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Firing up the Electron |
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Written by Paul Dunning
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Monday, 07 March 2011 00:00 |
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I have an Acorn Electron. It’s the second one I’ve owned. The first being a rather temperamental example that I bought in 1984. It kept breaking down, so I managed to get my money back on it. It was spending more time being mended that I was using it for playing Elite hard work and study. To be fair, it did kick off a project for my computer studies at school, but that ended up being completed on a more powerful BBC Model B there.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 31 May 2011 11:02 |
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Reviving an Archimedes |
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Written by Paul Dunning
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Monday, 18 April 2011 00:00 |
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The other week, I switched on an old computer - my Acorn Archimedes. It’s a 300 series machine, which makes it 24 years old. It started up, then started again, then again and then went dead. It hadn’t been started for a few years and knowing that the BBC Micro has problems with the power supply unit when it’s been left for a long time (they tend to blow capacitors), I suspected that this was the case here.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 31 May 2011 11:08 |
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Little Planet |
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Written by Paul Dunning
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Saturday, 03 April 2010 18:37 |
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A Little Planet
I took this picture last year using a panoramic head for my tripod, and some clever software to stitch it together to make this image.
Click on the image to enlarge.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 04 April 2010 12:42 |
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It’s a Two Way Stream... |
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Written by Paul Dunning
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Wednesday, 10 March 2010 00:00 |
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Over the weekend, I learned, via @ruskin147’s (that’s Rory Cellan-Jones of the BBC) Twitter feed that the Conservative Party is going to launch it’s own iPhone app. Why, thought I, do they need this? What could be going on in the minds of the political élite?
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 March 2010 09:59 |
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Bringing Down the House |
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Written by Paul Dunning
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Monday, 01 February 2010 16:10 |
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I’m known for my somewhat sombre outlook on life, but this post on FaceBook kind of killed any party that was going on.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 11 April 2010 10:35 |
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