So today I received this! 20200708_142947.jpg (the board on the left, not the laptop!). The Z80-MBC2, a Z80-based computer on a board with 128K which runs CP/M (2.2, 3.0), Q/PM, Collpase OS etc and comes with SD card based disk emulation (sd card provided). You plug the Serial to USB cable into a US...

I'm not sure if this is pure coincidence, but the layout of the Atari ST Basic (Metacomco) looks remarkably like the layout of a BBQL in monitor mode: Atari_ST_BASIC.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_ST_BASIC Anyone know if this is pure chance or whether Metacomco used their experience on the ...

If you recall, the space station was called Swindon-SN1

Lol! I was asking OP.

I kind of figued you might be a Scot, Norman. Can't think why, just a hunch

Moonraker is a term for a Wiltshire person.

Hello fellow moonraker (obviously I'm an import, not even being born in the UK). Which end of the county are you? I'm almost on the far western edge, almost literally a stone's throw from BANES.

She must like shoes! ;) Access not a database? Heh heh. Not biting. It does what it aims to do very well. Would I trust client data to it if I could avoid it? Nope. I've never got around to using Firebird. No idea why really, it seems so feature rich and well thought out. Nowadays I reach for Postgr...

NormanDunbar wrote:I'm an Oracle DBA by day

My commiserations

Heh, heh.

Thanks everyone. This is really a great community of people here - always so helpful. (we really need a thumbs up or clap emoji!).

NormanDunbar wrote:I'm over 60 now, so things are aging out of cache

That made my day!

pjw wrote:I only found out about the usr function many years after Id given up on it. I don't know if it would have helped..

Hi pjw - I can't find that function mentioned - can you explain what it does and maybe show an example? Thank you!