Oh, should probably mention in this thread that we'll be back in Halifax on Sat 22nd November for the first meeting of the "BBC Micro & Acorn User Group - Northern Division(!)".
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Re: Acorn Mini-Hackfest 2014 / Halifax / 15-16 Aug
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Re: Acorn Mini-Hackfest 2014 / Halifax / 15-16 Aug
Hi all
This is going to be something of an anti climax regarding the items themselves, but they were:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/390902163803? ... EBIDX%3AIT
and
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321487440893? ... EBIDX%3AIT
as suggested by hoglet
I'm well happy with the heathkit and after a few hours with cotton buds and cleaning alcohol it's in absolutely mint condition as was the manual and diagrams
It's taken a while for me to reply as I was holding out for some videos of the items and some emulators I've done based on them but I still haven't got round to making the video
This is going to be something of an anti climax regarding the items themselves, but they were:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/390902163803? ... EBIDX%3AIT
and
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321487440893? ... EBIDX%3AIT
as suggested by hoglet
I'm well happy with the heathkit and after a few hours with cotton buds and cleaning alcohol it's in absolutely mint condition as was the manual and diagrams
It's taken a while for me to reply as I was holding out for some videos of the items and some emulators I've done based on them but I still haven't got round to making the video
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Re: Acorn Mini-Hackfest 2014 / Halifax / 15-16 Aug
The Sinclair Scientific was my first calculator. Bought it as a kit in the early 70s. It taught me RPN and that the battery terminal attachment was super-fragile.
My next calculator was a Texas SR-56, which I still have and which still works and my latest acquisition is the HP-41CX, a sort of very grown-up version of the Sinclair Scientific and back to RPN again.
My next calculator was a Texas SR-56, which I still have and which still works and my latest acquisition is the HP-41CX, a sort of very grown-up version of the Sinclair Scientific and back to RPN again.
OT: Sinclair Scientific
Did you catch Ken Shirriff's reverse engineering of that little marvel? http://righto.com/sinclairflaxcottage wrote:The Sinclair Scientific was my first calculator. Bought it as a kit in the early 70s. It taught me RPN and that the battery terminal attachment was super-fragile.
(I had a little to do with the adventure, running some experiments and donating the vital chip to the cause, but Ken's writeup is astonishing.)