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I often wonder if people from the US and elsewhere were ever told about the experiences we, as a nation, lived through, during WW2. In particular - rationing and food provision. It's often a trope in American media that 'British food is terrible' yet never stop to consider why that might have...

nVidia has CUDA, AMD has ROCm and then...if you're not lucky, you have nothing, for GPU accelerated LLM workloads? NO! Because Ollama now supports Vulkan! This means that if, like me, you have a machine that's not cutting edge, you can still leverage the power of the GPU to accelerate the...

As i'm as old as the dirt beneath my feet, when Slot-A stuff came out, I was rocking a Pentium II 233Mhz (running at 266MHz), on an Intel i440LX board. Over the years I couldn't afford anything on that side of things despite being in AWE of the Pentium III crushing device from AMD, the perennial...

So this was about to be yeeted into the e-waste at work when one of my colleagues stopped it from going in the bin, putting it on my desk instead. I love these little USFF 1L machines, they pack so much into such a tight space, and this appeared to be no different. Opening it up, oh, a...

Couldn't resist picking up one of these for just £9! I recently got an InWin case I've been after for 24 years, courtesy of @Stinkerton18 so I have the idea to do the build I had before project Middlesex and what better place to start? Project Letchworth is a go, too! Of course this was...

A rather odd thing happened between 2023 and 2024 - before Christmas, the mouse I used at work, a Steelseries Rival 310 worked just fine. After Christmas, in the new year when I came back to work, the mouse had stopped working except for the button click. This was very odd, nothing in the...

We purchased a 20 year old ex-pub bench from a couple that lived around the corner, shortly after we moved in. Despite being 20 years old, it was in fairly good condition. However, the elements started to take its toll over the last year or so, what with it being the wettest year ever...

For those that are unaware, the TD Game server is run on a Dell R520 - as shown here: https://tinkerdifferent.com/threads/tinkerdifferent-game-server-now-testing.2909/ In modern terms, it's ancient, was destined for the e-waste until i rescued it. I mean, who'd want a 10-core, 20 thread...

On the IIfx and the IIfx Reloaded, the two Peripheral Interface Chips use a 65C02 core running at 4MHz - they require SRAM to operate. Here's a quick list of pin compatible 32K x 8 SRAM chips. Manufacturer Part Number Lyontek LY62256 Sony CXK58257AP Toshiba TC55257BFL NEC...

https://www.techspot.com/news/102684-zilog-discontinuing-z80-microprocessor-after-almost-50-years.html While nothing Apple made uses the Z80 specifically, the Z85C3008VEG PLCC44 and Z85C3008PEG PDIP-40 (aka the 85C30 SCC) used in a lot of 68K Macs, is also being discontinued. If you're...

I grew up as a massive fan of the first two films (the others not so much), which was helped by the fact my mum had a very, very tiny hand in both of them as a seamstress working in the props/costuming department. While i went out of my way to try and enjoy Prometheus and Covenant, i really just...

Recently, some of you may be aware of a ban handed out to a now former member of our community. The reason for that members ban is still valid and the ban will therefore stand (Reason: Violation of the code of conduct). However, the language used in the ban message itself was not just...

This is more of a heads up - if you're building any Reloaded boards, please now be aware that TI have been curtailing their product lines, so things like the SN75150 (replaces the MC3488 in the SE Reloaded) & SN75175 RS-422/RS-485 serial interface IC's used in the SE/30 Reloaded and more, are...

This has been on the cards for a while, and i've just gotten a Dell R520 handed to me for the sum of £0 - ie, 'take it away or we're throwing it away' (perks of the job!). Oh look, here's Gary inspecting it now... To be honest, these Dell servers are more than enough for a community game...

Almost 20 years ago (jesus, that hurts to say now), I was nearly ready to begin my computing course at Middlesex University in North London. Disappointment of the course and ineptitude of the University aside, I had put together a damn good rig to handle almost everything that you could throw...

Please note - all credit goes to Phil Greenland for this: https://www.quantulum.co.uk/blog/new-timepiece-for-a-classic-mac-part-1/ https://www.quantulum.co.uk/blog/new-timepiece-for-a-classic-mac-part-2/ So for anyone with a classic mac needing the 8-pin DIP package RTC, this is the answer! I...

This year, @boopbox123 and I are eschewing the norms of british culinary tradition during the primary gifting period and choosing to instead have buffet food on the day itself, instead of boxing day, which is normally what happens. Reasons for this are mostly because we can prepare almost...

This weekend, I was thinking about the fact we're at 700+ members and some of us might also game, on some platform or another. To this end, i've made a simple spreadsheet here if you want to add yourself and open up your friends list. I've added my name to the pot already :)...

So, we're moving from a room in 2nd floor apartment, to a our own ground floor apartment with 2 bedrooms and a garden. Now, the Mrs wants to be able to have a garden space to herself and I have just the idea. In the garden is a concrete base suitable for a garden shed. This will not just be any...

I know, I know, them's is fighting words! But, i stand by this method. Pics coming soon, will edit the thread when I have some. Ingredients: Knorr Beef Stock Pot x 2 500g Minced Beef - 10 or 12% fat - just not 20, or 5 - that's too fatty/lean respectively. One large red onion (for a sweeter...