What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Fumbler]

No solitaire here!  Just the file browser in Workbench.  Here's a closer look.

 

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Seriously need to get a Scandoubler...taking photos of a CRT is a pain!

 

The monitor is a Microvetec multisync one which I've seen branded Acorn, Amiga and Atari - they're all the same internally, just differing in the cable plugged into the signal processing board and the badge.

 

Plan is eventually to swap the electronics from this one across to the Amiga one I've got which has a better case and far lower hour tube, as this one has a lot of miles on it and is both dim and has poor focus.  The actual Amiga one unfortunately has a fault resulting in no red in the image... it's buried sufficiently deep in the signal processing board that it's defied all efforts to repair so far.  Hence my plan to do some board swapping at some point.

Workbench! That's put a grin on my face. If only I had actual programs for my Amiga and not just Workbench and duplicates.

[Zelandeth]

Workbench! That's put a grin on my face. If only I had actual programs for my Amiga and not just Workbench and duplicates.

Go have a dig around on Aminet and the web in general, there's a lot of abandonware available these days.

 

Annoyingly two programs I've not been able to find are FinalWriter and Wordworth 5. Both of which I originally paid for, but no longer have the keys for. FinalWriter I did find...but it's a German install which is less than entirely helpful!

[1970mgb]

I'm constantly telling Dez that he needs to stock up on them

 

To be fair, I needed to get some stuff on a Win2K computer not too long ago, and ended up connecting a USB ZIP drive to my MBP and using the internal ZIP drive on the PII computer I was using.

 

Still, they're a great "sneaker net" medium for Macs. A lot of beige PPC boxes along with G4 towers had internal ones, plus my external SCSI one should THEORETICALLY work all the way back to a Mac Plus and USB externals still work under macOS Mojave.

 

With that said, I just Appletalk a lot of stuff these days when I need to get it onto older computers, as it saves me having to dig out and load the ZIP extensions to make an external SCSI drive work. I don't think they became plug and play until maybe OS 7.6 or so-system software before that needed extensions. Appletalk is quick and dirty, and the wired version works with any back to like System 3 or something crazy early(I don't think you can do it on a 128K at all, which would preclude doing it in System .95). You can also amaze people when you do "wireless" Appletalk transfers between old PowerBooks via IrDA.

[Pillock]

 

 

Annoyingly two programs I've not been able to find are FinalWriter and Wordworth 5.

Literally at my feet as I type this... Final Copy 2 was the the version before Final Writer I think.

[Fumbler]

Must. Teleport. Instantaneously.

[Zelandeth]

Literally at my feet as I type this... Final Copy 2 was the the version before Final Writer I think.

 

Only on this car forum could someone have those on hand literally minutes after it was mentioned!

[LightBulbFun]

There's a techy thread?

 

You can have as many Zip discs as you want pretty much...

 

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These are just the handful I've dug out, securely formatted and subject to a full data write and re-wipe, and documented ready to be passed on.

 

They were used by my old work to transfer concessionary travel passenger numbers to the council, and once that was done and the data was input they just sat in a filing cabinet until they were going to bin them. I've got at least three times as many as that to hand, and another holdall full of them in the garage.

 

I was having another look at the Leaning tower of Zip disks when I happened to notice the tetris stack in the background

 

I shit ye not I have the exact same set...

 

 

heres a photo for proof (I have all the other peices too IIRC and yes I suck at tetris...) these actually light up well supposed to but like all things electrical on this forum its very touch and go... (theres a master block you plug into the wall that provides power)

[DodgeRover]

Go have a dig around on Aminet and the web in general, there's a lot of abandonware available these days.

 

Annoyingly two programs I've not been able to find are FinalWriter and Wordworth 5. Both of which I originally paid for, but no longer have the keys for. FinalWriter I did find...but it's a German install which is less than entirely helpful!

I think I have a copy of Word Perfect for my A500, no idea if the discs will still be readable now though.

[Fumbler]

[dozeydustman]

For the first time since I got together with Mrs Dustman, I've at last driven her car (Toyota) with some decent tyres on it.

 

It has transformed the way this little car drives and it now sticks to the road like it should. Falken tyres, not the cheapest but not the most expensive, with good wet, noise & economy ratings. I’ll give a full review after a month or so.

