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  Less than 2 months to go until the #RC2014Assembly 2.0 Last year was the first meetup specifically for owners of #RC2014 or similar kits, and it was a fantastic day out. The national Museum Of Computing is a wonderful venue too, and the RC2014 Assembly ticket gets you full access to the museum too. So if you can get to Bletchley, UK on September 26th, it would be great to see you there. https://rc2014.co.uk/4329/rc2014-assembly-v2-0/

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  Tomorrow will be exactly 10 years since I sent out the first #RC2014 Newsletter. That went out to 130 people, but the list has grown to well over 10 times that now. Mailchimp lets you go back and read previous issues, but this is capped to the most recent 20 - which only gets you back to Issue 48 So I've set up an archive on the RC2014 website that goes right back to Issue 1. If you want to see what things looked like in the olden days, check it out https://rc2014.co.uk/history/rc2014-news...

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  Are there any #Go players going to #EMFCamp on here? (I mean the Chinese board game Go with the black and white stones) If so, I'd love to meet up for a game or two at some point at the camp. I'm pretty much a newbie that's educated from YouTube videos and computer opponents so virtually beginner status. Not looking for a tutorial, but I'd love some feedback or commentary on the game.

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  Behold! The Tower of Power! This #RC2014 Zed Mini has a 30gb spinning hard disk as well as compact flash storage and a 5 slot backplane holding a VGA serial terminal module, Why Em-Ulator sound card module and LCD display module.

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  Do I know anybody that has shipped their own parts to JLCPCB for use in PCBA? (https://jlcpcb.com/help/article/how-to-consign-parts-to-jlcpcb) In particular getting the paperwork right. It needs an invoice for the parts but I'm not actually selling them to JLC, they are my parts which they will be sending back when they have soldered them. It's all a bit confusing and getting parts *in* to China isn't something I've done before.

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  Tiny #RC2014 computer spotted in the local pub! Good work @ExtKits

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  If you think that the AI companies buying all the RAM production is only hitting DDR5 prices, think again. The 32k DIP chips I use in most of my kits (AS6C62256) were just £2.25 a couple of years ago. (And less than a quid a short while before then). Mouser are one of the cheaper places at the moment and they're £7.69+VAT singly, or still well over six quid in bulk. https://www.mouser.co.uk/ProductDetail/Alliance-Memory/AS6C62256-55PCN?qs=LD2UibpCYJqgbIupMJnGTQ%3D%3D I am going to ha...

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  Just found this old photo from 2016. So, if you ever wondered how the early #RC2014 kits were assembled... well, now you know!

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  Super busy day here at #RC2014 Towers. Mostly playing Grid Trap (https://loudscotsbloke.itch.io/grid-trap-altair-680-8800) and Altairis (https://loudscotsbloke.itch.io/altairis-for-the-altair-680) by @loudscotsbloke

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  Had some fun yesterday driving this crazy little #RC2014 Mini II around the garden.

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  It's always nice to wake up and find somebody has made a video about one of my #RC2014 boards. This is the RomWriter I made for upgrading #RomWBW a little while ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI26CeVOH-g

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  I wonder how many more hours #Tindie will be down for.

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  RE: https://oldbytes.space/@electron_greg/116409619073557779 Who's going to be the first to publish #RC2014 timings?

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  Best. Birthday. Cake. Ever. Thanks @shieladixon 🎂🥳

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  Honestly, Royal Mail seem to just be trying harder and harder to make things more difficult for business customers. I wish I had viable alternatives.

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  Enjoying a Boxing Day Chip Tune Party with @shieladixon today thanks to @edbrindley awesome OPL3 sound card for the #RC2014

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  I was today days old when I made the connection between HPIB and the IEEE-488 port on the Commodore PET.

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  Workshop proposal for #EMFCamp submitted. The "Build a Z80 Computer" workshops have always been a lot of fun to run, and have always sold out. Looking forward to doing it all over again this year. #RC2014 #Z80

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  Love the style of the #RC2014 Mini II Picasso? Why not pick one up today with 50% discount. Just use the discount code APRILFOOL at checkout. Valid today only! https://z80kits.com/shop/rc2014-mini-ii-picasso/

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  Who dis? Neau keycaps? I hope the #Spectrum theme isn't too late for #PrideMonth 🌈 🏳️‍🌈

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  I am very tempted to cancel my Royal Mail account and use the savings from that to buy a boat. Then I can travel around the world delivering all the RC2014 orders personally. Delivery times might go up, but at least I won't have to deal with the bullshit from Royal Mail any longer.