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ukscone

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I must have been truly evil in a previous life as karma has relocated me to NYC in this one.

#RaspberryPi #IchigoJam, #Z80 #CP/M #Retro #SnarkyComments & anything else that takes my fancy

Founder of The Society for the Preservation of Mickey Mouse Programming

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ukscone, to random
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YES!!!

peter, (edited ) to retrocomputing
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The Amstrad Notepad Computer NC100 from 1992, sporting a Z80, 64K of ram, parallel printer port & RS232 serial port.

Runs off 4 AA batteries & one CR2032 for backup.

This one needs some work as it keeps saying the lithium battery is low when a new one is inserted & the stop key sticks, but otherwise works well.

ukscone,
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@peter if you find replacement lcd's please let me know as i have 1 but the lcd got cracked in a move & the guy who was selling them in the early 00s vanished off the face of the internet

ukscone,
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@peter oh looks like things have changed since i last looked for parts (circa 2016) and tim's site is also still up

https://www.ncus.org.uk/software.htm

ukscone, to random
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Me: Damn, have you seen my watch? it's fallen off somewhere.
Wife: Is it in the blankets?
Me: No. i've looked but it's not there. it was on earlier but can't remember looking at it for the last hour.
Wife: Why were you wearing it in bed anyway.
Me: I always have.
Me: it's ok though i'll just use my spare watch until I find it. just becareful where you walk until i do. 1/2

ukscone,
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Wife: You have a spare watch? and why are you wearing a watch in the house anyway? you are not going out and you have your phone, a clock up there, another over there, the clock on your computer, the clock in the kitchen, the clock...
Me: I like to have an analog watch. Doesn't everyone have a spare watch?
Wife: YOU'RE STRANGE!

2/2

ukscone,
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@Extelec i have a lateness "phobia". If I have a set time to be somewhere I "need" to be early and get all stressed and hivey the nearer it gets to be the time i need to be there until it gets past the time i am supposed to be there and if i'm not there then i couldn't give two hoots and i get unstressed. so i'm either early (by upto 48 hours) or i'm later than a Norwegian Blue :) never exactly on time

ukscone,
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@Extelec once i'm late it is what it is. nothing to be done so why stress it.

Extelec, to random
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I may have reached the minimum value to be able to say, I now have a herd of Pi TeleCows

ukscone,
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@Extelec you only have a heard if the sound goes from one to t'other

ukscone, to random
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Raspberry Pi Foundation co-founder Jack Lang dies aged 76 https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-foundation-co-founder-jack-lang-dies-aged-76

cstross, to random
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On which note it's worth reminding Americans that Brits do NOT say:
— elevator
— sidewalk
— railroad
— faucet
— crosswalk
— automobile
— 18-wheeler
— bellhop
— drugstore
— freeway/highway/turnpike/interstate
— parking lot
— attorney

(There are synonyms/equivalents but these are specifically AMERICAN things that flag you up as a foreign devil.)
https://mastodon.social/@tomhannen/112332893629022705

ukscone,
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@cstross visiting a friend in the US & used the bathroom.

Me: The tap's stuck

Them: Faucet

M: The tap's stuck!

T: FAUCET

M: THE TAP'S STUCK!

T: FAUCET!

M: I did. it's bloody come off the wall

ukscone,
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@cstross and lets not talk about the rubber-eraser confusion when you tell a yank you get issued a rubber in primary school that has to last you a whole year and you write your name and address on it in case you lose it

realhackhistory, to hacking
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Been reading about the case of Edward Austin Singh in the UK, a who was caught physically trespassing in a Teesside Polytechnic college computer lab, while connected to various computers, by UK police in 1988.

ukscone,
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@realhackhistory I used to hang out with Edward quite a lot for a couple of years. Nearly went into business with him after we developed some secure file transfer software. After the Surrey stuff he did a nice "prank" hack on a video store chain.

Last I heard about him were rumours he was working for microsoft. never verified

There is a great book about him called "Beating the System" by Owen Bowcott

https://www.amazon.com/Beating-System-Hackers-Phreakers-Electronic/dp/0747505136

ukscone,
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@realhackhistory yeah. even when he knew he was being watched closely he just couldn't help himself. I stepped away from things but he just couldn't stop although he did try to go legit with an agent and acting as a spokeshacker for a couple finance companies

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CatherineFlick, to random
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I made some wild garlic and cheddar scones.

ukscone,
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@CatherineFlick yum. now i'm hungry and all i have in the house to eat are a day old bagel and some very suspect garden vegetable cream cheese

ukscone,
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@CatherineFlick Guess there are none left so no point in asking you to mail me one

ukscone, to random
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Just curious but has anyone powered a @Raspberry_Pi pico using a wireless charger?

ukscone, to random
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@biglesp Happy Birthday old chap

ukscone, to random
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Depending on where I am and who i'm with i'll use most of these names.

Where I grew up we used 3 different names in the space of 5 miles. At the top of the hill it was a bap, down the hill it was a cob & 5 miles away in town it was roll

ukscone, to random
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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

ukscone,
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@peter clock/weather are probably what this unicorn is going to be used for

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ukscone, to random
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NormanDunbar, to random
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Muffin the Mule is not a criminal offence.

ukscone,
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@NormanDunbar neither is dobbin the donkey

scruss, to RaspberryPi
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@ukscone you wrote #COBOL to control GPIO on the #RaspberryPi …?

ukscone,
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@scruss found some of the progs

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