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Re: I might be a bit quiet...

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:thumbup:

It will be good to hear when your new workshop is up & running - photos showing progress please! :D
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rubber_jonnie wrote: Mon Jul 05, 2021 11:33 am Sat at the new house waiting for the movers to arrive, looking forward to getting moved in properly 😁

:girldance: :girldance: :girldance:
Its gonna take ages for them to move all that retro stuff back in :lol:
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At last!!!
Intro retro computers since before they were retro...
ZX81->Spectrum->Memotech MTX->Sinclair QL->520STM->BBC Micro->TT030->PCs & Sun Workstations.
Added code to the MiNT kernel (still there the last time I checked) + put together MiNTOS.
Collection now with added Macs, Amigas, Suns and Acorns.
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Re: I might be a bit quiet...

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JezC wrote: Mon Jul 05, 2021 12:08 pm :thumbup:

It will be good to hear when your new workshop is up & running - photos showing progress please! :D
It may be a little while, still boxpocalypse here, but have at least got internet and laptop!!

Internet will be 900Mbps once it's at full speed. :)
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800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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PhilC wrote: Mon Jul 05, 2021 12:51 pm
rubber_jonnie wrote: Mon Jul 05, 2021 11:33 am Sat at the new house waiting for the movers to arrive, looking forward to getting moved in properly 😁

:girldance: :girldance: :girldance:
Its gonna take ages for them to move all that retro stuff back in :lol:
The spare room is currently full of workshop & retro boxes!!
Collector of many retro things!
800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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stephen_usher wrote: Mon Jul 05, 2021 1:52 pm At last!!!
At last indeed!!
Collector of many retro things!
800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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Re: I might be a bit quiet...

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How's the unboxing going?

More importantly, when do you get the networking up and running? :-)
Intro retro computers since before they were retro...
ZX81->Spectrum->Memotech MTX->Sinclair QL->520STM->BBC Micro->TT030->PCs & Sun Workstations.
Added code to the MiNT kernel (still there the last time I checked) + put together MiNTOS.
Collection now with added Macs, Amigas, Suns and Acorns.
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stephen_usher wrote: Tue Jul 06, 2021 1:47 pm How's the unboxing going?

More importantly, when do you get the networking up and running? :-)
Boxpocalypse is much improved today and we have both my office space and my wife's study up and running. BT have yet to get the broadband up to the required speed.

The router is showing a speed of 1Gbps, but the best I've managed so far is 450Mbps. I just ran a test wired directly to the router and got about 230Mbps and an upload of 120Mbps.

They are good speeds, and it's a good experience overall, but not what I'm paying for and not meeting the average of 450Mbps, which if they don't meet they give me money back.

It's a first world problem though, so I will give them a chance to bring it up to speed before I hassle them.
Collector of many retro things!
800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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Those speeds are 45x the speed of an ACSI drive!
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ZX81->Spectrum->Memotech MTX->Sinclair QL->520STM->BBC Micro->TT030->PCs & Sun Workstations.
Added code to the MiNT kernel (still there the last time I checked) + put together MiNTOS.
Collection now with added Macs, Amigas, Suns and Acorns.
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stephen_usher wrote: Tue Jul 06, 2021 6:30 pm Those speeds are 45x the speed of an ACSI drive!
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Collector of many retro things!
800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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