The old machine is an Archimedes A440/1 with a PC card in, with the really quite powerful 10 years ago spec 486 processor running at 25 MHz, clock-doubled to 50 MHz. The newer one is a Pentium (1) running at 166 MHz, but that's still powerful enough for her to browse the web and read email. Richard's new mobile phone has an ARM processor running at 100 MHz, and he can play "Doom" on it. I feel old.
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geeky
"It's like I've built my own steam engine..."
The old machine is an Archimedes A440/1 with a PC card in, with the really quite powerful 10 years ago spec 486 processor running at 25 MHz, clock-doubled to 50 MHz. The newer one is a Pentium (1) running at 166 MHz, but that's still powerful enough for her to browse the web and read email. Richard's new mobile phone has an ARM processor running at 100 MHz, and he can play "Doom" on it. I feel old.
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Still alive.
I am alive. Coping with the hiatus hernia. Perhaps in a one damned thing after another sort of way. Still, the symptoms have all improved…
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Some petitions I have signed today.
UK Government and Parliament Petitions: EU Referendum Rules triggering a 2nd EU Referendum. To be fair, this doesn't have a hope in hell of…
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Don't talk to me about the Referendum
I am very stressed, anxious, angry, and upset right now. I literally cannot believe what has happened. I honestly don't know anyone who voted to…
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