David Tubbs wrote, On 29/10/09 23:49:
Hey ho, nostalgia, Newbrain was my first foray into 'puters.
I bought mine s/h from Morgan's while they were still only a camera
shop in Tott' C't Rd, My choice was on the basis of twin cassette
ports and the keybd being virtually the same layout and scale as the
Qwerty. 1984 Grundy already on the skids.
Using it on a boat, 12v only, I had quite a job getting the range of
voltages required not to mention those for a dotmatrix printer. As far
as I remember the pins in the power socket were in the 0.1" spacing
and accepted a small piece of a Molex(?) connector. Incidently I used
a bit of the same to provide a negative 9v (battery) for a a QL,
shoved into the expansion slot.
I was interested to note from Micro Men that Grundy were in the frame
for the BBC.
Simon Goodwin was talking about the Newbrain today in the car to Ian Pizer in
Geneva - I think he said that was *his* first too.
We have had a fun time at Ian's getting his Iphone (and my Macbook) connected
via his wifi. Oddly it used WEP and did not even show any other protocols.
Both of us connected with WEP but no DHCP.
Once I had found WPA2 all was fine.
Tony
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