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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22h

The backstory: Ukrainian drones struck a Yandex supercomputer facility in Vladimir, taking it out. Suddenly, bot activity in US social media fell by 49%, confirming suspicions that this was the site of a massive Russian influence operation targeting US social media—mostly targeting MAGA.

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Stephen Usher @srusher.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

During Cyber Legends 5 yesterday the Enterprise power supply played up. (Thanks to the loan of another 12V supply the machine otherwise worked well.) Testing this morning with a load shows that the output cap is dying. Spudged it open this morning, but unfortunately potted, but in soft putty. Hope?

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Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This contains a link to Paul's investigation, which suggests a software implementation so flawed and insecure as to be worse than nothing. bsky.app/profile/ugly...

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Stephen Usher @srusher.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

After basically rewriting the lynx2wav conversion program I’ve at finally got a working version of Jet Set Willy to load on the Lynx 96 K recreation. The machine still has an issue reading the keyboard and in the game there’s minor corruption. Both probably symptoms of a timing issue.

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Stephen Usher @srusher.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

There were sort of children’s programmes wrapper programme on a Saturday morning before Swap Shop but it was little more than a hidden presenter and a rubbish set. I remember one being called “Outer Space” which had a set seemingly made of silver tinsel.

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Stephen Usher @srusher.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Are they distributing this water via chemtrails?

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Stephen Usher @srusher.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

First console: Sportel XY-4, Sometime in 1978, Greens in Debenhams were flogging it of cheap. First computer: Sinclair ZX81, Christmas 1981.

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Stephen Usher @srusher.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Once the RIFA has blossomed 9/10 times the machine will work normally.

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Stephen Usher @srusher.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

You forgot, “parts which the most urgent are now on back order with a delivery date in two years time and because part of the order is about to ship you can’t cancel”

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Stephen Usher @srusher.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“An exception has occurred in the pre-wash cycle. System halted. JAVA stack trace: ….”

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Gateklons @gateklons.eurosky.social · 19/09/2026

Funny how that same logic is not applied kids on social media bans, age verification and surveillance laws

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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026

Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!

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Daragh Ó Briain @daraghobrien.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Remember - they are calling it the EU KIDS Act so that if you raise objections to it (such as the inevitable need for everyone online to register with a govt ID so the platforms can identify the kids) you are then against the Kids.

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Stephen Usher @srusher.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Only five of those have passed through my hands. I stupidly gave away the 380Z in 2007. The Kaypro IV machines were passed on more recently.

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Stephen Usher @srusher.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Why does it only feature company head style characters then?

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Stephen Usher @srusher.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I'm afraid that the video is couched incorrectly, targeting the wrong audience, i.e. the rich. The people who need to be convinced are the poor who have been indoctrinated by the rich who wish to control them by pointing at "The Other" and telling them that they're the enemy taking their resources

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Stephen Usher @srusher.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Three little words location?

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Stephen Usher @srusher.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I must admit that having bacteria which can travel hundreds of light years to colonise star systems, as it seems the current tech suggests, is a bit of a push. Also, have oyu noticed that it seems to be the smallest potato worlds which seem to have the highest biological activity in game?

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Stephen Usher @srusher.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

May I counter that with the theme from "White Horses" by Jackie? ;-) Or maybe the theme from "Follyfoot", "The Lightening Tree"?

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Stephen Usher @srusher.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Maybe, just to be safe, all Arabic numerals should be banned, along with all mathematical symbols, just in case.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Net migration is at its lowest level, outside of the pandemic, for fourteen years, small boat numbers are collapsing and yet you still can't move for 'migrant crisis' stories in the British media

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 03/09/2026

Headline: Space, the Next Frontier Sub: We are on the verge of filling orbit with data centers Article: ... only the laws of physics and economics stand in our way.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I think the Telegraph misspelled “the highly respected leader of Camden Council” in the headline.

Somali refugee tipped to face Polanski in Starmer by-election

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Stephen Usher @srusher.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

So, he is spending a quarter of his day missing out on fun things so as to maybe add an extra eighth onto the end of his life, when he probably can't have fun any more? Sounds counter productive.

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Stephen Usher @srusher.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Creating game floppy images for the Enterprise 64/128 using an Atari ST, as you do. I have a lot of compilation floppy images on a USB drive and need to extract individual games I need for an event onto their own images. As the EXDOS system uses the standard 720K FAT12 format the ST works well.

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Stephen Usher @srusher.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I'm guessing that the company making that keyboard was probably Manchester based.

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Santo Nucifora @vintagecomputer.ca · 20/08/2026

BEWARE Vintage Computer buyers from outside US. Your stuff will be e-wasted! I bought an Epson PF-10 floppy drive from the US (I am in Canada) and as it travelled thru eBay Intl Shipping, it was "Liquidated" and I got a refund. Apparently a new US policy is the reason. kotaku.com/trumps-new-e...

