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[rubber_jonnie]

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 :)

[stephen_usher]

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.

[rubber_jonnie]

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 :)

[stephen_usher]

Just got my booster jab.

The Moderna version is still no good for connecting to the Starlink satellites. I should complain to Elon Musk.

[rubber_jonnie]

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!

[stephen_usher]

:lol:

[stephen_usher]

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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[Icky]

@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.

[stephen_usher]

@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.

[rubber_jonnie]

@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.