Andy - M1NER
@andytuk.bsky.social
Enterprise IT Infrastructure engineer by day, 8 bit gaming and hardware fan & radio ham by night.
Picked up a PicoGUS soundcard today. Not had a chance to use it yet.
An ISA sound card and CD-ROM emulator, powered by a Raspberry Pi Pico. PicoGUS can emulate Gravis UltraSound, Sound Blaster 2.0 / AdLib (OPL2) and more!
An ISA sound card and CD-ROM emulator, powered by a Raspberry Pi Pico. PicoGUS can emulate Gravis UltraSound, Sound Blaster 2.0 / AdLib (OPL2) and more!
PicoGUS - Andy's Retro Computing Collection
PicoGUS - An ISA sound card and CD-ROM emulator, powered by a Raspberry Pi Pico. Can emulate cards like the Gravis UltraSound and the Sound Blaster 2.0.
retro.m1ner.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Picked up a PicoGUS soundcard today. Not had a chance to use it yet.
An ISA sound card and CD-ROM emulator, powered by a Raspberry Pi Pico. PicoGUS can emulate Gravis UltraSound, Sound Blaster 2.0 / AdLib (OPL2) and more!
An ISA sound card and CD-ROM emulator, powered by a Raspberry Pi Pico. PicoGUS can emulate Gravis UltraSound, Sound Blaster 2.0 / AdLib (OPL2) and more!
October 31, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Had a fantastic time in Riga. Back to the grindstone today…
October 21, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Had a fantastic time in Riga. Back to the grindstone today…
When you run out of Velcro or cable ties, an old diode will do.
September 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
When you run out of Velcro or cable ties, an old diode will do.
Had to block a callsign on my APRS digipeater. Was sending packets every few seconds. First time I have had to do that.
September 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Had to block a callsign on my APRS digipeater. Was sending packets every few seconds. First time I have had to do that.
How are you spending your Sunday? I'm implementing pfsense at home. Need to arrange downtime with the family for implementation. Anyone else need to follow change control at home? :) #homelab #networking
August 31, 2025 at 10:42 AM
How are you spending your Sunday? I'm implementing pfsense at home. Need to arrange downtime with the family for implementation. Anyone else need to follow change control at home? :) #homelab #networking
GB3WZ – New 70cm FM Repeater for the Fens : www.m1ner.co.uk/gb3wz/
GB3WZ - FM Repeater for the Fens - M1NER
GB3WZ - A new 70cm analogue voice repeater now operational in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, serving the wider Fenland region.
www.m1ner.co.uk
August 24, 2025 at 10:18 AM
GB3WZ – New 70cm FM Repeater for the Fens : www.m1ner.co.uk/gb3wz/
My Toshiba HX-10 MSX. From the range of 8bit machines I know the least about. #RetroGaming #RetroComputing
August 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
My Toshiba HX-10 MSX. From the range of 8bit machines I know the least about. #RetroGaming #RetroComputing
What is it with ham radio retailers and manufactures and free baseball caps? I'd rather have a discount or some kind of useful accessory! #rant
August 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
What is it with ham radio retailers and manufactures and free baseball caps? I'd rather have a discount or some kind of useful accessory! #rant
Who knows what I’m playing? #RetroGaming #PC
July 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Who knows what I’m playing? #RetroGaming #PC
Reposted by Andy - M1NER
It's just over three months until this year's Retro Computer Festival! This time it's the Gaming Edition and we want YOU to get involved. Do you write computer games, or did you back in the day? Or do you develop tools or hardware? We're looking for more exhibitors for our Games Dev room ... 1/2
July 26, 2025 at 10:41 AM
It's just over three months until this year's Retro Computer Festival! This time it's the Gaming Edition and we want YOU to get involved. Do you write computer games, or did you back in the day? Or do you develop tools or hardware? We're looking for more exhibitors for our Games Dev room ... 1/2
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Day 208 - #retrorandom - I don't need your fancy GEM or Workbench. I'm perfectly happy with Broomsoft's WIMP running on my Dragon 64 thank you! It's actually perfectly usable, but of course there's very little software for it ... 1/2
July 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Day 208 - #retrorandom - I don't need your fancy GEM or Workbench. I'm perfectly happy with Broomsoft's WIMP running on my Dragon 64 thank you! It's actually perfectly usable, but of course there's very little software for it ... 1/2
July 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Hello BlueSky! And let's make our first post about one of our great events - The Amiga at 40. Come and join us for a weekend of fun, with great exhibitions from throughout the scene for a weekend of celebrating all things Amiga. See you there! www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/73894/Th...
July 9, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Hello BlueSky! And let's make our first post about one of our great events - The Amiga at 40. Come and join us for a weekend of fun, with great exhibitions from throughout the scene for a weekend of celebrating all things Amiga. See you there! www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/73894/Th...
One of my LoRa APRS tracker nodes in front of the wife’s York ghosts.
May 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
One of my LoRa APRS tracker nodes in front of the wife’s York ghosts.
April 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
When you are in conversation at work and you suddenly remember Microsoft Antigen. It’s been a very long time since I have thought about Antigen. Im kinda glad it doesn’t exist anymore.
April 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
When you are in conversation at work and you suddenly remember Microsoft Antigen. It’s been a very long time since I have thought about Antigen. Im kinda glad it doesn’t exist anymore.
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Spotted in the Milton Keynes Gallery cafe earlier 😎
April 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Spotted in the Milton Keynes Gallery cafe earlier 😎
What’s the obsession with free baseball caps with a new amateur radios? For me it’s just junk that’ll end up in the bin.
April 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
What’s the obsession with free baseball caps with a new amateur radios? For me it’s just junk that’ll end up in the bin.
Huh. Another @raspberrypi.com 3 A+ dead for no apparent reason. That’ll be why my APRS digi went offline.
February 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Huh. Another @raspberrypi.com 3 A+ dead for no apparent reason. That’ll be why my APRS digi went offline.
Phoar…..
I really wanted this kind of stuff in the 90s. Finally achieved it in 2025.
I really wanted this kind of stuff in the 90s. Finally achieved it in 2025.
February 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Phoar…..
I really wanted this kind of stuff in the 90s. Finally achieved it in 2025.
I really wanted this kind of stuff in the 90s. Finally achieved it in 2025.
Someone game me 2 dead Yamaha MU50 tone generators today. I now have 1 working MU50! Really good sound quality! Faulty 7805 and an iffy power socket.
February 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Someone game me 2 dead Yamaha MU50 tone generators today. I now have 1 working MU50! Really good sound quality! Faulty 7805 and an iffy power socket.