Date   : Sat, 05 Jun 2010 06:28:48 +0200
From   : rick@... (Rick Murray)
Subject: W@W! L@@k! R@re!

On 04/06/2010 23:18, Alex Taylor wrote:

> For a moment I though you meant something properly W at W! L@...@k! R at re!,
> like a Spectrum 128K +2, a breadbin C64, or an Atari 520STFM.

Had a Speccy ages ago (small thing, plastic keys), terrible trouble 
getting it to work. Much more fun hooking it to a 20kV supply and 
attempting to build a photosensor circuit fast enough to actuate an SLR 
when bits went pop. I don't know if the camera was slow or the solenoid 
was slow, but it was never quite quick enough. Still, you can do some 
damn interesting things with high voltage and a couple of spoonfuls of 
mercury.
[ I'm surprised they ever let me in the physics lab, actually! ;-) ]


Breadbin C64? Nah, if I was going to build up a 6502 design, I'd run a 
real OS on it.


It's very "r at re"! If you Google (dunno who Denis Gabor is, but cool 
logo!) for "econet design and implementation", you'll find a heck of a 
lot of links to other things. But Econet as in the one we know and love...?


Best wishes,

Rick.

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BBC B: DNFS, 2 x 5.25" floppies, EPROM prog, Acorn TTX
E01S FileStore, A3000/A5000/RiscPC/various PCs/blahblah...