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From: Peter Hayes on 19 Jun 2010 16:26
>
> They actually have a GCHQ exhibit now, with a peculiar photo showing an
> Enigma machine morphing into a PowerBook. What *can* they mean by that?
>
>
> Ian.

Because a PC or PowerBook can crack the Enigma codes faster than
Colossus? Or perhaps because most of their targets now encrypt messages
on a PC or Mac. Also cracking passwords is the most embarrassing
parallel job there is so Intel or AMD farms with minimal networking are
more than adequate, I've seen reports of games machines being used.

G

From: T i m on 19 Jun 2010 18:22
On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 16:48:01 +0100, Ian McCall <ian(a)eruvia.org> wrote:

>
>I also have a sad and solemn duty to perform tomorrow - tipping two
>Spectrums that we hoped to be able to glue together to form a working
>one. Alas not.
>

I (think I) have the full cct diagrams and setup / service manual here
if it would be any use?

T i m
From: T i m on 19 Jun 2010 18:36
On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:15:57 +0100, peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid (Pd)
wrote:

> I had one of the first IBM-PCs at work,
>phenomenally expensive, but no idea that they would become such a
>dominant system.

I have a cassette interfaced one dominating some space in my loft.

In fact that exhibition could have been held in my (or Jim's probably)
loft. ;-)

T i m
From: Woody on 19 Jun 2010 18:40
T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 16:48:01 +0100, Ian McCall <ian(a)eruvia.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> I also have a sad and solemn duty to perform tomorrow - tipping two
>> Spectrums that we hoped to be able to glue together to form a working
> >
>> one. Alas not.
>>
>
> I (think I) have the full cct diagrams and setup / service manual here
> if it would be any use?

I used to make good money repairing spectrums as a sideline. What is
wrong with them?


--
Woody
From: Ian McCall on 19 Jun 2010 18:45
On 2010-06-19 23:40:23 +0100, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> said:

> I used to make good money repairing spectrums as a sideline. What is
> wrong with them?

It's -economic- repair rather than actual repair. Keyboard membranes
have gone - the keyboard connector bits are actually severed, not just
the rubber worn away or similar. The faceplates have also gone too,
flaky or bent (where someone seems to have done a previous keyboard
repair job). The could be put back together again, but at a cost that's
not really worth it vs the machine. Sad, but true.


Cheers,
Ian

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