@fuzzweed.co.uk don’t recall that book, but the schools round my way all had the same couple of books. (Known as the “red” one and the “blue” one). Of course our faves were the songs we could change the words to; “Make me a jam and butter [channel of your] piece [peace]” — we thought we were so clever/subversive 😆

@fuzzweed.co.uk I’m not familiar with the third one, but the first two were #certified #bangers back at Lochgelly West Primary School, I can tell you that much!

@quentinpsausages.bsky.social These are great! Readable and distinct; lots of character to them.

I’m no artist myself but I quite enjoy working on 1-bit graphics when I take the time (and it takes me so much time!) Can be a nice break from coding too.

@fuzzweed.co.uk Hahah! I flew last week and had some sympathy for the security agent whose job it was, for 10 hours a day for the past 8 months, to tell every single person (trained for the past 20 years to take laptops out of bags) that no you no longer need to take your laptop out of your bag. Because AI.

@breakintoprogram.co.uk Which flavour, though? "200", or "0"?

@fuzzweed.co.uk I went from using string, to Velcro™ strips, to resealable bags. But as soon as I'd labelled the bag, I'd then use the thing and meanwhile put something else in the bag…😫

Expired ‘rona tests were a good source of (tall/narrow) bags though; pretty ideal for wee fiddly USB and audio cables.

@fuzzweed.co.uk Ooh get you, bagged AND labelled.

@fuzzweed.co.uk 🫡 (Vic-20 palette? It’s surprisingly good!)

@leesmithsworkshop.bsky.social I have tested my new keyboard pcb with The Spectrum and it does work, so I can change the final version to have the smaller connector in the correct spot to fit. I will release this to the public when the Mechtrum DLX is finished.

@rosetintedspectrum.bsky.social I say we just need to bring back that calibre of Web Design! I mean it’s ugly yeah but it’s interesting.

@breakintoprogram.co.uk Thanks for sharing a wee peek into it, a fascinating time capsule. I can't imagine my work Slack being dumped/archived and available in 30 years… (Though perhaps that's for the best, I'm not sure!) Makes me glad we have public forums for technical discussion and it's not ALL in proprietary siloes.

@samcoupe.com Ooh! 😗

@samcoupe.com Mode 2 is a bit like so-called Timex Hi-Colour mode on the TS Speccies, but mapped linearly. And oh no this is a branching rabbithole…

@samcoupe.com I’ve been porting my Spectrum code to SAM. Screen mode 1 is the same as Spectrum so (in addition to the above about RAM/ROM/ports) it’s also the same rendering code too. But then helpful folk like Quazar say “try adapting it to mode 2, it will run faster” and I’m off down another rabbithole…!

@breakintoprogram.co.uk I've used a couple of the modern ones (via ZXRenew/Retroleum) and they're pretty great. A classic one in my Spectrum, and a Plus style one (with the extra keys) to repair a friends machine. Both styles work well. (I gather there was an early batch that were too tough, so they get a bad rep).

@breakintoprogram.co.uk I'm still at it (and talking of solutions) I discovered conductive carbon paint recently. Handy stuff!

@breakintoprogram.co.uk An elegant solution, for a more civilised age!

@breakintoprogram.co.uk I never did the case upgrade but I did repair the cracked keyboard membrane tails by bridging them with staples! Haha, it was my gateway into a bit of electronics.

@annamgrey.bsky.social Versatile wee beasties!

@jamhamster.bsky.social That's wonderful news! 😁

@fuzzweed.co.uk Oh MATE. You’re missing a treat.

Last time we all got a day off for some royal wedding or other I had an absolute hoot playing right through Portal 2. And that was on a Mac laptop. With a trackpad! But it was still great.

If you’re on PC I think they often just give the games away on Steam.

@jimtrinca.bsky.social Something something seventh chevron point of origin?

@quantumsheep.bsky.social Happy birthday QS!

@brainmage.bsky.social Monday evening. The corpse of the meme, ruthlessly savaged by Brands, is surrounded by clouds of flies. Remnants of the body will return to the food chain, posted to the Facebook pages of Aunts & Racist Uncles. Tomorrow, a new meme will arise, & the circle of #life will continue

@wretchedmorgan.bsky.social Any Qs feel free to shout. One thing you might need is a system ROM. For copyright reasons copies can’t really be sold, so you need an original (Ben sometimes has a few for sale). Or know a guy with an EPROM programmer. Hint hint wink wink.