 

Also very impressed with the service from Tyres on the drive dot com.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

"What did he call me?....You address me by my proper title, ye little bollocks!!"

[Wack]

[Guest Hooli]

Arrrukin!

[Pillock]

That new John Lewis bohemian rhapsody advert put a smile on my face

Whoa whoa whoa.

Just seen this. I can forgive the kids "singing" but they've chopped bits out of the song to fit an advert break so you're singing along in your head and they skip forward five seconds, or cut out a pause.

 

Never shopping at JL again. Bastards.

[Exiled_Tat_Gatherer]

Heads up for the Scottish crew........ places not usually open - including a nuclear fallout shelter. Pre booking on some required......I cant make it over

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3Hm6N07LQQRFR2WPlLT075m/seven-secret-spaces-to-explore-in-scotland-this-september

[vulgalour]

Put new wipers on the Princess, a mere £10 for a pair, and there's few things more satisfying.  Side-peg arms are still really annoying, but since I can still get standard non-aero wipers that fit, there's no need to give myself the headache of trying to convert to hook fitting just yet.

[Noel Tidybeard]

Whoa whoa whoa.

Just seen this. I can forgive the kids "singing" but they've chopped bits out of the song to fit an advert break so you're singing along in your head and they skip forward five seconds, or cut out a pause.

 

Never shopping at JL again. Bastards.

 

[Fumbler]

Run for the hills!

[Richard]

Whoa whoa whoa.

Just seen this. I can forgive the kids "singing" but they've chopped bits out of the song to fit an advert break so you're singing along in your head and they skip forward five seconds, or cut out a pause.

 

Never shopping at JL again. Bastards.

I boycotted John Lewis years ago because of their adverts. Not that I ever went before.

[Tamworthbay]

Used silver carbon effect sticky back plastic on the bumper of the V70. Just chucking a few offcuts in the bin and realised the pattern looks a bit like gaffer tape. Proper AS repair there.

[dozeydustman]

The Mrs cooked me liver & bacon in onion gravy for my dinner with mushy peas. She hates liver and mushy peas.

Mrs dustman has also done gardening on her own volition. And given the house a from top to toe clean, dusting and vacuuming.

 

Mrs Dustman has bought me a bottle of port and presented me a glass with some cheese & biscuits.

 

Either my luck's in tonight, or she's after something.

[cobblers]

Have you noticed the milkman has a spring his step lately?

[Tamworthbay]

My mates wife reckons their milkman has shagged every woman bar one in their street. He thinks it’s the miserable cow at 34.

[fordperv]

How do you not realise you have lost a brake pad, I was taking out the waste bags at work and noticed this brake pad backing that was virtually ground through on the floor of the small private carpark, I had to get my phone to take a picture

 

 

It's quite scary really that these people are driving the streets but it did make me laugh

[Tadhg Tiogar]

....It's quite scary really that these people are driving the streets but it did make me laugh

Errm.....is it definitely not yours?

[fordperv]

No definately not mine mate, only went to my car to get my phone

[Fumbler]

Mum called cat a "nervous pussy".

I did not even attempt to correct her, just moved away quickly.

[Noel Tidybeard]

The Mrs cooked me liver & bacon in onion gravy for my dinner with mushy peas. She hates liver and mushy peas.

 

Mrs dustman has also done gardening on her own volition. And given the house a from top to toe clean, dusting and vacuuming.

 

Mrs Dustman has bought me a bottle of port and presented me a glass with some cheese & biscuits.

 

Either my luck's in tonight, or she's after something.

 

check the car VERY carefully!

[dozeydustman]

check the car VERY carefully!

 

 

Mine or hers? She doesn't drive mine. She doesn't trust it. 

 

With the support I've given the stepdaughter recently (she's had some major issues I won't divulge here) I think it's a reward. I've never seen a milk float down my road, and the postman is a miserable old bugger.

 

I foresee a trip to some faraway town to collect some pile of old shit she's bought on eBay and not told me about.

 

TBH I'd have been just as happy if I'd cooked my own liver & bacon. Awesome dinner.

[hairnet]

Arrrukin!

adoo ken