[13:13] goooood day gang [13:14] today's comedy IT is brought to you by a client of mine's database provider, who has a new VPN system as of today! [13:14] grumble grumble sips tea [13:14] sadly, they appear to have chosen the subnet 192.168.1.x for the resources we need to reach at the other end... not a problem for me, but i imagine that will clash with many a home worker [13:15] nevermind that i can't in fact reach said sources yet despite this Fortinet client connecting ok :D [13:15] so close and yet so far [13:19] lol just got a reply "we had to change subnet because it caused problems for some home workers" d'oy [13:20] think of all the fun they missed out on trying to create bands within 192.168.1.x for each user and the hardware on their networks :-D [13:21] and that's why I don't use 192.168.1 at home [13:23] all my devices use 127.0.0.1! [13:23] home, home on the net... [13:24] where the dogs and the cat pics roam... [13:34] :) [13:35] daftykins: Do you do undercover IT work? [13:37] ::raises glasses:: it is i, le daftykins :-P [13:39] penguin42: does working in bed from my laptop count? ;) [13:40] daftykins: Not really, I need you to surreptitously fix all our local healthcare IT since they can't do it themselves [13:40] lol [13:42] daftykins: All the main hospitals are on critical incident due to broken IT [13:42] daftykins: https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/news/nca-news/ongoing-it-issues-affecting-local-hospitals-oldham-bury-rochdale-and-nmgh [13:43] yikes [13:43] daftykins: And, separately, our GP are switching providers, and said they'd be completely out 18-26th [13:44] daftykins: so can't reorder prescriptions form them directly or do anything really unless it's urgent/critical [13:45] daftykins: and note that was supposedly fixed on 26th, but they've not updated their website since to say what to do [13:46] :( [13:48] i bet working in healthcare is an exercise in frustration, tied down by red tape for every action [13:48] so, I'm happy to buy you the ballaclava [13:48] is it n95 compatible? :-P [13:54] for healthcare use, of course [20:51] ooh i hadn't watched RMC's Apple IIe videos yet, he did an interesting job [20:51] the place he got the ComactFlash adapter card from wants $95 USD for it though, ouch! [21:12] not worth the price to add cheap easy way to transfer files to from? [21:13] just can't see the desire to exchange being that frequent [21:13] vs. £50 for that one-off ROM on ebay from Ireland i linked the other day [21:13] tough call! no idea what shipping would have been on top [21:56] i remember a lot of roms of that era been shipped in a jiffy bag in normal post stuck on polystyrene strip no expsnse spared :-) [21:57] their site doesn't even say whereabouts they are though [21:58] huh might be New Jersey, here's the item anyway - https://www.reactivemicro.com/product/reactivemicro-driveturbo-for-iie-and-iigs/ [21:59] i wonder if the compact flash drive would be faster than an original apple ii hard drive :-) [22:00] they claim so! [22:00] i remember just how slow the hard drives were for amstrad pcs that came later. i think some of the super floppies i used were faster [22:02] i wonder if you can still get an ibm microdrive to put in the compact flash socket :-D [22:03] they were a chunky card. i seem to remember some who put them into psions saying it was a one off and unlikely to be able to be removed safely [22:03] ooh-err [22:04] RMC's video is motivating me to do a full PSU re-capping and also a full scrub up of the machine though, that'd be nice [22:04] torn on further investment for the software side, rumour has it my mum threw out all the disks - certainly we can't find any [22:04] rebuilding an icon [22:05] likelyhood of disks from that era still readable after cooking and cooling in an attic for a few decades are slim? [22:05] when i did the diagnostic, it did screech pretty concerningly from inside, made me wonder if the caps were straining xD [22:05] well it was well insulated, the 2 in the drive were still reading [22:06] they really don't build them like they used too [22:06] need to recap the drives as well really, plus lube up the motors like they did on RMC's videos [22:07] are the new capacitors better quality or are they going to need replacing in a few decades? [22:07] just like all electrolytics, it depends how premium you go [22:08] not sure how long those RIFAs i put in the PSU are meant to last [22:08] might go back to the guy on ebay and ask if he knows [22:08] just i have heard of folk buying consumer routes and replacing cheap chinese caps with decent ones to give the hardware a longer lifespan [22:08] *routers [22:09] ah right, well the originals i saw were fancy Nichicon ones [22:09] mind there are electronic monks who last i heard was rebuilding a commodore 64 they found that all the chips were rusted dead [22:09] hah [22:10] and this is practice before they touch their amiga :-) [22:10] yeah i don't much see a point to prolonging the life of consumer routers when the firmware is stale the day you buy it [22:11] i think it's a they hate throwing out hardware they know could still be used otherwise. mostly routers with alternate software running on it [22:12] mmm, still junk at release :D [22:13] well i best be off, late already... seems like all other peeps i'm working with are winding down so i won't have much to do for quite a while :O [22:13] o/ [22:13] had i prepared better i could have had the caps ready to go on the Apple IIe so i could work on it over the holiday :) [22:13] g'night! ttfn \o [23:07] * penguin42 hates to think what state my pile of machines is in; but I do need to try recapping my alarm clock [23:08] it has display corruption issues: https://mastodon.org.uk/system/media_attachments/files/108/300/738/145/198/181/original/c6cfec3b50e316d8.mp4 [23:27] if you leave it as is it would make a great sci fi countdown timer for an alien race :-P [23:32] hehe [23:38] or a way to persecute yourself waking up with a hangover and wondering if you're still too blotto to read numbers :-P