mross Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 from xkcd.com/730/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmelly Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 Bored? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mross Posted November 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 So am I! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 (edited) 6 minutes ago, mross said: from xkcd.com/730/ That sirkit is clearly wrong. The flux capacitor will never achieve the 1.21 GW required for full excitation. Nice to see they have updated the timer chip to 666 ,it used to be 555 in my day. Edited November 17, 2017 by rusty69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
system 4-50 Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 4 hours ago, rusty69 said: That sirkit is clearly wrong. The flux capacitor will never achieve the 1.21 GW required for full excitation. Nice to see they have updated the timer chip to 666 ,it used to be 555 in my day. for improved performance, replace the Arduino with a Teensy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 2 minutes ago, system 4-50 said: for improved performance, replace the Arduino with a Teensy. I'm too old to know what that means! My first computer was a zx81 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 1 hour ago, rusty69 said: I'm too old to know what that means! My first computer was a zx81 I beat you. Mine was a zx80 - no colour in my world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 1 minute ago, WotEver said: I beat you. Mine was a zx80 - no colour in my world Yeah there was, I remember they were White. The ZX81 was black, and coffee resistant(Not that i drank coffee as a 9 year old). 10 Print "hello" 20 Goto 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mross Posted November 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 Mine was a Dragon32; bought on the basis that it had a proper keyboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 2 minutes ago, rusty69 said: 10 Print "hello" 20 Goto 10 Rick Wakeman once stayed up till the early hours perfecting the exact sound he wanted from his Fairlight. When he got up in the morning he found his young son had been playing and the screen was displaying... BUM BUM BUM BUM... Instead if being angry Rick thought to himself “I don’t know how to do that!” That was his impetus for learning a bit more about computers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 1 minute ago, WotEver said: Rick Wakeman once stayed up till the early hours perfecting the exact sound he wanted from his Fairlight. When he got up in the morning he found his young son had been playing and the screen was displaying... BUM BUM BUM BUM... Instead if being angry Rick thought to himself “I don’t know how to do that!” That was his impetus for learning a bit more about computers. Shame there wasn't any titys.He could have gone Bum tity Bum tity bum bum bum. Yes Yes Yes 8 minutes ago, mross said: Mine was a Dragon32; bought on the basis that it had a proper keyboard. Thats V.sensible Mross. My follow up to the zx81 was the commodore 64, for the very sensible reason of playing computer games! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 27 minutes ago, mross said: Mine was a Dragon32; bought on the basis that it had a proper keyboard. Snap Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
croftie Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 2 hours ago, rusty69 said: I'm too old to know what that means! My first computer was a zx81 Ahh the good old ZX81, 1kb memory with the option of adding a 16kb memory pack that had a connection so bad that the slightest movement made it crash and lose all the programming you had just done. If you managed to get to the point of saving then out came the tape recorder. Happy days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess-- Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, mross said: Mine was a Dragon32; bought on the basis that it had a proper keyboard. lots in my history (probably a lot that I don't remember), never any restriction on what I could have... the rules were simple, earn money and buy the computer of my choice zx81 (with the wobbly ram pack) Vic20 spectrum 48k (rubber keys) BBC B spectrum 48k+ (solid keys and the plus-D disk expansion) ICL OPD (one per desk) MSX Amiga 500 Amiga 600 (with a huge at the time 100Mb hard drive) PC's ever since Edited November 17, 2017 by Jess-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 3 minutes ago, Jess-- said: lots in my history (probably a lot that I don't remember) zx81 (with the wobbly ram pack) Vic20 spectrum 48k (rubber keys) BBC B spectrum 48k+ (solid keys and the plus-D disk expansion) ICL OPD (one per desk) MSX Amiga 500 Amiga 600 (with a huge at the time 100Mb hard drive) PC's ever since re-live your youth with this zx Spectrum https://www.game.co.uk/en/the-recreated-sinclair-zx-spectrum-2050251?utm_source=RakutenMarketing&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=2447268:HOTUKDEALS&utm_content=10&utm_term=UKNetwork&ranMID=42508&ranEAID=aBCSbjOIq8Q&cm_mmc=affiliate-_-Rakuten-_-GameAffiliate-_-banner&ranSiteID=aBCSbjOIq8Q-PBfB0qZLVpPulZcuQuZnsQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
croftie Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 Plenty of ZX81's on Ebay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artleknock Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 ZX80 ZX81 with 16kb ram pack Spectrum 48k with addon proper keyboard and microdrive Amiga 1000 (proper box with seprate kayboard and monitor) and two (yes two) floppy disc drives. Upgraded with a plug in board with 4 Mb of memory and a 120Mb hard drive. My SiL asked what I needed all that meomory for. I then caved in and went the micosoft way, but I did assemble my own sytems. Just to be techie rather than practical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess-- Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 3 minutes ago, croftie said: Plenty of ZX81's on Ebay Mine is still in the loft, in it's original box 4 minutes ago, artleknock said: I then caved in and went the micosoft way, but I did assemble my own sytems. Just to be techie rather than practical. I still build my own, mainly because there aren't any off the shelf options when you want an 8 core water cooled machine with 64gb of ram, a mixture of SSD and hybrid drives and a bank of 3 high end video cards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 The first proper pc we had, was an Amstrad PCW 1512,to which I added a massive 10mB harddrive in an external case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 4 minutes ago, Jess-- said: Mine is still in the loft, in it's original box I have a working Stylophone still in its box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
system 4-50 Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 My first computer was a Kim 1. A single board machine with 1 K of ram. No, it wasn't made in Korea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea Dog Posted November 18, 2017 Report Share Posted November 18, 2017 12 hours ago, Jess-- said: Mine is still in the loft, in it's original box 12 hours ago, WotEver said: I have a working Stylophone still in its box. In a few years time, they'll be... Still in the loft! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted November 18, 2017 Report Share Posted November 18, 2017 21 hours ago, mross said: from xkcd.com/730/ I thought the actual internal workings of a SmartGauge were meant to be a closely protected trade secret, so I'm surprised to see them reproduced here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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