@TristaBytes Wish I could, but I’m on call and saving my energies for the Retro Weekend next month instead.

@ZxSpectROM I like the beermat idea but I’m going to say Black Watch in an unexploded form.

@SWRetroComp @retrokatg @HereBeDragons3 @YourSinclair @spectrum48k @Withnailmarwood @billysastard1 @Devilish_Design @ColonelFalcon @gamesyouloved Obviously double the ZX81, then you can wedge TWO doors open.

Obviously today’s random pic has to be my ZX80. This isn’t the original machine that started me off, it was hidden in the bottom of a box I bought containing a QL and a couple of 48K Spectrums. #RIPSirClive

@GreyHobbit 20 years ago I designed this to put on a tshirt. You can tell it’s old by the size of the jpeg.

@honestlygenz Hehe, it may not surprise you to learn that I’ve still got some from back then :)

@Mojave_Sean Given that people have done that forever, no. It's going to be interesting to see the effect his passing has on market prices though,

@Mojave_Sean Thanks, but I feel I must point out he wasn't my actual Uncle. That's just what he was known as over here. I still owe my career to him though.

@johnnyeponymous Nice. I always wanted to meet him but at the same time kind of hoped I wouldn't. Same with Spike Milligan who is my all time comedy hero. I guess I've achieved both those aims now :/

@daph2theb Half Man Half Biscuit wrote a song about it - 'The King of Hi-Vis'

@blogmywiki 😕 Ack. Though I suppose if it was years and years ago we've all been there and done similarly daft things.

@blogmywiki Yep, 2001-8.

The home computer market is about to explode! RIP Sir Clive, I wouldn't be doing this today without your 48k #Spectrum

RIP Uncle Clive. I owe my entire career to you.

@Devilish_Design 😞

Well that's just put a crimp on my evening 😕 #RIPUncleClive.

Today’s random pic is the first kit I ever put together, the Tandy/Radio Shack Crystal Radio. Not sure why I coloured the dial in. Need to find which box it’s in and have a listen.

@ViewdataUK Heh, you’re as bad as me for pricing stuff 😄 That’s fine, DM me your PayPal or summat and I’ll send funds over.

@ViewdataUK I'd never say no to some 2114s, how much?

@bulletford Surprisingly no, I don’t really know DOS people since we’re all a bit more esoteric than that. It’s one of those necessary evils I use when I have to. (Sirius has PASCAL and BASIC, wheeeee)

@ianparr Oh yes, it’s a monster :)

@HeyBirt It might be truly ultra rare in Magnolia, TX. Particularly if it’s the only one they’ve seen there, it’s UNIQUE. 🤣

@bulletford Not under DOS, no. It’s the wrong TLA for me :)

@forelioned @applemuzeumpl @AltShatner My random pic the other day was my dead flesh keyboard next to my MPF. Awful thing to use 😆

@48kRAM Thing with the Portfolio is it’s not Atari though, it’s a UK company called DIP with an Atari badge gaffa taped over the top.

@GigerPunk Aruba! Aruba! Underlay!

@HereBeDragons3 @Devilish_Design @stefanobaron @DosFox1 @loudscotsbloke @JonnBlanchard The TK2000 is a clone of the MPF only in Portuguese. Mine is still on the ‘repair’ pile because its keyboard membrane utterly rotted.

@bulletford I’ve got the official transmit program, just haven’t tried running it yet.

Today’s random pic is preparing my Exidy Sorcerer to send floppy images over RS232 to an XP PC. There must be a similar means of doing this on an ACT Sirius1 but under DOS rather than CP/M.

@cyberat2600 I'm very pleased with my Pinecil, for the cost it can't be beat. Couple it with a PinePower PSU for extra usefulness and USB ports, all for around $70 I think?

@W1ngsD Excellent, you should set up a sideline making kits for folk like me who don’t have the energy 😄

@therealjpster @AfRetro @computermuseum That’s ok then, I’ve already got one of those. Trouble is, it just takes up a load of room in storage because that box is huge.

@OneGeekArmy @Mac84tv Yep, real easy to work with and strip for the inevitable recapping. Which reminds me…

@forelioned Wish I still had a couple of Systems&Options catalogues but it would’ve been Eye Wateringly Expensive. Particularly if you added a 3D option.

@AnotherHowie …and DEC would’ve leapt at the chance of filllng a lab with MIPS boxes just to get them off stock.

@drizzt__dourden Authentic 1990s dust too!

Today’s random pic is the somewhat dusty internals of the mighty DECStation 5000/240 from around 1991. Powered by a MIPS R3000 CPU (left) with up to 480MB RAM, 3 TURBOchannel slots and no space for internal disks. They had to go in an SZ12 SCSI-1 expander.

@SWRetroComp @billysastard1 @HereBeDragons3 @ColonelFalcon @Devilish_Design @Retro_Computers @retrokatg Today for the 801st airing I shall hold them all up on high and say "HAIL THE UNDERDOGS." If nowt else the Aquarius' shape means it can be used to hold up furniture.

@mfitzp @ChinnyVision Chinusol?

@ianjeffray I should've realised as I was asking the question really, but brain fog got in the way.

@3rz_de Yes indeed, it was my A3020 that I'd had a battery panic over. Fortunately no damage as I'd stored it upside down.

@DosFox1 I just got rickrolled in the co-op a while back, grrrr.

@andytuk Oh hells, of course. That makes sense. I’d forgotten my 3020 had an etherLAN in it.

I feel this is a daft question but since I don’t know the answer (currently) and this pic is from 3.5 years ago can anyone ID this board? It’s running RiscOS3 and has an etherLAN card on it, but aside from that I’m stumped. I’d obviously just removed the battery…