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From: T i m on 20 Jun 2010 05:52
On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 09:42:38 +0100, Richard Kettlewell
<rjk(a)greenend.org.uk> wrote:

>T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> writes:
>
>> I just found this place (not looked for Sinclair spares for a while)
>> ;-)
>>
>> http://www.rwapsoftware.co.uk/membranes.html
>>
>> Amazing to think there's still a market out there.
>
>I'd be in that market if I was ever likely to turn my QL back on (broken
>keyboard ribbon cable...)


Mine was working the last time I used it but I'm not sure if the
microdrive (or the cartridges) would still be ok.

I didn't spot any of the Apple II clones on Jim or PD's shots. If
there weren't any I might drop Bletchley a line and see if they want
one.

I've also got a Pyramid (Prism? can't remember) system of some sort.
It might be an S100 based thing? I think I relented and took the
Zenith (also S100?) unit down the dump a few years ago. ;-(

T i m


From: Jim on 20 Jun 2010 06:12
Ian Piper <ianpiper(a)mac.com> wrote:

> The Enigma and Lorenz exhibits were very good. I have to say that BP in
> general is a huge improvement over the way it was when I first went
> there 7 or 8 eight years ago. They've put a lot of work in and spruced
> it up a lot. They could still do more I think, but money must be a big
> issue.

TNMOC has improved a huge amount in the past 12 months or so. It's
really coming together now.

Jim
--
"Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good
product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious
understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some
slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: T i m on 20 Jun 2010 06:41
On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 10:51:06 +0100, peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid (Pd)
wrote:

>T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote:
>
>> 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. ;-)
>
>Welcome back T i m.

Thanks, ;-)

> Good holiday?

Not had 'a holiday' for about 5 years for one reason or another.

No, just been doing other things, playing with Linuxes ('a change is
as good as a rest' <g>), sorting out tools / kit for when daughter and
b/f come down soon from Scotland to (hopefully) collect a truck, do
some tree work and arb shows this way and take said kit back with
them.

Oh, had the old Belmont (Astra with a boot) stolen on Wednesday.
Police have it going through a local camera later the same evening.
The shame is that whilst it was old (93), it was in pretty tidy
condition, fully functioning and was originally my Dads, then my
nieces before becoming ours about 7 years ago. A neighbour saw 'a
couple of lags' sitting in it at about 10pm but didn't recognise it as
ours. ;-(

I was thinking Mac earlier though, re daughters Mini and upgrading the
hard drive etc. She took the PC she built and her old Dell laptop up
the Scotland but her old one (and the Mini) is still sitting in her
room. She'll probably just use her laptop when she's here though.

Right, the Mrs has just come home from a wedding so back to some
tidying up. ;-(

Cheers, T i m




From: Bruce Horrocks on 20 Jun 2010 18:17
On 20/06/2010 10:52, T i m wrote:
> I didn't spot any of the Apple II clones on Jim or PD's shots. If
> there weren't any I might drop Bletchley a line and see if they want
> one.

I didn't see any on display so probably is worth calling them.

--
Bruce Horrocks
Surrey
England
(bruce at scorecrow dot com)
From: Bruce Horrocks on 20 Jun 2010 18:23
On 20/06/2010 10:16, Jim wrote:
> Jack Campin - bogus address<bogus(a)purr.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>> Somebody's managed to keep a Perq or two running for 20 years?
>> Or were they dead? (The screens aren't lit).
>
> All I know for a fact tis that they weren't on. However, they're in a
> section that tends to contain stuff that's in the process of being
> cleaned up and fixed.

I think everything in that room was working, but nowhere / no one to
adequately demonstrate them.

--
Bruce Horrocks
Surrey
England
(bruce at scorecrow dot com)
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