Is there such a thing as too many disk drives for your RM Link 480z? I think I may have a problem.... #retrocomputers #480z #8bit #retro

Does anyone in the UK have Pitfall II for the Atari 8 bit on cartridge? I had this back in the day, but it seems to be unicorn poop nowadays.

Anyone on here have an Atari XF551 for sale?

Well, they've started handing out water. That can't be a good sign 🤦

Brussels airport security makes Luton airport passport control look efficient... and Luton airport is a shit-show on wheels

Still in the Brussels airport passport queue. Been an hour so far 🧐

Brussels airport; 200+ non EU passport holders, one bored and slightly surly passport checker, and a line to end all lines. I'm gonna be here a looooong time

I have about 15x Core i5 desktop machines (just generic models) with at least 8GB RAM available for any Charities out there. Have cleared them down. Anyone interested?

Civil war has re-broken out. Not entirely surprised.

f**k you @bsky.app and your sh*tty age verification system - it doesn't bloody work - apparently my face isn't good enough (even though I had to shove my face deep into my webcam's guts) and my card isn't to your liking!! I am NOT going to keep adding Credit Card details into a system I don't trust

Looking on Amazon for privacy screens, and there's a bunch of "360 degree" privacy filters. Firstly I think the back of the screen is pretty much covered, secondly... how do YOU view the screen? This is just a version of the Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Peril Sensitive Sunglasses

Great day at #RetroFest yesterday. Even found a copy of an RM Nimbus educational software that I developed with NCEC back in the 80s 😊

This morning on #Radio4 I heard somebody refer to J.R.R. Tolkien as "J Double-R Tolkien". What the actual feck?!

New to the Oric Atmos, any experts out there who can help a n00b? Options for connecting to a composite CRT? Also advice on SD loaders, etc?

Definitely going to be here on the Saturday. Can't wait!

AVD and database complete, now to build your bad boy...

This evening I am mostly deploying three new Azure Virtual Desktop servers into our Production pool, and upgrading our ERP databases. What's life without a little danger and challenge?

Beer o'clock

Also, while I am at it... HP, yes you Hewlett Packard, your laptops suck doggy danglers. #HavingAMareOfADay

Dear work colleagues, although Outlook now (apparently) gives you the ability to "react" to emails with emoji, please don't. Just don't.

This evening I am mostly updating my #Atari #8bit with SpartaDOS X 4.50 and the latest #Fujinet firmware and tools.

Oh this is genius!

Currently I am upgrading my server, deepthought, from Fedora 41 to 42 in the most Retro way I can ^_^

Just won an Oric Atmos on eBay. Never owned one in the day, I was, however, one of those annoying kids in the 80s doing BASIC programs in the stores that ZAP'd at annoying intervals. Can't wait to have a play, was always drawn to how handsome this was as a device. Genuinely excited to have a play

Anyone else unable to install #Fedora 42 #Cosmic - Laptop keeps shutting down as it boots the ISO. Any help would be appreciated.

Come into work this morning, and somebody has pulled their laptop screen apart. Hellooooooo Tuesday

I've just noticed that @benjedwards.com cals himself a "Retronaut" in his tagline. Retronaut. How cool a word is THAT?! I shall now steal this for my own self-identification purposes and copyrights be damned!

In a fit of curiosity and self-abuse, I am trying to get my Atari 8bit, with a fujinet, to connect to our corporate API service to act as a product query station... If you hear fruity language over the t'interweb you'll know things are not working out well.

Fedora 42 installed on my Asus Zenbook S14 (UX5406SA), and still have "dummy output" on my audio. Not sure if that's a comment about me, or the drivers still ain't sorted 🤔

Well hello beautiful! Guess where I'm gonna be on the 31st May... www.retrofest.uk

Just on the off chance, does anyone have a YE-Data YD-580 40 track (48 TPI) double-sided 5.25" drive for sale? Not being TOO specific, honest!

Programming PBX systems is the devils arse of a job. VoIP has not made it ANY easier.

OK, so I just saw a picture of a full on boner in the "Discover" stream as I was scrolling through. 0_o So... there's no restrictions on what you can post? Just a slight "whoah there" moment (and not a little jealousy too)

#HotTake: John Carter the movie wasn't that bad. It was a fun switch-the-brain-off-and-enjoy movie

I a slightly tempted to bring some retro 8bit computers into work so people can see what we used to have to work with back in the day. Most of the people I work with were either born in the 80s or worse still post-2000s #RetroComputing

You never forget your first love #Atari. Now geek enough to own all of the Atari 8bit range (well, at least the one's sold, still looking out for the 1450XLD)

Always loved the "forget-me-stick" (patent pending) in Mega Mind www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLcp...

Woohooo! Finally got Intune and Apple MDM to play nicely together. It needed some persuasion with the JFDI stick, plus a liberal sprinkling of prayer and sticky tape ... but it's working!!

This weekend I have been mostly playing with Syncthing. Some minor things to watch out for, but on the whole - WOW!

Microsoft Outlook now has the capability for people to emote a reaction to an email you sent (such as 🤜). Possibly THE most useless feature ever >_< #GrumpyThursday

It's ALIVE! The Research Machine Link 480z, a Z80 based computer built in Oxford and used in a lot of Schools in the early 80s. Supports CP/M, 640x192 "Extra High" Resolution Graphics and could boot a version of CP/M over the network (CP/NOS). Learnt loads on this beauty back at School <3

Currently selling my laptop on eBay. Getting the usual "Alan Sugars" offering that I should essentially pay them for giving it to them >_<

Monday morning's at work; where everybody has forgotten how a PC or Phone work and have lost the ability to articulate in sentences... #ITManagerWoes

Today I have mostly been nerding out by rebuilding my main PC and finally sorting out the new retro desk to house my pride-of-place Research Machines 480z and Disk Drive.. any other RM480z users out there?

As a great man once said "Well, hello there"