It's 4th July. There's only one way to celebrate the day. By reading another blog about the same obscure 1980's British computer that I was banging on about last time.
Amiga Nut mostly.
It's 4th July. There's only one way to celebrate the day. By reading another blog about the same obscure 1980's British computer that I was banging on about last time.
It's Friday. It's 11 o'clock. You know what that means!
Another blog about an obscure British computer from the 1980's.
https://crashedfiesta.blogspot.com/2025/06/icanalmosttouchit-torch-triple-x-part-9.html
Finally managed to finish my blog post on RetroFest '25. Looking forward to '26! ๐
https://crashedfiesta.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-festival-of-retro-stuff-in-2025.html
@kiwa I got the mahoosive monitor it goes with. This thing must weigh 40kg and could be used to demolish buildings...
I've been quiet. Here's a new blog. It has RAM in it.
https://crashedfiesta.blogspot.com/2025/03/havent-we-been-here-before-cifer-ram.html
My latest blog. A bit of a scatter gun of updates but real life keeps getting in the way of important retro computing things...
https://crashedfiesta.blogspot.com/2025/03/dark-in-here-isnt-it-death-light.html
Phew! The thinnest wire I have (a tiny bit thicker than the original) used to replace the original fuse wire. Everything starts correctly now. The fuse was for the -12v line which I assume must have something to do with the CRT HV starting..
I'm not worried about the wire being a tiny bit thicker as I won't be blundering through there again in a hurry. And it really is only a fraction thicker.
Anyway, it works. ๐
#retrocomputing #vintagecomputer
A crap night. While measuring voltage at a power connector on the Cifer 1887 I slipped, shorting GND to 12v very briefly. Just a spark but now it's completely dead, CRT and all. Got the PSU out and one of the fuses has blown. Not sure if that's all that's wrong. I frickin' hope so.
#retrocomputing
It's Tuesday night. You know you want to read another blog about an obscure 1980's UK computer running CP/M.
#vintagecomputing #retrocomputing
https://crashedfiesta.blogspot.com/2024/10/thou-shalt-get-side-tracked-by-bulls.html
Not quite on the same scale as launching a massive rocket and then catching the fiery end in the same spot, but I managed to get a Gotek working on my Cifer 1887. It's an obscure British computer from c.1984 that runs CP/M and, if I can fix it at some point, possibly Unix..
Latest update on the Torch Triple X. An obscure British computer from the 1980's which ran Unix.
This time I make progress! Ooooh!
https://crashedfiesta.blogspot.com/2024/09/and-on-381st-day-he-rose-again-almost.html
Latest PCW escapades. Includes a Gotek.
#retrocomputing #amstrad #pcw9512
https://crashedfiesta.blogspot.com/2024/06/how-many-mugs-are-out-there-pcw9512.html
The #TorchTripleX is possessed, I'm sure of it. I've done NOTHING to it but now it's giving me a different error beep sequence. Short Long Short Short. That's not even in the freakin' manual!!
Arrrghhhh!!!!!
Latest updates on the Torch Triple X. Caution - includes sockets.
https://crashedfiesta.blogspot.com/2024/02/socket-to-em-torch-triple-x-part-5.html
Iโm an immigrant to Germany having moved here 14 years ago. I gained my citizenship in 2020. Most of my friends here are immigrants. My partner is an immigrant. Itโs been truly frightening to hear the far-right planning mass deportations of naturalised citizens.
But 1.5 million people marched against that today. 350,000 demonstrated in #Berlin alone. That gives me so much hope. Tolerant people are not a minority, and we wonโt let them frame it that way. Never, ever again.
Now ban the AfD.
Anyone with an Epson PX8 should check out this project. It's to re-create a simple but very clever display adaptor for the PX8 (or PX4) based on the Oval Automation UD-80. It's not my project but I had a bit of a hand in kicking it off with my original UD-80.. ๐
https://hackaday.io/project/194159-re-ud-80-a-larger-display-for-epson-px-4-px-8
A quick blog about what turned into an easy fix on a Commodore 64c.
https://crashedfiesta.blogspot.com/2024/01/are-you-keeping-up-with-commodore.html
Latest Torch Triple X update. I did not burn the house down.
https://crashedfiesta.blogspot.com/2023/10/with-great-power-torch-triple-x-part-2.html
A blog about disks. It has er... disks in it.
https://crashedfiesta.blogspot.com/2023/09/anybody-no-disk-anybody-no-disk-anybody.html