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stephen_usher wrote: Sun Nov 28, 2021 1:40 pm Oops! I seem to have bought another Apricot...

Apricot Portable, working, with manuals but no software. However it does have keyboard and *MOUSE*!

£130 via Facebook Marketplace, which is a reasonable sum.
You're getting as bad with the Apricots as I am with STs!!

Pictures are expected on arrival :)
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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
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Hehe.

It looks like I'll have to drive over to Cardiff next weekend to collect it. Pictures will be posted. :D

P.S. I still have more 16/32 bit Ataris than Apricots.
P.P.S. I have two ideas for Apricot projects: Recreation of a hard disk interface and USB keyboard/mouse interface to replace the IR. Both will have to use a Raspberry Pi for the storage/USB. The front end for the HD interface will need to replicate the original using GALs, counters and a 8Kx8 SRAM chip.
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Added code to the MiNT kernel (still there the last time I checked) + put together MiNTOS.
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stephen_usher wrote: Sun Nov 28, 2021 2:15 pm Hehe.

It looks like I'll have to drive over to Cardiff next weekend to collect it. Pictures will be posted. :D

P.S. I still have more 16/32 bit Ataris than Apricots.
P.P.S. I have two ideas for Apricot projects: Recreation of a hard disk interface and USB keyboard/mouse interface to replace the IR. Both will have to use a Raspberry Pi for the storage/USB. The front end for the HD interface will need to replicate the original using GALs, counters and a 8Kx8 SRAM chip.
They sound like very interesting projects, looking forward to pictures there too :)
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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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Just got my booster jab.

The Moderna version is still no good for connecting to the Starlink satellites. I should complain to Elon Musk.
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Added code to the MiNT kernel (still there the last time I checked) + put together MiNTOS.
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stephen_usher wrote: Fri Dec 03, 2021 10:30 am Just got my booster jab.

The Moderna version is still no good for connecting to the Starlink satellites. I should complain to Elon Musk.
You should complain before the 90 day warranty expires!
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Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
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:lol:
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It's the work Christmas party this evening and there's a cake competition, the theme being "your field of study/work".

My colleague and I are entering for the first time, and as we are The IT Crowd we thought this was fitting... :D

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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 - I had to zoom in to check if you had actually used a cherry or a real LED for the middle of the box.
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Icky wrote: Fri Dec 03, 2021 7:13 pm @stephen_usher - I had to zoom in to check if you had actually used a cherry or a real LED for the middle of the box.
It was actually a jelly bean. :-)

Blurgh! After my jab yesterday I'm feeling really grotty. Headache, no energy, really tired, slightly sick and I can't lift my left arm up very high. The Moderna jab really produces side effects tons worse than the A-Z.

On a brighter note, we won the cake competition, though only one other group made a cake.
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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: Sat Dec 04, 2021 9:35 am
Icky wrote: Fri Dec 03, 2021 7:13 pm @stephen_usher - I had to zoom in to check if you had actually used a cherry or a real LED for the middle of the box.
It was actually a jelly bean. :-)

Blurgh! After my jab yesterday I'm feeling really grotty. Headache, no energy, really tired, slightly sick and I can't lift my left arm up very high. The Moderna jab really produces side effects tons worse than the A-Z.

On a brighter note, we won the cake competition, though only one other group made a cake.
My booster was Moderna and I felt pretty crappy, similar to the 2nd AZ, but the first AZ was the worst, took me out for days. Hope you feel better soon.
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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