EvilC57 Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 7 hours ago, Martin Harris - Moderator said: I did omit several of the above Steve. There’s also a couple of Spectrums (Spectra?) an Atari ST and various PCs and geriatric laptops. No record player or reel to reel though. Hoarder? Me? Ah yes, I forgot about the vintage TEAC reel to reel tape recorder in my office, which I bought 2nd hand on eBay a few years ago to digitise some old recordings my father made of my siblings and I when we were children back in the 1960s and 70s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Robson Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 7 hours ago, Martin Harris - Moderator said: Should I crow about getting all the answers right? Not in cuckoo land. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Makes a change from people having a grouse about the hobby. Your tern now but remember to play nicely or I might need to get a little ruff... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 1 hour ago, EvilC57 said: Ah yes, I forgot about the vintage TEAC reel to reel tape recorder in my office, which I bought 2nd hand on eBay a few years ago to digitise some old recordings my father made of my siblings and I when we were children back in the 1960s and 70s. My Dad did the same but I don't know if Mum kept the tapes and/or his Akai. I digitised a VHS copy of his old standard 8 films from our childhood a few years ago - quality is somewhat debatable (as is the content!) Still got a slide rule? Mine's in the spare room and of course there are no batteries to run out - talking of which, I wonder if my Sinclair Scientific programmable calculator (built from a kit) is tucked away in one of the boxes in the loft? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilC57 Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 I never learned to use a slide rule properly. However my Dad who worked on Concorde as a structures designer did, and once said that when electronic calculators first came in he and his colleagues didn’t trust them and used to check their answers with a slide rule. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Ferguson 2 Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 We had to buy a slide-rule when I started my apprenticeship. Students were laughed at if they had one at school. Schools were backward in those days. My slide-rules are somewhere around here including a circular one. As for tape recorders, cassette recorders, vinyl players etc., how many do you want? My workshop transistor radio, Philips 600, (not the 600 car radio) is quite new, could be less than 50 years old as is the other on the bench, Sharp BZ-23 , 1965-72. The radio going in the corner, Lenoxx PR-38 here is even newer, possibly only 40 years old. There is a relatively new Milwaukee in the rubbish tin because they can't make reliable items and can't supply circuit diagrams and it can't be serviced. The other old radios don't need servicing as they always work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul De Tourtoulon Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 I still have my round 'CRP' Airtour flying computer slide rule, with instructions case and china graph pencil, when I was doing my PPL at Usworth ( Sunderland) in the 70's,,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 I live in a small cottage so most old stuff has gone. I did have one of the very early calculators which used reverse POlish logic as the operating system. VERY basic and cost £11 when a good weeks wage was about £40 for a fitter. I do still have my old fitters tool box which includes a few Broad Arrow brand tools in it. On the other hand I have my two desktop computers, the one with ME I still use and my Vista Laptop which I prefer to Windows 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 That was a cheap calculator compared with the original Sinclair Executive which went on sale in 1972 at £79.95 - 3 weeks wages? A friend doing an electronics degree bought one and it was a thing of awe. Slide rules were still very much mainstream then. Computers were the preserve of large companies and universities - I recall my college getting a remote terminal set up to the local polytechnic where we had a demonstration of how it could print out a picture of a scantily clad lady in typed letters on fanfold paper. Things have truly changed… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Robson Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 13 hours ago, Martin Harris - Moderator said: Makes a change from people having a grouse about the hobby. Your tern now but remember to play nicely or I might need to get a little ruff... My favourite is the Famous Grouse which I swallow quite swift, but I am not robin the bank to pay for so don't owl about the terrible puns as I gannet think of any more at the moment here in the house Martin. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 (edited) Are you going to publish that on twitter? We've had a right hoot the last few days Edited December 9, 2021 by cymaz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 " I don't care if you ARE a Dalek, you've got to do a lateral flow test before entering the UK" "INOCULATE..... INOCULATE" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Robson Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 No time for twitter I have a model I need to sand piper before covering 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 " And welcome Mr Smith to BBC's new panel game. Springwatch Countdown. First round is anagrams. Please choose your letters" " Er..vowl, vowl, cormorant, cormorant,vowl,vowl" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Fry Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 2 hours ago, Eric Robson said: No time for twitter I have a model I need to sand piper before covering Is it that ruff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Davis Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 I bought a brand new valve amplifier in 2018. https://iconaudio.com/ I can buy perfect classical music LPs for 33 centimes. Cheapskate moi? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Robson Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Don Fry said: Is it that ruff Just where I dovetailed a joint. If this continues I will be a raven lunatic but I am not ready to chicken out yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin b Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Eric Robson said: Just where I dovetailed a joint. If this continues I will be a raven lunatic but I am not ready to chicken out yet I suppose you think all these bird puns are a bit of a lark. Isn't it time for the bad Xmas jokes ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Manuel Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 17 minutes ago, kevin b said: Isn't it time for the bad Xmas jokes ? No! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin b Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Oh yes it is. What do you think boys and girls ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Fry Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 It’s behind you. I’m waiting (praying) to go cold turkey from Crimbo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 You are all crackers....or at least have been reading them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Fry Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Bad spellchecker Peter, for cracker, read qwacker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Working on the T240 all evening. Her Ladyship is at our daughter’s so I’m enjoying the peace and quiet, very pheasant evening, got lots done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin b Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Many of these puns could be considered offside. Any minute now somebody is going to shout "fowl". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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