John Honniball

@anachrocomputer
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Software Engineer and electronic tinkerer posting random musings about the Arduino, Dorkbot, plotters, oscilloscopes and Linux
Homepagehttps://anachrocomputer.github.io/
Linkshttps://linktr.ee/anachrocomputer
Wow, the shot of St Nick's Market was featured on Flickr Explore, and now has over 3600 views there
https://www.flickr.com/photos/anachrocomputer/55146130874/
St Nicholas Covered Market

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Clearing out a box of random cables, and I found a few HP-IL mice and various other stuff. BUT the cables are covered in an oily residue. No sign of a leaky battery or anything like that. Seems to be coming from the cable insulation itself. Has anyone else seen this kind of thing?

Okay, so who's going to tag in the precise nerd who's going to tell me what I ought to do with these awesome instructional materials I dragged out of an attic this afternoon? (Sorry for the shadow, sitting in a bar)

They appear to be from the late 1970s.

Please boost for reach !

#RetroComputing #CYBER18 #ContolData

Also on Thursday I shot some photos around High Street and Corn Street. But the light was fading and the camera didn't do a good job of the colour balance. So, here they are in black & white #BW #BlackandWhitePhotography #blackandwhite
Managed to grab a few shots of the demolition of the old bank buildings near Castle Park on Thursday
A couple of black & white shots from today's trip to the Aerospace Bristol museum #BW #BlackandWhitePhotography #blackandwhite
OTD 1996 (30 years!): The Nokia 9000 "Communicator" - clamshell smart phone.
Messing about with converting digital photos to black & white. This is one that I shot back at New Year of the Purdown telecoms tower #BW #BlackandWhitePhotography #blackandwhite
If you ask AI to rewrite the entirety of an open-source program, do you still need to abide by the original license? In philosophy, this problem is known as the Slop of Theseus
Dorkbot this Tuesday will be a HACK THE PLANET Sustainability Special! With talks about Repair Cafes from Zak Madin, and growing food with electricity from Gerrit Niezen @labcrafter. 6 pm PM Studio, no registration needed.