[2019-10-20 19:54:40 CEST] * rune joined [2019-10-20 19:56:25 CEST] * Heiz joined [2019-10-20 19:56:39 CEST] Hello Dave [2019-10-20 19:56:47 CEST] hello Heinz, early tonight [2019-10-20 19:57:07 CEST] Almost 8pm [2019-10-20 19:57:31 CEST] I thought it was about 45 mins, must be running slow [2019-10-20 19:57:34 CEST] How are the things with the ACE? [2019-10-20 19:57:54 CEST] I found some discrepancies. So it isnt with the maker yet [2019-10-20 19:58:11 CEST] What kind of problems? [2019-10-20 19:58:27 CEST] Nothing serious, I had added labels when I was learning to use the app [2019-10-20 19:58:43 CEST] Consequence is some tracks may be not needed. [2019-10-20 19:59:02 CEST] Also one one of the RAM A10 is tied to ground. Its not on my design [2019-10-20 19:59:06 CEST] Omitting tracks ios always good. [2019-10-20 19:59:18 CEST] Better than adding. [2019-10-20 19:59:27 CEST] And Im not happy with footprints for Video and Audio sockets. [2019-10-20 19:59:41 CEST] Although there are ways around that [2019-10-20 20:00:10 CEST] What kind of RAM is used? [2019-10-20 20:00:16 CEST] Yep, I'll get the master (with mistakes) and my schema printed tomorrow and work throuhg them [2019-10-20 20:00:33 CEST] 6116, 1Kx8 [2019-10-20 20:01:08 CEST] sorry 2k x 8 [2019-10-20 20:01:25 CEST] But they may only be wired for 1Kx8 [2019-10-20 20:01:34 CEST] originally they are 2114 = 1kx4 [2019-10-20 20:01:51 CEST] 6 of them. [2019-10-20 20:01:55 CEST] Yep, two chips per 1K. 6 in total for 3K [2019-10-20 20:02:22 CEST] are the 6116 available? [2019-10-20 20:02:32 CEST] hold on [2019-10-20 20:03:11 CEST] yes, lots on ebay [2019-10-20 20:03:27 CEST] Also may be able to use 6164 chips [2019-10-20 20:04:12 CEST] So you will use 3x6116? [2019-10-20 20:04:38 CEST] yes, we may be able to save money by buying ICs in bulk when its time to build [2019-10-20 20:04:52 CEST] You are right. [2019-10-20 20:05:06 CEST] The only problem then is the custom [2019-10-20 20:05:28 CEST] Not if EU gives extension. [2019-10-20 20:05:55 CEST] Also I think things will stay as they are until end of 2020 even if we do get out. [2019-10-20 20:06:03 CEST] I mean custom for products fron China. [2019-10-20 20:06:17 CEST] from [2019-10-20 20:06:18 CEST] I was going to use Reichert [2019-10-20 20:06:30 CEST] Reichelt? [2019-10-20 20:06:33 CEST] yes [2019-10-20 20:06:45 CEST] they seem reasonable for the 74ls ICs [2019-10-20 20:06:52 CEST] Reichelt is always a good sourtce. [2019-10-20 20:06:56 CEST] source [2019-10-20 20:07:33 CEST] I have used them a few times [2019-10-20 20:07:46 CEST] Postage isnt too bad and delivvery was only a few days [2019-10-20 20:08:03 CEST] Yesterday i WWAS IN kOENIGS wUSTERHAUSEEN AGAIN; SOLDERING ION OLD RADIOS: [2019-10-20 20:08:33 CEST] is kOENIGS wUSTERHAUSEEN a town [2019-10-20 20:08:53 CEST] I learned that next year we will have 100 years of radio broadcasting. [2019-10-20 20:09:20 CEST] Koenigs Wusterhausen is a small town south of Berlin. [2019-10-20 20:09:31 CEST] There is a small hill, 100m high. [2019-10-20 20:09:34 CEST] 1920... I thought radio was before that. [2019-10-20 20:09:43 CEST] Got it on wiki [2019-10-20 20:09:53 CEST] From this hill the first radio concert was transmitted in 1920. [2019-10-20 20:10:04 CEST] First in the world? [2019-10-20 20:11:01 CEST] First in Germany. [2019-10-20 20:11:31 CEST] Ah, I thought radio was a lot earlier. [2019-10-20 20:11:42 CEST] I think that in this time there were transmissions in almost all industrial countries. [2019-10-20 20:11:48 CEST] Shows how fast