The ASR33, like most teletypes of the era, works at a fixed rate. It does 10 characters per second. It is 110 Baud, using 1 start, 8 data (i... | Continue reading
Broadband services are a wonderful innovation of our time, using multiple frequency bands (hence the name) to carry signals over wires (us... | Continue reading
We have seen cries to ban encryption by the UK government (and others). They are couched in wording to try and get some sympathy for thi... | Continue reading
Broadband services are a wonderful innovation of our time, using multiple frequency bands (hence the name) to carry signals over wires (us... | Continue reading
There is a press release for a new UK Cyber Security Council ( here ). It is not 100% clear who they are, and whilst they mention various li... | Continue reading
One of the issues with my ASR33 Teletype is consumables. Where can you buy teletype supplies these days? The three things it eats are paper,... | Continue reading
As you know, I now have a working ASR33 teletype (see here for notes on restoration). Even though a few more bits to do, notable the case, ... | Continue reading
There is now law requiring (from 24th Sep) a QR code to be displayed in various premises so people can scan it in to a track and trace app. ... | Continue reading
I have finished my cruise now, which was mostly holiday, but also some work. I did some training for my mates (mainly in C coding) and we di... | Continue reading
It seems there is something of a standard test string for anti virus ( wikipedia has more on this). The idea is that systems that look fo... | Continue reading
N26 ( www.n26.com ) are a new/challenger bank much like Starling or Monzo (both of which are great). So I got an account, mainly because o... | Continue reading
One of the things that has always slightly amused and puzzled me is that unicode lacks a "cock" glyph. I mean, it seems to have characters a... | Continue reading
I think I have this right, but it seems rather concerning to me with the way GDPR has tightened things up so much there looks to be a concer... | Continue reading
Analogue phones have been around a long time, but BT plc have finally announced that in the UK the analogue phone will be gone by 2025. ... | Continue reading
Analogue phones have been around a long time, but BT plc have finally announced that in the UK the analogue phone will be gone by 2025. ... | Continue reading