Tony is a Geek

Yep, I ordered it back in January 2024, it finally arrived...just before December 2024.  Apparently the 10-month delay wasn't a joke, it really does take that long.  Was it worth the wait? Yeah, I reckon so. The 32Gb SDCard that came with the device, I just stuck it into the device - it was Debian 11 Bullseye for Raspberry Pi 4.  It worked okay, for a day or so. I installed [node-red], it worked well, I downloaded [world-map] and got some markers appearing, it seemed to perform well.  I then started to think how I want to set this device up to use it.  I wanted [Arduino] too. That 4G adaptor - how do you get it to work? (using the Debian Bullseye install) Well, after putting in a SIM card, the instructions in this article worked a treat: https://github-wiki-see.page/m/clockworkpi/uConsole/wiki/How-to-use-the-4G-extension To summarise: $ uconsole--4g-cm4 enable This outputs that it is detecting the adaptor and then it says something like "success". Then what? Wel...

Why revival?  Well... apparently I did "some stuff" with my Atari ST back in 2017 and then again in 2021 ... and due to over-working on work/work stuff and not setting aside enough personal-time, the machines kind of moved further and further under piles of "stuff". ( yes, that is an original Sony AIBO ERS-111 on the shelf that I purchased back in 1999/2000 - that little dog is still more advanced than most of the latest "AI" technology in the market-place today ) Well, I decided to take 2 weeks off work. literally. off work.  It took a few days, okay, about 5, to totally disconnect and wind down and stop / not think about work/work related things.  During this time, I decided to "sort out the 16/32 bit room".  This was my old home/office, basically a large double-bedroom that a child of any age would absolutely love to have; however, I had managed to overfill it with "stuff" and it had become a mini-cave with very little or not desk s...

What's all this about then? Well, I was very late to the game with this one - but the very nice man who made this board (about 6years ago), made a small batch of them again and sent one to me ( I had to pay for it of course and it was about 6 months wait - but it was way worth it! )  Basically, it's a single board that you plug into the back of the Amstrad CPC computers. Either the 464 or the 6128.  Now, I am initially plugging this into the CPC6128, however, I am going to move it over to the CPC464 as that is where I think it deserves to be.  The CPC464 does not have a disc drive, but this loveely board will allow me to load and access .DSK files, I can also upgrade the BASIC to v3 and add a bunch of ROMs too. Yes, you did indeed read that right, a 1984/5 Amstrad now has access to an Arduino wifi board and a 32GB sd-card ( that we prob. won't ever use more than 100MB of! ) I shan't repeat all the other things off the internet that explain all the other gubbings, I'...