[00:00] happy new year folk o/ [00:00] Happy New Year! [00:00] HNY oracology [05:17] Happy new whatever from Montreal [07:15] morning [10:36] morning boys and girls. === SirMarky1 is now known as SirMarky === SirMarky1 is now known as SirMarky === zmoylan-1i is now known as zmoylan-pi [19:53] new year sales aren't what they used to be. all shopping centres open with key stores (supermarkets) open and everyone else closed... [20:01] zmoylan-pi: well, Amazon has GTX 1060s up for £16 (pricing error) [20:01] I bought 24 of them so far, lol [20:02] somehow I don't think I'm going to get them. [20:02] haha [20:04] if only there drones were doing the delivery you'd have them already... :-P [20:10] Azelphur: looks to not be found by search [20:10] https://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-NVIDIA-GeForce-GDDR5-Graphics/dp/B01IBUFZSM/ref=aag_m_pw_dp?_encoding=UTF8&m=A2LNOP4UQZJ1 [20:10] I've got 30 ordered [20:10] "no longer available" :-( [20:11] 30 is a bit greedy, no? [20:11] :-p [20:12] it's cold weather forecast and those heating the home will make it toasty warm :-) [20:13] * penguin42 giggles - it's Scan as well [20:14] Azelphur's gonna use them all for bitcoin mining? :-p [20:14] diddledan: trade em in at CEX for £4000 of CEX credit and go on a shopping spree? [20:14] :-p [20:14] sounds fun [20:14] Azelphur: So the fun thing is that if I search for the ID in that link it doesn't sohw them, but if I pick it from your link it does [20:15] they might think you nicked them if you do it all in one visit [20:15] true [20:17] Azelphur: I've just ordered one - we'll see :-) [20:17] Azelphur: On Scan's site they list them at 272.99 [20:17] indeed [20:18] (Not that I want an Nvidia graphics card, but for that price...) [20:20] Azelphur: Hmm I wonder about scripting a comparison between the default price amazon shows you and the cheapest in the new list to see for major differences; or between Amazon's prices and a sellers own shop [20:21] haha would be fun [20:21] won't let me order one [20:24] now if we're lucky they'll dispatch my one little card and not give a second thought until they go WTH at Azelphur's order [20:25] I've bought a lot from Scan over the years, they're almost local - I first used them in ~93 when they were pretty small [20:29] penguin42: do you recall a bbc demo which was like the amiga bounce demo which had a red/white ball bouncing? [20:29] used palette switching to do the animation [20:29] popey: Yeh [20:30] any idea what it was called or where one might find a copy? [20:30] https://twitter.com/sil/status/815335929753858048 [20:30] stuart used an amiga screenshot [20:32] popey: No, I remember it used just shifting the start of video memory to move it [20:32] that too [20:32] i think shifting memory to move the ball, and palette switching to do the ball rotation [20:33] nod [20:37] happy new year by the way penguin42 :) [20:39] popey: And to you sir! [20:40] popey: I think they did the same trick on the Commy 64 [20:40] cpc too [20:40] that's where I learned it [20:43] when all you had were 8 bits you had to do a fair bit to make it dance and sing [20:53] managed to get an order in for that supremely cheap gfx [20:54] * zmoylan-pi rings plod and reports cyber hackers trying to diddle poor honest retailer amazon [21:11] cor my old man's been hiding all the old PC mag coverdiscs so he doesn't have to throw them out - also clinging on to his VHS collection - https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xlofld1lzj0bjxv/AACL8S8dxyZOuCr-wW3LQFgva?dl=0 [21:13] the betamax is probably stashed under his matress... :-P [21:14] when i was clearing out the last of my audio casettes in early 00s i did find 1-2 spectrum cover tapes that had managed to smuggle themselves into audio section === underscoremone_ is now known as _mone [21:18] zmoylan-pi: :D [21:18] some of the tapes did contain best of zx spectrum game music so... you know... very rare :-D [21:19] i found my psion series 3c sync cable for PsiWin so then hoped we could find the main unit and pop it on ebay :D sadly my Dad put it in a very safe place [21:20] so it will only reappear 1 week after you get rid of the other piece... [21:20] precisely! [21:20] chaos storage theory [21:21] i had a keyboard disappear 3 months ago. my place is really small. and i went through everything twice... till i stopped looking and