Binary Dinosaurs
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Collecting, repairing and preserving vintage machines since 1998.
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That’s positively mint, mate 😀
November 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
That’s positively mint, mate 😀
Cleaner than it’s been for 40 years. Ish. Now to give the keytops a bath then fix the non-working keys.
November 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Cleaner than it’s been for 40 years. Ish. Now to give the keytops a bath then fix the non-working keys.
I did that to my $DAYJOB keyboard last week, and despite the fact I never eat over it there was still what looked like food fragments in there. Maybe they fell out of my beard 😁
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I did that to my $DAYJOB keyboard last week, and despite the fact I never eat over it there was still what looked like food fragments in there. Maybe they fell out of my beard 😁
I’ve seen cleaner bin wagons than this.
November 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I’ve seen cleaner bin wagons than this.
I too am happy with only Tuesday thanks to being on a week's holiday and encountering issues with the Acorn Atom. I'd best have an MSX backup plan ready.
November 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I too am happy with only Tuesday thanks to being on a week's holiday and encountering issues with the Acorn Atom. I'd best have an MSX backup plan ready.
One of my favourite snifters, that. Cheers!
November 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
One of my favourite snifters, that. Cheers!
Wrong socket and wrong positioning for the P&P machine in the factory. Pity this machine doesn’t have a serial so we can trace where it was made. Fixed now.
November 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Wrong socket and wrong positioning for the P&P machine in the factory. Pity this machine doesn’t have a serial so we can trace where it was made. Fixed now.
Factory, this one. The soldering is too uniform for it to be a kit. Chip is correct too, just wrong socket and wrong placement.
(Unless later kits came with the sockets preinstalled)
(Unless later kits came with the sockets preinstalled)
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Factory, this one. The soldering is too uniform for it to be a kit. Chip is correct too, just wrong socket and wrong placement.
(Unless later kits came with the sockets preinstalled)
(Unless later kits came with the sockets preinstalled)
Also, I've stared at this keyboard long enough this week to know that the 'S' is upside down. Must fix that.
November 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Also, I've stared at this keyboard long enough this week to know that the 'S' is upside down. Must fix that.
Hehehe. I'm guessing you're not alone either 😁
November 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Hehehe. I'm guessing you're not alone either 😁
I just need to get the ETI 64k RAM board working with the others and it’ll be done 😄
November 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I just need to get the ETI 64k RAM board working with the others and it’ll be done 😄
There was an excellent video this morning of people chucking themselves down that slide in tribute to the cop - the slide was never fixed or removed so it's still the same. I want a go now.
November 8, 2025 at 8:36 PM
There was an excellent video this morning of people chucking themselves down that slide in tribute to the cop - the slide was never fixed or removed so it's still the same. I want a go now.
Ah feck that’s sad. A proper presenter and broadcaster. May he RIP.
November 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Ah feck that’s sad. A proper presenter and broadcaster. May he RIP.
Happy cakeday! 🎂
May it be in 8 bits.
May it be in 8 bits.
November 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Happy cakeday! 🎂
May it be in 8 bits.
May it be in 8 bits.
Indeed. The chap I got it from wasn’t the original owner so I’ve no idea who the builder was.
November 8, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Indeed. The chap I got it from wasn’t the original owner so I’ve no idea who the builder was.
Innit. I’d not checked voltage using pins 7 and 16 on the LS chips because all voltages were present on the backplane. Why would GND not work on the board itself? No wonder it looked cold and dead to a thermal camera.
November 8, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Innit. I’d not checked voltage using pins 7 and 16 on the LS chips because all voltages were present on the backplane. Why would GND not work on the board itself? No wonder it looked cold and dead to a thermal camera.