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by Sparrowhawk
Wed Jun 25, 2025 9:56 am
Forum: Software & Programming
Topic: QL Planeframe
Replies: 13
Views: 481

Re: QL Planeframe

Here are the pics:
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by Sparrowhawk
Tue Jun 24, 2025 4:04 pm
Forum: Software & Programming
Topic: QL Planeframe
Replies: 13
Views: 481

Re: QL Planeframe

I knew that! (I didn't, really) :D
by Sparrowhawk
Tue Jun 24, 2025 1:09 pm
Forum: Software & Programming
Topic: QL Planeframe
Replies: 13
Views: 481

Re: QL Planeframe

Interesting - have you managed to get it running? If so, any chance of a screenshot or two? Bristol has had a large aerospace industry since the 1960s (maybe earlier?) so I wonder whether it was used in that context.
by Sparrowhawk
Tue Jun 03, 2025 12:01 pm
Forum: The Off-Topic Section
Topic: ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter 2 just launched
Replies: 55
Views: 33426

Re: ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter 2 just launched

KS3 is coming in June, for anyone who missed out on KS2:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sp ... ts/4400514

Also there are details about a new fully licensed C64 core and a mention that an update to the QL core is imminent.
by Sparrowhawk
Tue Jun 03, 2025 11:53 am
Forum: The Off-Topic Section
Topic: Retrofest UK 2025. May 31st / June 1st
Replies: 11
Views: 1180

Re: Retrofest UK 2025. May 31st / June 1st

It was a fun event - I went with my youngest daughter who has just finished her Computer Science degree at Southampton Uni. I wanted to see her reaction to the old tech. Amusingly, she was most taken by Adventure on a VAX (I think it was a VAX?). She also played PacMan for the first time in her life ...
by Sparrowhawk
Tue Jun 03, 2025 11:40 am
Forum: For Sale
Topic: FREE Gateway PC in *terrible* condition. [CLAIMED]
Replies: 4
Views: 745

Re: FREE Gateway PC in *terrible* condition.

Yeah, I did wonder if anyone would want it for that. Also PCs of that era are very popular with the retro gaming crowd and fetch silly prices on eBay (when in good condition). I thought maybe somebody would want it who could do the required clean up/repairs and get Win9x on it for gaming - which ...
by Sparrowhawk
Mon Jun 02, 2025 4:16 pm
Forum: For Sale
Topic: FREE Gateway PC in *terrible* condition. [CLAIMED]
Replies: 4
Views: 745

Re: FREE Gateway PC in *terrible* condition.

Remarkably, somebody wanted it (not from this forum, you lot have more sense :D). It's gone now.

In the meantime, I've managed to extract the data from one of the hard drives but the second is proving more tricksy.
by Sparrowhawk
Thu May 29, 2025 12:54 pm
Forum: For Sale
Topic: FREE Gateway PC in *terrible* condition. [CLAIMED]
Replies: 4
Views: 745

FREE Gateway PC in *terrible* condition. [CLAIMED]

A friend has asked me to try to salvage data from a very old PC (Gateway Athlon, manufactured in 2000). It’s been stored in a leaky garage for at least 15 years, so the condition, as you’d expect, is pretty dire, see pics. HDD not included. I’ve ordered an IDE to USB caddy to try to get data off it ...
by Sparrowhawk
Thu May 29, 2025 12:43 pm
Forum: The Off-Topic Section
Topic: Today I Received...
Replies: 766
Views: 430390

Re: Today I Received...

Nice! Where can these be ordered?
by Sparrowhawk
Wed May 07, 2025 9:24 pm
Forum: The Off-Topic Section
Topic: Retrofest UK 2025. May 31st / June 1st
Replies: 11
Views: 1180

Re: Retrofest UK 2025. May 31st / June 1st

Looking forward to seeing it at the show :)