technology has come in a short time [2019-10-20 20:11:59 CEST] radio? [2019-10-20 20:12:10 CEST] for ships? [2019-10-20 20:12:35 CEST] Dont know, Just radio... I thought it was late 1800s [2019-10-20 20:13:25 CEST] Were you buying more radios? [2019-10-20 20:13:28 CEST] IN the late 1800 they made only experiments, no commercial transmissions. [2019-10-20 20:13:38 CEST] OK [2019-10-20 20:13:49 CEST] Later they had used it for transmitting messages to ships. [2019-10-20 20:14:10 CEST] But for the peoples in a sense of broadcasting it was in the twenties. [2019-10-20 20:14:17 CEST] So in world war 1 there were no radios. Did they use telephones? [2019-10-20 20:14:34 CEST] Dont know. [2019-10-20 20:14:48 CEST] Or some poor private to run through the bombs with a message [2019-10-20 20:14:58 CEST] I will check it. [2019-10-20 20:15:13 CEST] Send fish and chips, the general is hungry! [2019-10-20 20:15:23 CEST] ??? [2019-10-20 20:15:33 CEST] What does it mean? [2019-10-20 20:15:58 CEST] Sorry, now I had understand the joke. [2019-10-20 20:16:02 CEST] Joke, send a meal. Instead of send reinforcements [2019-10-20 20:16:41 CEST] What about the wheather in UK? [2019-10-20 20:16:50 CEST] Wet, wet and more wet [2019-10-20 20:16:55 CEST] Here it is quite warm and sunny. [2019-10-20 20:17:08 CEST] I had a dry day and changed the ABS sensors in Lizs car [2019-10-20 20:17:08 CEST] Kind of "Indian summer". [2019-10-20 20:17:29 CEST] I had to drill them out and the drill broke [2019-10-20 20:17:46 CEST] It meant dismanteling the brake and disk to get access. [2019-10-20 20:17:59 CEST] Didnt fix the problem with th elight coming on [2019-10-20 20:18:09 CEST] Did it work finally? [2019-10-20 20:18:20 CEST] So Ive sent for a OBD cable today for the Mini [2019-10-20 20:18:31 CEST] OBD? [2019-10-20 20:18:43 CEST] No, there are no ECU faults, light comes on when 25 MPH is reached. [2019-10-20 20:19:21 CEST] Do you have a Mini? [2019-10-20 20:19:31 CEST] And Duncans tail got caught in the door tonight. He lost about 15mm of it and covered everything in blood because he still wags his tail [2019-10-20 20:19:34 CEST] from BMW? [2019-10-20 20:19:42 CEST] Yes, Liz has. Yep BMW [2019-10-20 20:20:19 CEST] It well built and no problem apart from the warning lights [2019-10-20 20:20:41 CEST] What is with the lights? [2019-10-20 20:21:17 CEST] The ABS and tyre pressure warning lights come on when a certain speed is reached. About 23 KPH [2019-10-20 20:21:44 CEST] Brigitte drives a BMW and there were problems with the warning lights too. The LED diod not wwork properly. [2019-10-20 20:21:59 CEST] They work by monitoring the speed that the wheels turn. A puncture would change the speed [2019-10-20 20:22:15 CEST] Also the braking [2019-10-20 20:22:39 CEST] But its predictable and comes on after reaching a speed when driving straight [2019-10-20 20:23:17 CEST] The only sensors are the ones in the wheels [2019-10-20 20:23:41 CEST] You mean the ABS sensor. [2019-10-20 20:23:53 CEST] I've ordered a cable and software to reset any errors. My generic ODCB2 unit doesnt give access to everything [2019-10-20 20:23:57 CEST] Yes [2019-10-20 20:24:41 CEST] BMW charge 300.00 and guess what the problem is. They are very expensive [2019-10-20 20:24:56 CEST] That's for sure! [2019-10-20 20:25:26 CEST] If the software doesnt fix things, I change the two back sensors [2019-10-20 20:25:43 CEST] And check wheel bearing at the same time [2019-10-20 20:26:19 CEST] I also got told that changing from run-flattyres to normal ones can cause it [2019-10-20 20:27:00 CEST] This could be a reason. Did you use the run-flattyres? [2019-10-20 20:27:35 CEST] I dont think so, but she had punctures and drove the car home twice. I wasnt pleased [2019-10-20 20:28:04 CEST] I am sure its all normal tyres on the car now with same pressures in each [2019-10-20 20:28:50 CEST] Back to Zeddy [2019-10-20 20:29:07 CEST] My Zeddies are sleeping. [2019-10-20 20:29:13 CEST] Sorry Speccies [2019-10-20 20:29:16 CEST] I use a PC toniight. [2019-10-20 20:29:21 CEST] tonight [2019-10-20 20:29:27 CEST] I have schemas to make IF/2 rom sockets [2019-10-20 20:29:46 CEST] They give full address space and can use the Microgen rom [2019-10-20 20:29:59 CEST] It allows inline Forth and Assembler with Basic [2019-10-20 20:31:16 CEST] You can also use a flash ROM and store/erase programs on the rom [2019-10-20 20:31:22 CEST] I think this was discussed in tthe forum some years ago. Somebody has produced the pcbs. [2019-10-20 20:31:32 CEST] I built some. [2019-10-20 20:31:51 CEST] They were designed by Paul Farrow/Fruitcake [2019-10-20 20:32:34 CEST] I got one of the boards from you. It works for most ROMs, I have one with ZX81 versions on it [2019-10-20 20:32:39 CEST] Yep. [2019-10-20 20:33:50 CEST] I think I need to get all my Zeddy and Speccy stuff together. its spread all over the place just now [2019-10-20 20:34:06 CEST] It is the same with me. [2019-10-20 20:34:18 CEST] I need a big box! [2019-10-20 20:34:25 CEST] Very often I don't remember what stuff I have. [2019-10-20 20:34:46 CEST] I have a lot of small boxes. [2019-10-20 20:34:54 CEST] I should label them! [2019-10-20 20:34:57 CEST] LOL, same here. I found some of those thing PCBs for attaching keybvoards [2019-10-20 20:35:07 CEST] thin [2019-10-20 20:35:15 CEST] They were lost for a year [2019-10-20 20:36:04 CEST] I want to add a shelf unit in the summerhouse to hold 1 computer and PSU on each shelf [2019-10-20 20:37:06 CEST] How much Sinclairs do you have? [2019-10-20 20:37:08 CEST] We built a walk-in wardrobe and now I have loads of books to get rid of. [2019-10-20 20:38:02 CEST] 4 working zeddies, 3 or 4 dead ones. 1 rubber key 48K, 2 Speccy + a harlequin, 2 ZX Nus, a ZX80 Minstrel, A ZX More [2019-10-20 20:38:23 CEST] A 128K +2, a 128K +3 [2019-10-20 20:38:40 CEST] A BBC, A Vic20, 3xC64, a CPC 464 [2019-10-20 20:38:46 CEST] An amiga [2019-10-20 20:38:54 CEST] Quite a lot! [2019-10-20 20:39:00 CEST] and Im thinking about an Atari St [2019-10-20 20:39:24 CEST] Yes, too many. I wanted to try all the PCs I couldnt afford in the 80s [2019-10-20 20:39:24 CEST] If I count together all of them (ZX81, Spectrum, Harlequin, QL) it is about 25. [2019-10-20 20:39:43 CEST] Hehe, he who dies with most toys wins [2019-10-20 20:40:15 CEST] Now I need an Ace: [2019-10-20 20:40:18 CEST] Interesting thing is that all the "better" computers were worse than the Zeddy [2019-10-20 20:40:27 CEST] Yes, an ACE is essential [2019-10-20 20:40:52 CEST] More than that. An ACE with a vDrive [2019-10-20 20:41:03 CEST] I agree with your estimation of the ZX81. [2019-10-20 20:41:06 CEST] and 96K bank switched memory and AY soundchip [2019-10-20 20:41:48 CEST] Dave, let us stop for today. [2019-10-20 20:41:58 CEST] Talking next week again? [2019-10-20 20:42:01 CEST] OK, hope ACE PCB is check this week [2019-10-20 20:42:08 CEST] Yes, bye for now [2019-10-20 20:42:10 CEST] Would be fine. [2019-10-20 20:42:20 CEST] * rune quit (Leaving) [2019-10-20 20:42:23 CEST] Bye. Have a good week. [2019-10-20 20:42:29 CEST] * Heiz quit (CGI:IRC 0.5.12)