sorted a replacement... and then of course it reappeared in a laptop sleeve [21:22] :> [21:22] a packard bell keyboard sold with a pc with winme preinstalled. [21:23] so it's obviously precursed... :-P [21:23] do you even own anything you can use a real size keyboard with? :D [21:24] i was holding this keyboard till one day i acquire the dremel skills to install a rasp pi zero, battery, usb hub and screen :-D [21:25] ;) [21:25] and i use it at the mo with a lenovo laptop whose own keyboard decided it didn't want half the keys to work on. my second lenovo for this to happen to... [21:26] D: [21:26] you must be falling asleep on them and dribbling into one side :) [21:26] this a super budget end ideapad thing, or? [21:26] once is odd, two laptops is very weird. weirder is that 2 other, older laptops i have are both fine so i'm pretty sure it's not me [21:27] both lenovos were got cheap in argos at end of catalog sale... [21:27] ah har [21:27] a €400 laptop for <€250 [21:27] yip can't sniff at thata [21:27] -a [21:28] i've priced up a little revver to put in this case i just scored for free, well it's a full core 2 duo setup but i'd throw all that out :) [21:28] 4gb of ram and 1tb spinny thingie... [21:29] so my console text really flies by... :-) [21:29] easily upgraded to be sane! [21:29] https://www.dropbox.com/s/susv7ns5s72lois/spec.PNG?dl=0 [21:29] look at that glorious tax free price [21:44] starting the daftykinism religion was best decision ever :-P [21:45] absolutely [21:45] i haven't gotten around to getting high as a kite and writing a book for my followers yet though [21:46] in time, in time. [22:04] daftykins: I'm gonna start shipping stuff through you as a fence so I get taxfreeebies :-p [22:05] ;) they closed that long ago, has to be muled over to sneak it now [22:05] oh, awesome, thanks for offering! [22:05] ;] [22:06] my mule credentials are quite long [22:06] also fitting that Guerns are nicknamed 'donkeys' [22:06] said the bishop to the actress [22:08] https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gears-War-Standard-Windows-Download/dp/B01GSJ2FFO/ wow that's £41 on the MS Store [22:25] hrmmm how much did The Beano and The Dandy cost back in the 90s? [22:25] i thought i'd make a convo of it rather than try to look it up online :) [22:27] i used to get 2000ad until around 1990 and iirc it was 28p uk [22:27] cor :D [22:28] of course in ireland it was 35p irish iirc [22:32] ::checks online:: 40p in late 1989... not to far off from memory... http://www.2000ad.org/functions/cover.php?choice=651&Comic=2000ad [22:33] you can check by prog number here... http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=covers&page=progs&FirstProg=651&LastProg=700&MaxProg=1997 [22:34] i think i've seen a comic store over here now, although i don't know if it's survived... the two i mentioned were the closest i ever got in my youth [22:35] those multi-part "build-a-something" ones suffered big time over here 'cause you'd get the first then nobody would have any further, not sure if it suffered a similar fate up on the mainland / Ireland :D [22:35] my father worked as a porter in a hospital. i think i got all the comics that were been discarded... :-) but i did buy 2000ad as it was great sci fi [22:36] ah har! a good source [22:36] multipart build it up collectibles did very well here... my father was a fan of a few of them and built them up and had them in their proper bound covers [22:37] ooh very nice [22:38] i don't really get how my brother managed to mess those up since we have newsagents covering certain areas [22:38] also for empty bottles which back in 80s had a deposit that was worth 10p each. i once helped him fill a tiny datsun to drive slowly to bottle bank and redeem over 88quid... [22:38] ah just like the US system with cans in some states [22:43] they should bring it back to stop the dumping of plastic waste in environment [22:46] before i was allowed out earlier at my folks, i was asked to look through a drawer of old AC adapters to sort through important stuff :D [22:48] how many old nokia adapters did they have? i might need one :-D [22:48] 0! but there were two sony ericsson ones [22:48] nokias must be hiding elsewhere ;) [22:49] they've been promoted to calculators and socks hiding place [22:51] but still below bic pen hidey hole [22:52] single colour? :) [23:14] popey: Excellent!