| daftykins | heh i had to buy a CompactFlash card today for the dentists, as their new steriliser machine dumps logs to the things | 09:50 |
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| daftykins | just paid £35 for a 32GB in a local shop | 09:50 |
| zxmpi | ouch, saw a cp/m group advertising a new mini sd card add on for cpm machines to replace cf card adapter as cf fades away and is harder to find | 09:56 |
| daftykins | mmm i was amazed i found one, should have gotten another really as i have a PATA adapter i could have used in the Pentium III i have here | 09:57 |
| daftykins | the one i refurb'd whilst life was a bit quieter :D | 09:57 |
| daftykins | this full format is taking forever | 09:59 |
| daftykins | i was a bit thrown when the nurse walked up to me at first, as she said it needed a SIM card | 10:00 |
| daftykins | just who does it want to phone!? | 10:00 |
| * zxmpi wonders where i left the spare 1mb ssd card for my psion :-) | 10:16 | |
| daftykins | nice it failed after 100% | 10:17 |
| zxmpi | formatting the cf card? | 10:18 |
| daftykins | yep | 10:20 |
| zxmpi | i wonder if it's too big for the device it's in | 10:20 |
| zxmpi | or try formatting it in an old camera maybe | 10:21 |
| daftykins | well i'm doing it from my desktop and have tried multiple partition sizes already | 10:21 |
| daftykins | yeah i don't own one | 10:21 |
| daftykins | at least not anymore | 10:21 |
| zxmpi | might be the stereliser has a format option | 10:24 |
| daftykins | failed, which is why i came home | 10:24 |
| zxmpi | which now makes me think it's the card | 10:24 |
| daftykins | reseat wins the day! it's a pretty ancient reader | 10:27 |
| zxmpi | that helps too \o/ | 10:27 |
| daftykins | built into my 14 year old monitors | 10:27 |
| zxmpi | pffffft, my monitor has a scart connector :-P | 10:28 |
| daftykins | sounds like a TV in disguise | 10:28 |
| zxmpi | it is | 10:28 |
| zxmpi | also from a dentists office. it started life as part of a mouth examining camera system | 10:29 |
| daftykins | coincidence :D | 10:30 |
| daftykins | ok i halved the partition to 16GB as i don't like my chances, let's see if it works | 10:30 |
| daftykins | once again - love having a client 100m away, convenience++ | 10:30 |
| zxmpi | come the day you can send a drone to have a look at the customers problem :-) | 10:31 |
| daftykins | :D | 13:12 |
| daftykins | just got chatting to the owner of the opticians one street away who are ordering my new lenses too, now he wants my card :o | 13:12 |
| zxmpi | how many different business cards do you have? :-P | 13:13 |
| daftykins | got to at least colour them differently ;) | 13:13 |
| zxmpi | tech support/attitude adjuster/body removal... :-P | 13:13 |
| daftykins | ooh yes many a rolled up rug needs moving of late here on the island | 13:14 |
| daftykins | and i know just the guy! | 13:14 |
| zxmpi | bonus points when you do it on your bike as you worry about your carbon footprint :-D | 13:14 |
| daftykins | i need a trailer after all, then the cat is on duty to look cute and distract people | 13:15 |
| zxmpi | need a nice dutch cargo bike for the big jobs | 13:16 |
| daftykins | i think i've seen one or two, take up the full width of the cycle lanes | 13:16 |
| zxmpi | loads of them around here. all types, leccy and manual | 13:17 |
| zxmpi | seems that a common one is to ditch the second car for an electric cargo bike for shopping/daily runner leaving the car for long jaunts and multiple passengers | 13:18 |
| daftykins | sounds like a good combo | 13:19 |
| zxmpi | gives you both options for when price of petrol is now dropping while leccy is climbing | 13:19 |
| daftykins | https://i.redd.it/fne4zonb6qp91.jpg | 17:21 |
| daftykins | SFW | 17:21 |
| davef | I'm stealing that | 21:17 |
| daftykins | :D | 22:21 |
| daftykins | please do | 22:21 |
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