@UnobtainiumShop Cheers! I'm still annoyed that I didn't have the slo-mo camera ready in time because that would've been an awesome moment to capture!

@PeterMu22490448 @DosFox1 All sharp PSUs from that era have multiple RIFAs and one fuse per rail as well as a mains fuse. Great fun to clean up after a messy explosion. For added yuks the RIFAs are always hidden.

@krypton7000 Same here actually. I saved some BA123 supplies from the skip several years ago so should really replace the smokebombs while I remember.

@krypton7000 Yep, and in the BA123 PSUs there's 4 of them...

@DosFox1 You'll just have to keep an eye out for the next one :)

@jcrowly Very much a 'tweets you can smell', that one. I tested it outside for that very reason but obviously cleaning it up in the workshop means it still smells faintly.

@DextersTechLab I did deliberately set one up to film once, and it went off as predicted but the slo-no in my phone wasn't slo enough to see the full fun.

@DosFox1 No pics? Bah! This was my previous best in my Sharp MZ80A.

All cleaned up now.

@DextersTechLab I was looking at the phone getting the camera ready for the inevitable so I didn’t really see it 😆 dammit.

We have a new winner in the category of ‘post apocalyptic RIFA’ courtesy of this Astec AC9251 that I was just SECONDS away from filming when it went off. Total annihilation, best one I’ve ever seen. Ironically it wasn’t the one I was expecting to go 💥.

@Bhaal_Spawn 11pm I’ll be in my pit nearly asleep. Yay kidney disease! Pity, I bloody love that map. Me + sniper rifle = UNSTOPPABLE 😆 (against bots. Real humes will probs wipe the floor with me)

@Gadgetoid 'kinell I did a double take there, your post was hidden behind a doc I'm working on so this is what I saw. I thought 'it me!'

@JohnKennedyEsq The story goes that Siralan saw the prototype Enterprise 64 with its coloured keys and thought 'I'm having that', hence the 464's colours. As Shaun says, if the EP64 had landed on time it'd have wiped the floor with the 464.

@Devilish_Design Yay! I had the PSU for mine just under the sofa for the entire 8.5 years I was in my previous house. Now I don't know where it is 😆 Didn't realise the machine was Kin-1 based though.

@CommodoreBlog particularly since it's 'ebay MINT'.

RasPi case question. I've made a Pi Zero W/TouchPHAT thing for more control of my house lights. Works well. However, the TouchPHAT LEDs are really bright so I'm looking for a case that will house the Pi and touchPHAT but also seal any extraneous light from escaping. Any ideas?

@scanlines80 I’ve tried giving it a Basil Fawlty style thrashing with a birch to no avail.

@MLE_Online Here in the uk it’s often said that estate agents have their own circle of hell along with solicitors so I’m guessing the US is worse?

@jcrowly Oh I don't mind cut'n'sleeve, I'd get a sticker printed up that says 'courtesy of Storm Bastardo' or whatever the recent one was that began with B :)

Went through this again recently, much fun. Happy Quakeday!

@Mr_Lurch @sanxion True, any way of milking their victims further... :)

@Devilish_Design @RetroBC_Pete @HereBeDragons3 @JonnBlanchard @morefunmakingit @MarkFixesStuff @jcrowly "what missing traces?"

@Mr_Lurch @sanxion How so, given that one of the first things you turn off in windows is 'personalised' ads?

@SWRetroComp @HereBeDragons3 @Devilish_Design @Retro_Computers @billysastard1 @retrokatg @ComputerHistory @LivingComputers Oh gods, I'll need to mute replies to this one before all the comedy apple haters wake up.

@amszmidt @MackJsy 😁

@MackJsy @amszmidt No, it's about slap bang in the middle :/

@Gadgetoid You are correct sir, have one internet point and my thanks :D

@amszmidt While I like that idea my immediate thought is that if I'm going to sleeve it anyway I might as well cut it and take out the damage.

@sanxion I always tell people that Edge is the same as Chrome, but with the doogle evil removed and MS evil put in its place.

@Gadgetoid Ok ta, that’s entirely possible so I’ll check when I get home. It’s not a showstopper anyhoo, I was just curious.

Hey @Gadgetoid is it possible to lose a single key on a TouchPhat? I've not used mine for weeks and the Enter key has deceased. The others are fine.

@hollowaymartin That's pretty much what I'm doing at present :)

@therealjpster @OldTechAdverts @HereBeDragons3 Haha, what that ad doesn't tell you is that the colour graphics adapter cost the same as the machine did plus the cost of the monitor. The basic MBC55x could run off a composite monitor usually. These days the colour adapters are pretty mythical and mine has a RAM fault.

@gatchers I've had it for 20 years, ISTR it was missing a component in one of the plastic housings and I didn't want to buy a load just to get a single one to replace it. Now I'm kind of hoping I have that part in stock :)

@futurewas8bit @Devilish_Design @ExtElec I can’t remember the last time I had ketchup, always Hammond Chop Sauce FTW. May have to get a small bottle. I think I was put off by my sis putting ketchup on everything she ate, to the point I’d ask “would you like some food with your sauce?” 😆

@AmigaforMortals Yep, I feared I’d have to do that. Cheers!

@loudscotsbloke @AndyScholes1 Dammit I’ve just been to the shops too.

@moonachris That’s the way I thought I’d have to go, ta for confirming! I’m now pondering if I COULD fill it with cement, the extra weight would stop the bloody thing blowing over again 😆

Engineering Twitter! My garden parasol pole was bent by an earlier storm which blew the whole table down Any idea how I can straighten it again? I’m guessing it’s aluminium.

@hulkintosh @torbar Good grief, well spotted! I didn't know they'd done that.

@Lord_Arse Is this like those Italian scamps but rehashing an idea from over a decade ago?

@krypton7000 @Devilish_Design Hopefully people will come and take stuff away.

@krypton7000 @mauvedeity @Devilish_Design There was a load of Sables going for free a few months ago, 6 I think? I hope they all got claimed. Incidentally, the Demi-Sable (2000) is why I still have a candle in my toolbox.

@mjtech01 @KevEdwardsRetro Yep, excellent looking machines. And the one in the museum is officially Bloody Heavy (tm).