Hi All
Willie here, did a little basic programming in school, 1980, but due to a lack of funds and then secure housing didn't become a computer owner until the end of 1992. By which time I'd started working in a much better job and was able to move out of my caravan and into a small house I'd managed to buy.
First thing I did on getting the keys was to get connected to the telephone, next thing I did was head off to the big smoke to buy an Atari ST and a 240 modem. I came home with a flashy new Falcon-030 plus 240 b box and shortly after upgraded to a 14,400k modem.
There's been a lot of water under the bridge since then. A few months back I started clearing out my spare room and in among the carcasses of an assortment of redundant machines, but lovingly boxed separately, was my old girl. A couple of days back I hooked her up, switched her on and booted her up. Not perfect but not bad for having sat abandoned since 2021, when life began to really get in my way.
My thinking now is to have the machine refurbed, new and bigger HD? Memory expanded to 14mb and have a breakout drive fitted, flash card?, to enable data sharing with the rest of the planet. Either that or hook her up to/build, a home network.
I'll mainly be reading but I'm sure I'll have a few questions along the way. Until then!
Slàinte mhath
~Willie~
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Hi from the NW Highlands, Scotland.
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Icky
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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...
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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Welcome Willie... :) Have travelled via Ullapool MANY times on my way home. :)
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Welcome to the forum.
Always good when another Falcon is resurrected!
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Welcome to the forum.
Always good when another Falcon is resurrected!
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~Willie~
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Re: Hi from the NW Highlands, Scotland.
terriblefire wrote: 03 Aug 2021 14:04 Welcome Willie... :) Have travelled via Ullapool MANY times on my way home. :)
Very many thanks for the warm welcome guys. Much appreciated.JezC wrote: 03 Aug 2021 14:24 :swave:
Welcome to the forum.
Always good when another Falcon is resurrected!
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Re: Hi from the NW Highlands, Scotland.
Hi - where are you from? I've just joined this group and live about 15 miles north of Fort William :D
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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.
Collection now with added Macs, Amigas, Suns and Acorns.
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.
Collection now with added Macs, Amigas, Suns and Acorns.
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Re: Hi from the NW Highlands, Scotland.
PsygnoChris wrote: 09 Sep 2021 10:04 Hi - where are you from? I've just joined this group and live about 15 miles north of Fort William :D
Thanks guys!
@PsygnoChris, I'm in Lochalsh, so 50 miles further north and west from you.
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