शून्यताThe #weapon is capable of talking to the laptop via a single cable and the single cable is as viewers of a certain age will know it's a an #RS232 interface. (mur) #SA80 #EIW97
This was the original software, it was written for Microsoft DOS. The size of the program was 6 ½ kilobytes. Kilobytes! (mur)
Nearly two hours of watching this and I've suddenly realised that Murray is a real-life Q. The whole deal. His excitement about the neodymium magnets and the 1.6W cells and the Windows 12 compatibility almost reached Jonathan's child-on-Christman-Day levels. (t r c)
When it got to the bayonet bit I was honestly expecting him to pop the pommel off to reveal that it had a spare set of AAs in it. (t r c)
As a software engineer with a firearms interest, this miniseries has been the Holy Grail. Thanks Jonathan Ferguson, the keeper of firearms and artillery at the Royal Armories Museum in the UK, which houses a collection of thousands of iconic weapons from throughout history, and Murray! (hos) #JFTKoFaAatRAMitUK
The moment that old software said “Weapon is connected” was when it truly clicked for me that yes, this gadget is a live weapon. One of the coolest things I’ve seen in a while. I’m glad it’s found a new home in a museum now. (sha)
Any chance you can install Murray in the museum as i’d just love to sit and listen to his stories all day?! (ton)
As someone whose special interests are firearms and vintage computing, this video feels like some kind of weird, insane dream I had. Never did I think that Jonathan Ferguson, Keeper of Firearms and Artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum in the UK, would say the word “RS-232” (except if CoD were to invent some kind of cursed 90’s modem AR). (k o)