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Re: Guess what's in the box?

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stephen_usher wrote: 10 Mar 2025 10:47 "Moving through network" is not great as that means they're not sure where it is or going. It's parcel purgatory. Maybe it'll pop up in Sydney and then do a World tour?
Yeah, an euphemism for lost...

At least, for a moment.
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stephen_usher wrote: 10 Mar 2025 10:47
rubber_jonnie wrote: 10 Mar 2025 10:16 It never shows as arrived in London, so I'm not sure if the 'departed London' message means it's leaving to London or what. It now just says 'moving through network'.
"Departed London" actually means that it passed through Heathrow and is out the other side.

"Moving through network" is not great as that means they're not sure where it is or going. It's parcel purgatory. Maybe it'll pop up in Sydney and then do a World tour?
It is indeed parcel purgatory.

It's odd, most stops it says 'Arrived' then Departed or Processed Through. Not London, it never shows as arrived. It better bloody arrive, it wasn't cheap.
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HigashiJun wrote: 10 Mar 2025 10:57
stephen_usher wrote: 10 Mar 2025 10:47 "Moving through network" is not great as that means they're not sure where it is or going. It's parcel purgatory. Maybe it'll pop up in Sydney and then do a World tour?
Yeah, an euphemism for lost...

At least, for a moment.
:(
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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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Re: Guess what's in the box?

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rubber_jonnie wrote: 10 Mar 2025 10:58 :(
No worries, you will get your parcel but later than expected.
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HigashiJun wrote: 10 Mar 2025 11:27
rubber_jonnie wrote: 10 Mar 2025 10:58 :(
No worries, you will get your parcel but later than expected.
I do hope so. If I plug the tracking number into Royal Mail, it shows it as 'Item leaving overseas" and it usually gets a proper update when it arrives, hence why I don't think it ever arrived in London. But who knows!
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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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Oooh, things are looking up:

Screenshot 2025-03-10 at 19.01.55.png

This from Royal mail track and trace :)
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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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Yay!
Intro retro computers since before they were retro...
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.
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stephen_usher wrote: 10 Mar 2025 20:27Yay!
Hopefully you'll have a parcel yay soon 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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Good news !

Seems that was just a little quirk...

:)
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HigashiJun wrote: 11 Mar 2025 04:52 Good news !

Seems that was just a little quirk...

:)
Yeah, a bit odd for sure, fingers crossed there aren't any more quirks!
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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