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Back then Video hadn't even been born, so the Radio star was safe

Happy Birthday - enjoy the vino

To be fair to them - I've had something stuck at "langley" and it was down to customs check delays - so although it appeared to indicate RM had my parcel - it had not been officially released to them. I hate the fact that the tracking from either side doesn't tell you what our lovely HMRC ...

esp32_ser.jpgHey Pr0f ; Someone was way ahead of me :D Anyway its great to try to program such nice connection. And one can make your own preferences. I do like the lilygo products though - and there is probably a lot more this could potentially offer - would be interesting to see how well it works...

I wonder if those serial network modems would provide time?

https://www.simulant.uk/shop/retro-vint ... compatible

The other approach would be to use an RTC chip that actually does have a "seconds counter" and just disable the ZX8302 whenever a read access to those RTC addresses is made - and provide the data from the seconds counter RTC chip instead. No I2C needed - as the code in the QL is already se...

The Minerva MKII has I2C interface and does have an on board I2C RTC and RAM chip.

There is a project ongoing on here to recreate the PCB for that - the code is already in the Minerva ROM

I rescued a BBC Basic manual from a school I worked out - was for RM machines - but it contains the full list of commands. Also since picked up some books on the Z88 that cover BBC Basic - It's a good version of the language.

I watched those as well, wonder who got them?

tofro wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2024 8:44 am Well, I think the answer to the OP's question is as simple as pragmatic: If it works, use it, if it doesn't, don't

Love that