@scruss @ukscone I do like a bit of Cheshire, but then again, I grew up in Cheshire so I think you have to
I do also like a nice piece of Stilton, although I won't turn down a bit of Wensleydale either...
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The National Film Board of Canada (NFB / ONF) has shut down its #library and layed-off personnel. A petition is circulating to request a reversal of these moves https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-cuts-to-the-nfb-library --> Please sign it and help circulate it. The library was a valuable resource to film-makers, students, historians, and many others.
For years, I'd heard from a librarian there essentially describing being gradually starved of resources. The doublespeak in the news release is really ugly https://www.canada.ca/en/national-film-board/news/2024/04/nfb-modernization-initiative-will-increase-documentary-and-animation-production-budgets.html
@penwing I've been using Podcast Republic for years without any major complaints. The only real issues I've had are when moving from one phone to another and it insisting on downloading content again
Next installment in my V86P XT-compatible laptop tinkering is up - this time replacing the hard disk controller and drive https://knm.org.uk/blog/2024/03/upgrading-the-v86p-hdd-controller/ #retrocomputing #v86p #xt #XTIDE #8086
@adr I once had a Cogeco tech end a support call with "thanks for calling today, I learned a lot" after I did most of the troubleshooting and he just reenabled things on his end that had been erroneously disabled
@hennichodernich sure - the layout needs fixing, cause I flipped the pinout of the connector, and I was thinking I'd add some DC-DC circuitry so it can be powered via USB-PD, but you're welcome to the layout, and I can probably mail you a spare board if you want, pretty sure I got 5
Next post in my V86P tinkering written up - this time creating a new floppy drive riser/backplane https://knm.org.uk/blog/2024/03/recreating-the-v86p-floppy-drive-riser/ #v86p #retrocomputing #fdd
So I finally started writing up some of the tinkering I've done over the past few years, https://knm.org.uk/blog/2024/03/working-on-the-v86p-expansion-bus/ #retrocomputing #v86p #8086
@ktemkin an annoyingly common thing - often it's Google and some other (varies with MS/GitHub/etc) login you get for free and enterprise OIDC you have to pay for - it's just hard-coded endpoints
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My Jabberwocky poem but with Ikea product names:
Köttbullary
`Twas Bullig, and the Släkt-y Arvs
Did Gårö and Gäspa in the Bäve:
All Mellby were the Borrby-groves,
And the Malm Rasts Gleve.
"Beware the Köttbullar, my son!
The parts that break, the screws that strip!
Beware the Ektorp bird, and shun
The Fabulös Rosenrips!”
1/3
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:ReBoot: Big #ReBoot news! :ReBoot:
The master tapes have been found by the ReBoot Rewind documentary crew and they need our help with finding a working D1 tape deck to transfer them.
I am copying their post from Facebook, use the contact information below to reach them:
🚨THE MASTER TAPES EXIST AND WE NEED YOUR HELP🚨 THIS IS NOT A DRILL🚨
Hey you, YES YOU! We have some good news to share!
For years, there have been rumours circulating about the status of the original PAL D1 masters of ReBoot and whether they still exist. After visiting Mainframe Studios yesterday to take a look through their ReBoot archives, we’re happy to confirm that the masters are all here, for every episode of the show!
Getting a proper digital transfer of the D1 masters is high priority item for us. It would mean having the entire series in the best possible picture and sound quality, presented as accurately as the day it was rendered. There’s also a library of additional ReBoot content (animation tests, toy commercials, Electronic Arts video game footage, IMAX content) that is currently stuck on the D1 format and we need to preserve it for the future. This would obviously benefit the documentary but ultimately, it would benefit the fans the most!
Here’s where we need help. We need a working D1 tape deck to capture all these tapes. Mainframe hasn’t had one for years. We haven’t been able to find anyone in Vancouver, British Columbia, or even all of Canada that has one of these tape decks. We’d greatly prefer buying or renting one of these decks so that the tapes can be captured locally, without needing to ship them.
If anyone has a lead on where we might be able to get one of these decks, please contact us!
Contact info:
📧 Email: rebootrewinddoc@gmail.com
🔗 Facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=122132598986070529
🔗 Instagram: https://instagram.com/rebootrewinddoc
@foone we had exactly this at a customer site - server was locking up at random. Swapped many components, only failed on site, never back in the office. Eventually hooked up a keyboard and monitor separately and it was fine.
@adr youngest got this from the library and I thought of you (ISBN 1561453919)
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