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Written by Linker3000 on 2025-01-21 at 20:53

Our local news aggregator site has a cheery death banner. Lovely.

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Written by Linker3000 on 2025-01-12 at 12:52

Evri has a strange concept of 24/7 (and yes, they have lost a parcel of mine).

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Written by Linker3000 on 2025-01-05 at 10:18

Quality BBC interviewing this morning:

"So, you're a volunteer snow plough driver, then. Tell us what you do.."

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Written by Linker3000 on 2024-12-31 at 10:47

Hey UK folks. Parts bins @ Lidl. £8.99ea.

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Written by Linker3000 on 2024-12-24 at 08:13

Super-complex, low-side switch PCB has arrived. This is going to be squished into a handheld #Meshtastic radio case to control power to the GPS module. Having power control apparently reduces battery drain by around 40%. #electronics

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Written by Linker3000 on 2024-12-20 at 15:45

On the delivery before Christmas, DPD sent to me..

Six lids a-broken

/Sigh

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Written by Linker3000 on 2024-12-05 at 00:50

A local enthusiast has put a test #meshtastic node up on the local high point of Trundle Hill in West Sussex and it has linked up many devices Westwards towards Portsmouth and beyond.

This project is a fascinating addition to my tech hobby interests.

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Written by Linker3000 on 2024-11-28 at 21:32

Hey #meshtastic folks with outdoor nodes. I'm thinking of putting a temp/humidity/pressure sensor into my RAK Wisblock build.

What cases or precautions have you used to allow the sensor to work without the environment affecting the main logic boards? Any wisdom is appreciated.

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Written by Linker3000 on 2024-11-18 at 08:27

Having fun, but also the odd issue, with the RAK #Meshtastic Starter Kit (RAK Wisblock and RAK4631 module). The hardware seems fine, but there's a few quirks - for example, when using the Android app, the phone's Bluetooth connection to the kit kept disappearing every few seconds. After some head scratching and Web searching, I found out that the trick is to let the Meshtastic app make the connection and don't pair/ connect first with the phone's BT app, as in the quick start guides.

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Written by Linker3000 on 2024-11-13 at 19:17

I've just ordered two new ribbons for the Commodore MPS-801 printer I bought and stowed last November. At £12/pair, the ribbons cost more than I paid for the printer!

Hopefully my world will be full of brrrrrt...zip...brrrt...zip...brrrt...zip soon.

/I checked, the 801 is Rifa-free, so that's a good start.

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Written by Linker3000 on 2024-11-09 at 18:15

Wanna new TV with absolutely no smart functionality? Or a 12V model?

Selling in the UK and some EU countries.

Check out this British TV manufacturing company: https://celloelectronics.com/model/televisions/non-smart-tvs/

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Written by Linker3000 on 2024-10-27 at 21:12

Story so far..

Rewind 3wk...

Notices visual disturbance in R eye.

Goes to optician.

Sent immediately to hospital.

Bleed in eye. High pressure = emergency laser surgery. R eye blurry. Given drops to lower pressure.

Follow up lasering + check of L eye...anomaly spotted. BOTH eyes Lasered. Pressure in R eye still high. Vision cloudy.

Operation on R eye to flush out old blood. Does not fix pressure.

MORE LASERING. OW OW OW.

Pressure tube to be fitted.

Current status: can JUST see phone screen!

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Written by Linker3000 on 2024-10-11 at 15:24

[#]retrocomputing Any other Acorn System One owners here? I'm curious to find out how many units are still out there.

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Written by Linker3000 on 2024-09-22 at 10:45

If you haven't tried the Split My Fare site for UK rail travel, check it out as you might save money:

Normal fare:

Home station to London Victoria and Underground Zone 1: £82.40

Split tickets:

Home station to Gatwick Airport

Gatwick Airport to East Croydon

East Croydon to London Victoria and Underground Zone 1

Total cost: £65.31

Great, and stupid-that-it's-needed simultaneously.

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Written by Linker3000 on 2024-09-16 at 07:14

I just came across this Open Source design for a ZX Spectrum lower RAM module. Handy if you can't find any available to buy and are up to a DIY approach.

https://github.com/derekfountain/zx-spectrum-lower-ram

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Written by Linker3000 on 2024-09-11 at 19:09

Any #Linux folks care to offer their experience of using any specific distro on a Zenbook flip with touch screen, and foldable from laptop to tablet? I tried a live build of MX Linux about 6 months ago, and the rotate and touch functionality were not great - I ended up in config hell trying to get them to work effectively. If I can get this sorted I can move this laptop off Win 10 for good.

Thanks!

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Written by Linker3000 on 2024-09-08 at 14:18

A Rendar Safebloc. A handy tool for connecting power temporarily to a thing with no mains plug so it can be tested.

Why the excitement? Well, I knew I had one and I've just found it again - it's been AWOL for about 20 years!

In the same box:

3 x 74LS673N

1 x DM74154N

1 x AY-5-1013 UART (Date code 7530)

1 x Z80ASIO-0

1 x Ferranti ULA2115E (Probably avionics-related)

Er, that's it.

Has your Sunday been this exciting!!?

What's your long-term AWOL re-find?

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Written by Linker3000 on 2024-09-01 at 15:07

Any vintage computer repair enthusiasts desperate to get their hands on a Stag programmer....beer mat?

Today's your lucky day - there's one on eBay.

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Written by Linker3000 on 2024-08-31 at 15:25

Can anyone point me to a good beginners tutorial/walk through of programming/using the RISC-V cores on the #Raspberry_Pi Pico2.

Thanks.

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Written by Linker3000 on 2024-08-19 at 19:38

A fun job coming up in the next few weeks (probably).

The main home server is now a bit ancient: It's a Core2 Quad Q6600 LGA775 + 4GB RAM with a pair of RAID 1 arrays using 6TB + 5TB helium drives. Total storage used is ~6TB.

I have a spare Gen 2 i7 box with 16GB RAM into which I'll add a boot SSD and RAID 1 10TB pair, then I'll either try a full migration or install the OS (Debian) & apps again then sync over the data.

I wonder how long the data copy will take across the Gigabit network!?

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