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    ChipWits. Soon with added support for any Macintosh (and maybe colour too)

    ChipWits is a fascinating game, and possibly the game most missed from any Mac newer than one built in 1985. Wouldn't it be nice if you could run it on your Mac SE, LC475 or PowerMac? I think so too. So, a while back, I started faffing around with porting it to C (it sprang into life when I...
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    Also, it frees people up to get education or work on passion projects. It ameliorates the coming...

    Also, it frees people up to get education or work on passion projects. It ameliorates the coming storm of unemployment engendered by AI. I think fears that people will just become lazy are unfounded - but even if they aren’t, why should I care?
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    An excellent point, Snial. But when I see the deprivations that some people have to put up with...

    An excellent point, Snial. But when I see the deprivations that some people have to put up with it makes me feel profoundly distressed - and it's apparent that for society to advance then it's necessary for people like me to have a little less. But no. I'm not prepared to give up my bicycles...
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    As someone who is all those things, I can see that I live a privileged and comfortable, free...

    As someone who is all those things, I can see that I live a privileged and comfortable, free from the hatred directed at anyone who doesn't share my archetype. To say otherwise would be like a professional boxer trying to justify walloping a small child "because they hit me first". Society is...
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    An actual FX-180P? I seem to remember so. It looks right. I'd have gotten it for school in...

    An actual FX-180P? I seem to remember so. It looks right. I'd have gotten it for school in about 1986. I used if for about ten years and replaced it with an FX-115S (which I still have). The 115S only stopped being used when the Mac calculator became capable enough to do what I needed.
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    I used to have one of those. I replaced with… dunno the number. Still have it somewhere. It...

    I used to have one of those. I replaced with… dunno the number. Still have it somewhere. It stopped being used when the calculator on my Mac became more capable.
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    I look forward to the day when all the food banks are closed because the government is doing its...

    I look forward to the day when all the food banks are closed because the government is doing its job of looking after those in need and are taxing those who can afford it appropriately.
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    Absolutely right Cheesy. I used to donate to food banks (actually, I still do), but now I put a...

    Absolutely right Cheesy. I used to donate to food banks (actually, I still do), but now I put a hundred a month in the Trussell trust - on the basis that a) they need to pay for the administration and b) anything left over they can spend on the items they know they need.
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    I'm not going to get rid of all my old machines - but it probably is time for a bit of a clear...

    I'm not going to get rid of all my old machines - but it probably is time for a bit of a clear out. Maybe that will also lighten my mental load. So this weekend, time permitting, I will sort my computers and bits 'n' bobs into a 'keep' pile and a 'discard' pile. Discard will be sold for...
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    I'm feeling a profound sense of unease about the world. Reading about the bile and horribleness...

    I'm feeling a profound sense of unease about the world. Reading about the bile and horribleness being unloaded on anyone who isn't a) caucasian, b) male, c) straight cis d) reasonably wealthy is enough to make me want to run screaming back to bed. So I did what (I think*) I always do - I bought...
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    Oh No! More Macs

    I saw a little mod you can do for a compact Mac to replace the CRT with a VGA out - so a VGA LCD and a Pico PSU, perhaps? My car isn't electric - so the Mac would only run until the fuel tank ran try. Probably about 72hours of idling (guessing) although I suspect that the car might try to turn...
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    Oh No! More Macs

    I didn’t realise that the SE drew so little. The three pin socket in the back of my estate car can deliver up to 120W - so now I want to power, and use, a compact Mac in my car!
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    Cheap as chips Atari STE

    I bought my first Mac in 1992 at University in order to learn 68000 assembly language. Some of you may know this. I chose the Mac over the ST or the Amiga because I wanted a hard drive, and because I saw a second hand Mac SE for the same price as a new Amiga or ST. The Mac seemed to be the...
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    G5 Death? Another one bites the dust?

    Hmm. I shall look into getting another - if I can find out for a reasonable price. I shall offer the old one for repair at the cost of the postage.
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    G5 Death? Another one bites the dust?

    Okay. I found myself with a few spare moments this afternoon, so I popped the top of my G5 and did a little digging - and it may not be dead after all. In a tidy up, I found another AGP graphics card - popped that in instead, and bong! It booted. Put the old one back in? Dead. The card that...
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