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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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I'm speechless... Never thought I'd ever get the unicorn 🦄

k, to random
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I’ve got a fat pipe (ffnar) to the house, so I figure I should really save my cash, stop self hosting everything on remote VPS’s, and get myself a little Linux machine with a load of disc space that can sit in my office.

So I bought a Firebat T8 off Ali Express. N100. 16G Ram. 512G disc.

IT IS FUCKING TIIIIINY

peter,
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@stevelord @k I've got a couple of ryzen based machines of a similar size with a similar intention on moving stuff off remote severs that don't need to be external.

ProxMox runs really well on them.

32G ram not 16G and I did swap out the nvme on them.

peter, (edited ) to StarTrek
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WTF, how did I miss this this weekend?

Star Trek Lower Decks has been cancelled after season 5!

What?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LomHyrwnoHk&ab_channel=TrekCulture

peter, to random
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It's a bit wet outside right now, first time I've seen the rain gauge record 12mm/h

peter, to retrocomputing
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The only known Lemmings Arcade machine in the world

#retroComputing #arcade #retroGaming

https://youtu.be/Qd60rgOXqTE?si=TaaGe5hmI33ePRBd

janbeta, to random
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I'm going to be interviewed live on German radio station Radio Eins in a bit (around 11:20 my time today, I was told). You can tune in if you are in the Berlin area, or via the internet. My nerves! https://www.radioeins.de

peter,
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@janbeta I know how you feel. I've done Radio twice in the past and felt similar once it was over

peter, to random
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Even though I'm currently unemployed, & I stopped bidding on #retroConputing hardware, I just had to on this one.

I'd see it arrives but it was the one machine on my bucket list for almost 40 years.

I won't say what it is until I get it, but fsck, hopefully I've finally got one!

To me this one is the holy grail, enough said

peter,
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@RichieRich yeah that would eclipse this 😮

I'll not say what it is until I have my hands on it, but it's the machine I've always wanted

peter, to random
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Hmm, the BBC getting basic temporal mechanics wrong again...

"just before 16:00 local time (07:00BST; 08:00GMT)"

According to an article BST is UTC-1 now?

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Ignore the untidyness behind as I've been rummaging but #pimoroni galactic unicorn fits nicely on top of my monitor and looks cool

peter,
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@ukscone The unicorn's are good, I've got one of those mounted on my home office wall as a clock/weather display.

Should revisit it as I've still not got it supporting summer time so it's stuck on UTC

peter,
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@ukscone I need to find what I did with the source for this one, but it's based on the examples for it.

NTP to sync the time once an hour

MQTT to get the weather from the station

Ability to send a short message via MQTT so it will display a scrolling message

jonn_blanchard, to retrocomputing
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New arrival, a lovely boxed Mattel Aquarius. The box it a little beaten up but the manuals and keyboard overlay are all present #RetroComputing

peter,
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@jonn_blanchard A nice find, as there's not that many available due to how short it was on sale.

I managed to get one last August, but all I got was the machine, PSU & 16K memory, no box

vwbusguy, to random
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My first family computer was an Osborne One. Now, let me hear about yours.

peter,
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@vwbusguy my first was the TI99/4A.

This one wasn't the original, but the one I recently got running with the PEB underneath it - something I would have loved to have back in the day.

peter,
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@vwbusguy The issue with the TI was that it was so slow due to it's architecture.

Processor was actually 16 bits but for some reason only 256 bytes of ram on the base machine - the 16K was in the video chip so the cpu couldn't access it directly & it was 8 bit.

Then the expansion memory was on a 3rd 8 bit bus, but at least the cpu could access it directly.

A shame as it could have been better

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The next total solar eclipse will be in 2026 in Europe

map by @greatamericaneclipse/facebook

peter,
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@onlmaps There is also a partial on March 29 2025 covering

Animated map of the Partial Solar Eclipse of March 29 2025 covering northern Europe

gadgetoid, to random
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Air fryer has really upped my lunches game. Can bash out a “cook for 40 minutes” frozen chicken doodad in a third that time, chuck it in a wrap and garnish with a homemade cabbage and carrot slaw. A bit of careful meat thermometer application to ensure I don’t poison myself or totally dry the darn food out 🤣

peter,
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@gadgetoid I can't remember when I last used the oven to cook anything as I've found the air fryer works brilliantly for almost everything the oven did

peter,
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@gadgetoid I've not tried baking yet but it can be done as I've got the various trays that fit mine

peter, to random
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Sounding rocket launch for the #eclipse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqzUSLUAGE0

peter, to random
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And the r key on my keyboard just died...

peter,
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@gershman I know what you mean, yesterday was a bit odd for me as well

peter, to RaspberryPi
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Just posted this on the NSF discord, but if you have a light meter, or in this instance it was an I2C light meter connected to a #raspberryPi you can record the change in light level during an #eclipse

This was a Partial eclipse visible from Kent UK back in 2015.

Even though it was clouded out, you can clearly see the light drop.

#astronomy

peter, to Astronomy
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Eclipse live streams:

NSF with 42 cameras at different locations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teUtSBS8sLA

Everyday Astronaut with the Planetary Society https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUdXFQtefqM

#astronomy #eclipse #eclipse2024 #solarEclipse

peter, to Astronomy
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A very long map showing the entire track of Monday's Total Solar Eclipse over land.

#astronomy #eclipse #solarEclipse #totalEclipse #eclipse2024

peter, to random
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There's some interesting ones for the first 6 years of this animation

Most popular computer operating systems 1985-2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjc-qrjzRcU

bloor, to random
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Definitely what Jesus would have wanted.

peter,
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@bloor @revk nah, being a McDonald's that sounds horrendous.

Every year I get some, toast, butter then fill with either a burger or bacon inside.

Way better

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