Re: [Dorset] A 1987 Start-up For CNC Turning.

Hi Ralph On 20/09/10 00:11, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi, I've just read http://jacquesmattheij.com/The+start-up+from+hell and thought it may amuse some on the list. It's about using an Atari ST and stepper motors to make an old lathe CNC-driven. Brings back memories of CNC programming, and

Re: [Dorset] Source for new Netbook with Linux or no OS?

There's are few angles to this. (1) It might be better to get a not too old 2nd hand one, because if its not pre-loaded there may be some rather time consuming technical issues lurking within the new hardware (possibly even deliberately so, but that's another argument). For example my Sony

[Dorset] Recording the Internal Workings of a 6502.

Hi, Not the Rockwell 6502A of the BBC B, but the MOS 6502, even so... these chaps are coming up with netlists for the internals of old chips, having taken them apart and photographed them. http://www.visual6502.org/ Their Javascript code to run a netlist is what made the news, they've