostyPops, to random

@peter Hi Peter, It's been almost a year since your post about the Zenbook Duo (great article btw).

Would you still recommend it for someone wanting to run Linux Mint?

peter,
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@FrostyPops I would still recommend it, it's been working perfectly for me with Linux Mint for the last 10 months.

The only issue I've had was that hibernation can cause issues with the screens, so if the lid is closed then opening it can cause the touch screens to fail like I mentioned in the article.

However, as I rarely use that it's not really a problem - I tend to fully shutdown each time.

peter, to random
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A 21 year old harddrive that I thought I had lost years ago.

Yes, it's a harddrive in the CF (Compact Flash) form factor from 2003 which spins at 4200 RPM.

I had this originally for use with an early Canon digital SLR camera I had at the time.

Need to find the CF USB adapter to see if it's still usable or has anything on it.

The underside showing the specifications

Heliograph, to random
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good morning mastonAUts our internet is back up hooray :awesome: :ablobwavereverse:

peter,
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@Heliograph I have that on a TShirt somewhere...

Ryanteck, to random
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Are those passthrough RJ45 crimps easier to use?

I struggle (I think possibly due to my Dyspraxia) getting the wires in the right order when making an ethernet cable and interested if that style would be easier.

peter,
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@Ryanteck I've found that they are a lot easier as like you I don't always get them in the right order the first time.

peter, to RaspberryPi
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Looks like 's own M.2 hat has been released this morning & it's ยฃ11.50 / $12

Looks compact and supports the active cooler.

The downside I can see is that it only supports 2230 & 2242 M.2 devices, so the more common 2280 M.2 ssd's won't fit.

https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/m-2-hat-on-sale-now-for-12/

peter,
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@acb It doesn't look like it other than it's a HAT so goes on top, so would be compatible with most other cases, as Pimoroni's ones go underneath the PI - the only issue I have with the 2 PI's I have the Pimoroni base on that I can't fit them in a case.

peter,
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Well the #raspberryPi M.2 hat is installed & it's booting from a 1Tb NVMe drive.

It's a lot less fiddly than the base units I have & there's clearance so it doesn't affect the active cooler.

That said it's a tight fit for the official case & the screws it comes with are too short for the case so you need longer screws to secure it completely.

Also the top is very tight & without those screws it's easy to accidentally remove the hat by accident when powered up if it's used.

retrotechtive, to random
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Inside this unassuming box, lies something special...

peter,
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@retrotechtive What a lovely sound that keyboard makes

peter, to retrocomputing
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Browsing eBay and there's an Apple IIe with the description in French:

๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท "Ordinateur Apple IIe Les condensateurs d'alimentation ont รฉtรฉ changรฉs

So I put the text into a translator and got:

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง "Computer Apple IIe Food condensers have been changed"

Food condensers? I'm going to presume that's Capacitors ๐Ÿคฃ

vwbusguy, to random
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Another thing that's different from my childhood:

How ubiquitous the was. It was in every doctor's office and in as many homes.

I don't remember the last time I saw a Readers Digest.

peter,
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@Ric @vwbusguy the last phone book I got was about 4 years ago with it labelled as the last one.

Shortly afterwards some put theirs on eBay, as if people would be eager to buy something delivered free to their door

peter,
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@vwbusguy @Ric same here, sort of an 80's/90's achievement to have your name in the book

peter, to InitialD
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The 3D printed arcade cabinet's been completed & it does look beautiful with it's resin coating

#computerSpace #arcade #rmc #arcadeArchive #retroGaming #3dPrinting

https://shop.heber.co.uk/blog/computer-space-replica-3d-printed-full-size-arcade-cabinet/

lw, to random
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so i got a "sip2sim" eSIM from @aaisp... now my phone connects straight to whatever SIP server i configure (via VoLTE, not an app) instead of going through some awful telco services.

and as a bonus it can roam between EE and O2 so i get much better reception at home.

i'm glad they managed to "un-cancel" this service because it's pretty handy.

peter,
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@lw @aaisp I need to check if it's a setting on my phone but I've had the latest SIM in my phone since yesterday & I'm thinking it's not roaming from EE & O2, as there's been the odd time I've had no signal but the primary SIM is Giffgaff which is O2 but has had signal.

So far though the new Sims working well as I have it connected to my home PBX (Firebrick).

Testing it right now but good timing as I used the old service for work & I'll be needing it as I'm starting to look for a new job

peter,
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@lw @aaisp that could be affecting it.

Will be testing it more over the next few days.

Just that a couple of places I go, eg the pub, had poor signal but the old SIM handled that (was an EU SIM so it did roam).

mcc, to random
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Hard to imagine a signal that a website is a rugpull more intense than banning users for trying to delete their own posts

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/stack-overflow-bans-users-en-masse-for-rebelling-against-openai-partnership-users-banned-for-deleting-answers-to-prevent-them-being-used-to-train-chatgpt

Like just incredible "burning the future to power the present" energy here

peter,
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@etchedpixels @emmatonkin @rrwo @ocdtrekkie @mcc for a start the posters name is personal identifiable information, so if said user asks to remove it then under gdpr they need to do so

peter,
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@mrotteveel @etchedpixels @emmatonkin @rrwo @ocdtrekkie @mcc yes I did read an article this morning which mentioned that, the post stays up but no longer attributed to the original poster ๐Ÿคฌ

vwbusguy, to random
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Kids these days can't possibly appreciate what the internet was like before we had browser tabs.

peter,
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@vwbusguy I'm thinking of the internet before the browser, let alone tabs

TechTangents, to random
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moo

peter,
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@TechTangents in the UK some of their case designs were pretty good, e.g. got a desktop but wanted a tower, just rotate the logo & even the 5.25 bay's could be rotated.

themagpi, to random
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Hook up retro machines with modern printers with Retro-Printer https://magpi.raspberrypi.com/articles/retro-printer

peter,
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@themagpi #retroComputing

18+ peter, to UKpolitics
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Well, another Tory MP defects to Labour. Wasn't expecting one from Kent to do so though, as, other than Canterbury it's sadly a Tory region here in Kent

#ukPol #ukPolitics

peter,
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@psychotimmy that's true & Maidstone is still noc but for MP's it's mostly blue here

peter, to random
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The new @aaisp Sip2sim arrived this morning & is working perfectly with my pbx.

peter,
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@piofthings @aaisp it's a sim card which the phone thinks is a normal connection but the other end is VoIP so you can connect your mobile as an extension like I have, or to a different non mobile number.

https://www.aa.net.uk/voice-and-mobile/sip2sim/

There's a retro community which use old school analogue pbx's & I know some used the old service (which ended in April) to connect to that system

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