Retro Computers

I can finally replace the faulty SCSI hard disk in my Apple SE/30. I have found a long reach T15 Torx scredriver. Got it for £1 at my local market. These screwdrivers are quite hard to find. They go for about £4 on eBay.

Will crack open the Apple tonight, and fix it.

This website has been down all day today due to a power cut, but its all up and running again now.

This is one reason why hosting your site from home it not such a good idea….

I have managed to fix the speed issue of WinAPE on my VIC-20 PC. This is how I did it…

Once WinAPE had started, I went into Settings, General. Then click on the Display tab. I then disabled the Direct X strech.

Thats it! WinAPE is now perfectly playable. I am now happy!

You can download WinAPE from http://www.winape.net

Here are sone additions to my previous rants.

• Trucks who overtake other trucks on hills on the motorway. Very common on the A14.
• People who sit down next to you on a bench and they start to smoke. Do you mind? I dont want your cancer, thanks!
• Kids changing the channel on your sky box when you want your PVR to record somthing. There is only so much “Tiny Pop” and Cbeebies a man can take!

And here is a rant posted in a comment from Hawk for a previous blog posting.

• People who drive around with their fog lights on…WHEN IT’s NOT FOGGY! (And they’ll try and convince you that they’re “Driving Lights” ’cause that’s what it says in the manual, BUT THEY’RE FOG LIGHTS!)

What’s the greatest games machine of them all?

It’s an argument that’s raged for as long as we’ve had joysticks to waggle and controller buttons to mash.

Yet still we are no nearer an answer. The current generation are the most technically capable, but are they the most fun? Perhaps you were more absorbed by gaming back in the day of the monochrome Game Boy, or the 8 bit Sega Master System?

Here’s your chance to decide once and for all on the greatest gaming machine.

More info on MSN.

This post is for all of the Amateur Radio people in East Anglia (and possibly beyond…)

The 2m repeater to the east of Peterborough is back on air from the 16th August. Access info for this repeater can be found here.

73′s
M3YEK