@Lord_Arse Aw no, sorry mate. Sleep well little kitty.

@kpdcowan @LlSTENlNG_PARTY @andrewsp2009 @GglpArchaeology @thejanbeta @nostalnerd @ScarredForLife2 @russty_russ @leelegionsmith @elonmusk @loudscotsbloke @ShiiineOn_ @weddingpresent @cmherndon79 @GeekScurvy @NoelsRetroLab @MOS_8502 @jimblimey Yay! Thanks mate 🍻🎉

@loudscotsbloke Woohoo!

@DosFox1 @Devilish_Design Beware it’s in Portuguese. Well, mine is.

@Devilish_Design Of course, it’s not an Apple clone but rather an MPF-II clone which is kind of appley…

@AfRetro Sure you’ll smash it mate, in a good way!

@thilographie_de @gedgehead Fortunately the screen from an amscrap gt65 fits beautifully AND you get a green screen PET. Lush.

@Retro_Computers Ew.

@RetroBC_Pete @MackJsy @RMCRetro With the Marina you certainly did. Or was that just ours. The only car my Dad ever got done for speeding in. FACT. I can still smell it from when I got in it for the first time. What a step up from our Fiat 124.

@RetroBC_Pete Mine had heater controls which went from ‘hot’ to ‘hot’, then just for yuks would go randomly cold. Splendid.

@HubNutVids I can't help but think the word 'styling' is doing some pretty heavy lifting here.

@ZxSpectROM @anachrocomputer @RMCRetro I've got a barmaid from St.Helens in the back of me Vauxhall Viva, she had massive <beep> and I want to <beeeeeeeeep>

@anachrocomputer @RMCRetro Yep, look at that one though - no rust! Where's the massive hole in the nearside wheel arch that soaks a passenger when I hit a puddle? Happy days.

@RMCRetro 1975 Vauxhall Viva 1.3, held together by Waxoyl and rust. You could open the driver's door lock with a screwdriver. Amazingly I sold it to buy a 1984 Ford Orion.

@therealjpster I think you already know the answer to that, they're not called audiophools for nothing.

@nostalnerd Yay! I hope you got the controller with it.

@Devilish_Design Don't you just hate it when that happens. Like buses.

@PeterGordon68K Aye, I’m not keen on mine either which is weird given the number of interviews I’ve done and that I used to record my own radio shows when I was a kid.

@PeterGordon68K That’s got to be the first time I’ve heard you speak for nearly 20 years 😆 I never knew Amiga Quake was a thing so that’s pretty outstanding! Then again it was written on a NeXT Cube so it was 68k code before it was x86.

@ChinnyVision ...and I have gatty, for shitty shotty...make stretch armstrong fall from tree...

@sanxion Screwfeck more like. I know it's a crap stick but there was no need to do THAT to it.

@Kev_Bayliss A Dukla Prague away kit.

@HereBeDragons3 That looks considerably more battered than the last one that came up, and equally as useless :)

@BigJohnLimit @SWRetroComp @ColonelFalcon @HereBeDragons3 @billysastard1 @Retro_Computers @retrokatg @Devilish_Design @Nintendork9 @spectrum48k @Withnailmarwood Yup, this.

The Positron 9000 laid bare at the Dragonfest yesterday, thanks to @HereBeDragons3 for organising! Much chat and jollity with @loudscotsbloke, @RetroBC_Pete, @Nbarnes70, @MarquisdeGeek, Rich “Dragon beta” Harding along with The Coco People from the US on live stream. More today!

@RetroSpector78 Ah, a DECivetti. I used to cuss most foul at the combo of WFW3.11 and Pathworks.

@BreakIntoProg It’s an anagram of ‘moronic’.

@RetroBC_Pete @computermuseum @HereBeDragons3 @loudscotsbloke @MarquisdeGeek Got? Bloody phone. GOOD to see you.

@AfRetro And no treble chins on me for a change 🤣

@RetroBC_Pete @computermuseum @HereBeDragons3 @loudscotsbloke @MarquisdeGeek Aye, got to see you again mate! A great day indeed!

@RetroBC_Pete @HereBeDragons3 @SharpworksMZ Ti90-Dai shirley. Works better when you say it out loud.

@AfRetro Old plastic innit, quite a few of my cases do it so it’s time to break out the superglue and cyanacrolate activator… don’t stick your fingers together before tomorrow :)

@HereBeDragons3 Huzzah!

@AfRetro @HereBeDragons3 @computermuseum Splendid. Oo, can you bring that CDROM drive for me please?

Results are in! Plague test: clear. Feet: non-gouty. This means a) I have a sniffly cold but b) the Positron 9000’s appearance tomorrow at the @computermuseum DragonFest is GO 🎉

@AfRetro Yay! You can spend it battening down the hatches for tonight’s possible 45mph winds.

@HereBeDragons3 @computermuseum It'll all go in but you might have to leave the driver at home.

@Devilish_Design Bah, but expected. It probably has the same issue mine has.

@jonveal You look chuffed. When I completed mine I just looked knackered 😆

@Gadgetoid Well, aye. But what else smells like tuna? (I’m not sure I want an answer to that)

@0xC0DE6502 Rude not to :) It reminded me of an animation I did for @b3ta around 20 years ago.

@drkninja2k5 @JonnBlanchard Interesting, they're right on my doorstep. Wonder who it is! Also interesting is that he's quoting my page on OPD info -

@0xC0DE6502 Yup. Similarly if I get up for a pee during the night and notice the time is 4:04

@Devilish_Design Oo that'd be handy, it means I can hopefully fix my dodgy one. Must admit I haven't done even basic troubleshooting on it, it went away so I could concentrate on getting stuff done for the retro weekend. Could just be a failed tant or summat.

@Devilish_Design It lost contact with its floppy drives so would POST but not boot.