This is tracking information informing me that my Epson PF-10 floppy drive "Did not pass Inspection" at the Ebay International Shipping hub and has been liquidated. Please see the news article link and pass this on so that at least some of this vintage computing equipment will not be e-wasted.

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Stephen Usher @srusher.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

With the arrival of the joystick adapter PCBs the Enterprise hardware is all ready for ECM (Elite Community Meet) at the beginning of September. The next big task is to collate all the good games available, make a selection and put them onto a small number of images I can use with the Gotek.

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Stephen Usher @srusher.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Everyone.... over a 20 minute or so period. It's a good thing that it wasn't time critical.

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Stephen Usher @srusher.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Got a few photos of the eclipse using the iPhone camera pointed through the eyepiece technique. Solar scope plus a Meade LX90 with filter.

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Stephen Usher @srusher.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

How about an isometric 3D shooter akin to Zaxxon?

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Stephen Usher @srusher.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

<tongue in cheek mode> It’s simple. Just make all the line breaks so that the first letter of the lines read, “made by claude” down the page. No-one will ever notice it. 😊

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Stephen Usher @srusher.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I’ve finally finished the video of my Enterprise floppy interface build. So, if about of an hour of me, soldering, nattering and totally failing to get anywhere playing an old game is what you enjoy then this is the video for you… youtu.be/bIbCo3qY-Bk?...

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Let's build an Enterprise 64/128 floppy interface

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Andy Toone @lockfarm.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

A: "It's easier to store everything in the cloud" B: "Why not store it on a local drive?" A: "They're way too expensive" B: "Why is that?" A: "Because the datacentres bought up all the drives"

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Stephen Usher @srusher.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Yes, they're all 2.54mm and gold plated.

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Stephen Usher @srusher.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

It must be! This is RF on my telly. A bit soft but perfectly acceptable.

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Stephen Usher @srusher.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

That telly must have an awful tuner, or you have a rubbish cable. The Enterprise's RF output is amongst the best I've seen.

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Stephen Usher @srusher.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

RWAP Services sell replacement membranes via SellMyRetro.

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Stephen Usher @srusher.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The other main issue with the machine is the included BASIC, on plug-in ROM originally. IS-BASIC is extremely powerful. Apparently it's ANSI BASIC. However, it's very slow. Adrian Black's BASIC fractal benchmark gives a score a quarter of that of a BBC Micro when machine is faster than a Spectrum.

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Stephen Usher @srusher.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

With respect to the keyboard, the biggest problem is that the key caps don't slide smoothly down their guides and can jam if not pressed directly from above, probably because of the relatively soft plastic that they're made from.

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Alec Muffett @alecmuffett.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The problem in a nutshell:

The UK Government strove for years to foster “tech” capability in British childen, and — although the “safety” community will push this as a “platform” responsibility — either we’re going to have to leave the kids ignorant of tech, or-else they will be coding-up their own VPNs & other circumventions whilst we continue to blame “the tech” rather than “the society” for the risks that they face.

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Banning childrens’ access to AI is just another form of “the ability to code is dangerous and must be suppressed amongst the youth” which leaves kids ignorant and unemployable

Calling this a “platform problem” (blame billionaires, etc) ignores that kids will just use foreign platforms instead, not to mention “build their own“

AIs can’t be magically prevented from working on “circumvention” because “circumvention” is the same as “accessing my home computer when I’m on holiday“

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Stephen Usher @srusher.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I seem to remember reading somewhere that the graphics chip designers went on to work upon the Tom and Jerry chips in the Atari Jaguar, but this is probably incorrect.

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Stephen Usher @srusher.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Other than the keyboard, which feels to be made from polythene, I’m quite impressed with the Enterprise. The graphics sub-system seems extremely programmable and, from the number of fast and seemingly easy Spectrum and CPC game ports looks to be able to handle both types of screen mode.

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Stephen Usher @srusher.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

It's a Gotek floppy emulator (replaces a floppy, connecting to the original cable) housed in a 3D printed "hat" unit which is sitting on top of a cased floppy disk interface for the Enterprise 64 or 128 computer. The Enterprise 64/128 was a mid-80s British home computer which failed to sell in UK.

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Stephen Usher @srusher.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The original... but that's only in the 128. RAM boards these days are a tad smaller.

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Stephen Usher @srusher.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The final version of the "EXDOS Floppy Controller, Compact version" case and "floppy hat" printed, painted and put together. All the design files have been uploaded and published on Thingiverse for everyone to use.

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Stephen Usher @srusher.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I just lifted pin 1 of a 27C512 and bodge wired it to pin 17 on U6, which is right next door.

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Stephen Usher @srusher.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The case for the Enterprise EXDOS floppy interface card and “Floppy Hat” module which sits on top is complete. I’ll package up the designs snd publish them next week.

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