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PaulJ wrote: 25 Mar 2021 19:06

rubber_jonnie wrote: 25 Mar 2021 14:08 My retro capabilities are sadly lacking,

Jon, I hope the vicious soldering iron that attacked previously is safely stored away in storage. At least there's no need to be looking over your shoulder for that pesky iron. :dizzy:

JezC wrote: 25 Mar 2021 19:30 Is it pick on @rubber_jonnie day again @PaulJ?
Better watch out in case he's shipped his cat and that iron to your address...
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PaulJ wrote: 25 Mar 2021 21:50 @JezC , Na, I'd never pick on @rubber_jonnie ... I'm just happy that he's going to get a reprieve from that dasterdly iron. Not sure but he may have found it a new home.

I'm not sure you were around when we were building the remake. Rj was lagging behind and experienced a vicious iron attack which set his efforts behind even more. There was a user "Russ" who was a marketing consultant advising @exxos on matters concerning Harries marketing... got so pissed when the iron attacked Rj he took his iron and burned all the traces off his STE around the proms. Those were the days. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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rubber_jonnie wrote: 25 Mar 2021 23:45 Oh, the good old days of Russ! I also saw a lot of his posts on FB too, it all got quite interesting/weird at one point.

PaulJ wrote: 25 Mar 2021 23:52

rubber_jonnie wrote: 25 Mar 2021 23:45 Oh, the good old days of Russ! I also saw a lot of his posts on FB too, it all got quite interesting/weird at one point.

I agree... I think Russ took Exxos to the brink!! :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

1. A dead BBC Model B, now back up and running. Interesting and took a while to fix, but learned a lot about the BBC B.
2. A working BBC Model B is really nice condition. I justify buying this one because I needed a working reference for the broken one :)
3. An Acorn Electron. Still dead but WIP. I've at least fixed the power board.
4. An Amstrad NC100. Dead when I got it, but now fixed too.

stephen_usher wrote: 11 Jun 2021 16:25 I'll keep my fingers firmly crossed... well, other than when I'm testing old computers anyway.