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    Snial replied to the thread Happy 50th Anniversary Apple.
    Very impressive, and NASA plans to celebrate the occasion by sending 4 people on a Moon flyby :-) ! In just 40 mins... assuming they...
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    Snial replied to the thread A 512k with a surprise inside.
    On average I find that 1 line of code ≈ 10 bytes. So, 32kB ≈ 3200 lines, and at 50 lines per day(?) that's about 2 months solid coding...
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    Snial replied to the thread A 512k with a surprise inside.
    Believable. When we were first put in front of the Mac 512s at UEA in 1986, they seemed very capable too. In fact, I've just remembered...
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    Snial reacted to ClassicGuyPhilly's status with Like Like.
    Big news for the VintageComputerRental.com Affiliate Network! Check this thread 😁
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    Snial replied to the thread DumbDD.
    @joevt , @Phipli : thanks for the replies. I've updated DumbDD so that I can specify the first sector (attached). All the sectors are...
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    Snial replied to the thread DumbDD.
    OK, I'll add a Dd:Blocks... field to support starting blocks, then I can get it to read or write into the middle (or near the end) of...
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    Snial replied to the thread A 512k with a surprise inside.
    It makes sense for it to have 2MB, given that the Mac 128/512 logic board can't cope with different types of RAM chips. So, initially I...
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    Snial replied to the thread DumbDD.
    I was able to 'recover' the Saved HD by restarting Safari, and do some more tests that involved copying about 6MB to it. Strangely...
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    Snial commented on croissantking's profile post.
    Very different internal layout to my B&W G3! The heatsink also seems like it'd be mighty close to the HD when the case is closed! Still...
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    Snial reacted to croissantking's status with Like Like.
    New visitor. A parts dual 867. The case design is actually quite logical and well engineered but it’s crazy just how much they’ve...
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    Snial replied to the thread Performa 6360.
    Interesting. At first I was confusing it with the 5260, whose display is limited to 640x480 and was the reason I bought a PM4400...
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    Snial replied to the thread Doom on SoftPC on an SE/30?.
    @superjer2000 . The thing to note about a Sinclair ZX Spectrum is, of course, that it's really a 1bpp bitmap system with a 32x24...
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    Snial replied to the thread Choosing a CPU upgrade for my Beige G3 266.
    'tis always the way. The principle of locality usually holds true, which means that most computation takes place locally. So a faster...
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    Snial reacted to VMSZealot's comment on VMSZealot's profile post with Like Like.
    Er… how much, Snial? What software would you recommend for it?
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    Snial commented on VMSZealot's profile post.
    Oh my goodness, they're really expensive on eBay!
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