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GrantMeStrength

@GrantMeStrength@hachyderm.io

LARPing as a manager at a tech company in Redmond, WA. Originally from N. Ireland. Bout ye. I like 8-bit systems and computers built before 1982 and after 2024. MSc Elec. Eng. He/Him BLM.☮️✌️

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The recently Apple Music apps make me sad. What happened - iTunes was just great.

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A rash of LLM-driven devices appearing, such as https://www.rabbit.tech *

I assume Apple will reveal similar functionality at WWDC. Will Alexa get an upgrade too?

Can see these being of use particularly to the senior population.

(* bonus points for working with Teenage Engineering).

GrantMeStrength,
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@santiago yeah a pizza is one thing but a 5 grand European vacation? :)

GrantMeStrength,
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@santiago I do find booking such things stressful though, so even if it took a while and displayed all the options in a thoughtful way, I would definitely love it.

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Everyone had this one or the older blue one, right?

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I believe the choice of ø and 0 here is a grave error and makes the text super annoying to read. I bet that in the 44 years since this book was published the author has come to regret that decision.

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@hisdeedsaredust no a little Pocket Programming Guide but maybe the Author was an ex-Big Blue. Would explain it.

GrantMeStrength,
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@europlus excellent point

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Our team mantra..

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Seriously do not do this on the first day back to work.

GrantMeStrength, to retrocomputing
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One person’s mess is another person’s bliss.

GrantMeStrength, to random
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Neat gotek drive replacement for the CPC.

Booting CP/M because, well, it’s CP/M.

GrantMeStrength, to 8bit
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Last hardware project assembled for 2023! Added a ZX-WESPI video board to my

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To be honest this Mac Pro has always been very unreliable. Especially for a computer that cost so much money.

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GrantMeStrength,
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@ernie it’s still covered with AppleCare but is flakey in ways that never show up in genius bars only when I need to use the buggering thing.

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New year, old computers.

Always.

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Added to the collection. Would have had more but for a crabby eBay seller.

GrantMeStrength, to forth
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Today FORTH may seem like an obscure programming language, but almost every computer magazine I have from 1983/5 has articles and adverts for products. So I would class it the most mainstream niche language.

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FORTH things lying around the place

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More

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@philpem there is a great emulation on the IOS App Store!

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A fine collection of books for Christmas! Yay!

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I feel like it's time for a more widespread revival of the 1970s design aesthetic for computer terminals, input faceplates, and keyboards.

ADDS Consul 980
DEC PDP/12 faceplate/switch array
Data General Dasher D2

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