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Tim Vickerstaff (8BitTim) @timvickerstaff.bsky.social · 1d

If IKEA made BBC Micros.

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Tim Vickerstaff (8BitTim) @timvickerstaff.bsky.social · 21d

A lovely bit of hi-fi kit found its way to me this past week.

A Technics SU-V550 Stereo Amplifier, SL-L20 Turntable and an RS-B355 Tape Deck.

This stuff was so dirty. A lot of cleaning required and a replacement drive belt for the turntable.
The tape deck needs belts too, but one job at a time!

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Tim Vickerstaff (8BitTim) @timvickerstaff.bsky.social · May 27

If you can get hold of one, a Gravis Ultrasound will lift the sound and music in Doom to another level!

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Tim Vickerstaff (8BitTim) @timvickerstaff.bsky.social · May 14

Quote post this with a picture of the aircraft you’ll accept as a bribe.

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Tim Vickerstaff (8BitTim) @timvickerstaff.bsky.social · Apr 27

Imagine being on this flight...

airlive.net/emergency/20...

Turns out a friend of mine was on it! Everyone ok, but very much as they say, a 'brown trouser' moment.

Jet2 Boeing 737 to UK makes emergency in Hungary following engine issue

A Jet2 flight from Turkey to England was forced to make an emergency landing in Budapest. The flight LS622 departed Dalaman in Turkey Saturday, April 26 2025 East Midlands Airport. The Boeing 737-800 ...

airlive.net

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Tim Vickerstaff (8BitTim) @timvickerstaff.bsky.social · Apr 24

Beautiful to look at! Impossible to play! 🤣

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Tim Vickerstaff (8BitTim) @timvickerstaff.bsky.social · Apr 21

Kids today with their inkjets and laser printers just don’t understand the horror 😂

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Tim Vickerstaff (8BitTim) @timvickerstaff.bsky.social · Apr 21

I'm feeling quite left out tbh.

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Tim Vickerstaff (8BitTim) @timvickerstaff.bsky.social · Apr 21

Fortunately I've nothing code-wise that's in any way important! But I'm often surprised that floppy discs have survived as well as they have! I mean we were pretty flippant with them back in the day.

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Tim Vickerstaff (8BitTim) @timvickerstaff.bsky.social · Apr 21

Thanks Kevin, that actually sounds quite therapeutic! Useful to know. Maybe I should take a peek at some of my floppies and see what state they're in. Though I did get rid of my Wabash discs many moons ago!

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Tim Vickerstaff (8BitTim) @timvickerstaff.bsky.social · Apr 21

What do you clean them with? Iso alcohol or does that fetch the magnetic coating off?

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Tim Vickerstaff (8BitTim) @timvickerstaff.bsky.social · Apr 21

Signed!

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Internet Archive @archive.org · Apr 17

📢 The Internet Archive needs your help.

At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.

Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.

👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...

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Defend the Internet Archive.
Protect the Wayback Machine.
Tell the music labels: Drop the 78s lawsuit.
Sign our open letter on change.org

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Tim Vickerstaff (8BitTim) @timvickerstaff.bsky.social · Apr 21

#truestory haha

Tim Vickerstaff (8BitTim) @timvickerstaff.bsky.social · Apr 20

...its not plugged in....

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Tim Vickerstaff (8BitTim) @timvickerstaff.bsky.social · Apr 19

@markmoxon.bsky.social is the resident Elite expert around these parts. He's done some deep deep dives into how Elite was put together, and his flicker free versions on the BBC are especially worth a look!

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