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General Discussion Area / Re: Clearout time (PC bits)

« on: 14 February 2021, 23:34:25 »

HM50256P-15 are 256K * 1 bit 150nS devices, so nine on a board is probably a 256K*9bit SIMM/DIMM. I'm guessing original PC XT/AT type era?

Shame they're not the faster -12 (120nS) devices :-)

I remember buying (Second hand) 4 x 4 mb 30 pin SIMM for £160 and feeling realy chuffed with my self.

Plus before that I bought my 1st system, an Amstrad 1640 with twin 5.25 floppy drives and a mono screen with a DMP4000 dot matrix printer for £999

Then a few years ago PC part prices were quite reasonable and now component prices are geting silly again.  I mean the new graphics cards coming onto the market with 24GB video ram are heading past £2K in some cases.

GPU pricing is solely down to Cryptocurrency miners.

I am a PC Gamer, and still use a MSI 2080Super.  I cannot FIND, let alone afford a new RTX 30xx series card.

The card I currently run, working from memory, cost me around £530.  I could easily sell it today (at 2.5yrs old) for £700.

The whole industry is mental.

That said, now that AMD are actually properly romping Intel, the price war on CPU's is in full-swing.  Because of that, motherboards are also very competitive.

There has never been a better time to build/buy a PC...... as long as you don't want it for gaming.

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Omega General Help / Re: Question about sprockets

« on: 14 February 2021, 22:57:29 »

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General Discussion Area / Re: More bat-flu news

« on: 14 February 2021, 22:38:12 »

we're thrashing them on deaths per million though 

I've aid it before, and I'll say it again..... the truth will come out sooner or later.

Very few people seem to have died of Influenza.
Very few people seem to have died from Pneumonia.
Very few people seem to have died from ANOther illness.

COVID COVID COVID.

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General Car Chat / Re: Vintage voltage.

« on: 13 February 2021, 13:29:03 »

There are some impressive engineering solutions.

Nice little mid-seventies Lancia Fulvia  given the treatment recently.

Looks great! 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Fence Sprayers

« on: 12 February 2021, 16:54:14 »

Why did they ban creosote anyway? 

I seem to remember it was on environmental or health grounds?  Is it carcinogenic? 

It was banned around the same time as hundreds of tanning salons opened up! 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Fence Sprayers

« on: 12 February 2021, 12:55:12 »

Can't beat good old fashioned creosote, but unfortunately the 'fence' police will have you - if you can still breath when you've finished....

Used engine oil is the top-dog.  Smells lovely on a hot summers day, too! 

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Do I have to Unplug Battery Earth while Charging with CTEK Charger

« on: 08 February 2021, 15:20:48 »

Ok, thanks. Perhaps Main Switch to minus is one solution. I was just wondering whether this modern chargher will destroy some electronic devices if used while battery connected.

No, it won't, but best practice is to connect the Neg lead to a suitable point on the chassis/engine.

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General Discussion Area / Re: That stupid fickin government film

« on: 07 February 2021, 21:10:25 »

Shepherds pie, stew & curry always taste better the next day I think don't know why.

There is a reason, and I don't know what it is either. Do we have a food boffin here at OOF?

 Certainly not a boffin, but the flavours are allowed to develop for that much longer.

Slightly related, I prefer some foods cold, like Pizza.  I think hot cheese loses a lot of it's flavour..... probably because it burns like a mothafu**a so you get it down your neck double-quick-time. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Anyone else...

« on: 07 February 2021, 21:06:56 »

Can’t say I was overwhelmed with our Welsh performance, as said It would have been far far closer if they weren’t a man down. Must say though he did deserve sending off. 17 stone at the end of a shoulder/elbow is very dangerous when it hits you in the swede.

100%.....  Going into a player on the ground with your elbow like that is never going to end well.  He's not a young'un either, so knew full-well what he was doing.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Anyone else...

« on: 07 February 2021, 19:33:36 »

France played well, but probably looked better than they were because of the shocking Italian side.

England certainly weren't at their best, and Scotland didn't look great either.

The Welsh and Irish are on fire.  Ireland would have won had they not lost a man.

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General Discussion Area / Re: That stupid fickin government film

« on: 06 February 2021, 22:56:26 »

I'll add, these Drive-Thru places, whether you love them or hate them, are serving the nation safely (better than shopping; see above), and the fact there are queues at them makes me feel happy that the general public are taking the lockdown rules seriously.  The less people in Supermarkets the better.  If a family decide to have a Drive-Thru meal, they are FAR safer than grabbing something quick from a Tesco Metro.

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General Discussion Area / Re: That stupid fickin government film

« on: 06 February 2021, 22:49:30 »

 "doing ALL YOU CAN ? "

Yes, I understand your point Dave.

As I've posted before in this thread;

Getting into your own car, drive to a local Drive-Thru, contactless payment, drive home.............

OR

Getting into your own car, drive to a local Tesco, put on mask (or not if you're a cock) walk around touching things that other have touched, dodging morons left-right and centre, settle on a pasty which possibly several people have touched, take to either a 'staffed' till or 'self-service' till, walk out and get in car.

? 

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General Discussion Area / Re: That stupid fickin government film

« on: 06 February 2021, 22:30:05 »

that's fair enough

The TV add says "are you doing ALL you can to stop the spread of Chinese Virus COVID-19"
advert clicky
longer add clicky

is nipping to McDonalds ,or other fast food outlet several times a week "doing ALL YOU CAN ? " 

less going out = less spreading Covid 19
going to work, infrequently as possible shopping , medical appointments etc ARE necessary 
Burger, fries and THICK shake, not so much so IMHO

Driving to a Drive-Thru, getting a meal and then driving home is far more safe than driving to Tesco, walking into the store and getting a ready-meal, or standing on a road-side at a Dog-Wagon and getting a Breakfast Roll.

I don't understand why people are getting vexed over Drive-Thru places.

I visit one almost daily.  My work is classed as essential, and I NEED FOOD on the road.


I can go to Tesco, Esso, Shell, Asda, WhoTFever and get a sandwich, but I have to physically enter a premises.

HOW FLIPPING HARD IS IT TO UNDERSTAND? 

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General Discussion Area / Re: That stupid fickin government film

« on: 06 February 2021, 22:20:03 »

I hate repeating myself, but I'll do it for the old folk..........

Your local Council. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: That stupid fickin government film

« on: 06 February 2021, 21:54:18 »

Right, shall we clear something up?

When a McDonalds, Burger King, KFC et-al apply for planning permission, or permission to occupy an existing building, the local council make decisions.  Those decisions usually include the Rozzers, as apparently, anti-social-behaviour tends to be around said establishments.

McDonalds (other chains are available) would have spent money on traffic flows, entrance and exit safety etc.

The council will have the final say, they (should) have done all the necessary checks at great taxpayers cost.

TL;DR Don't blame the public who are getting (what is not terrible) food for the piss-poor road layout.  Blame the MP you voted for/not for.