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Oh that's absolutely gorgeous. Is that the modem with the phone number bad on the left?

If you're thinking this doesn't look like your typical Dragon (the green! it burns!), it's because this machine has a DragonPlus, a period modification that gives it 80 columns and 128K memory. It's seen here running OS9 and Dynacalc off a CocoSDC floppy emulator.

Time to get some proper work done on my Dragon 64 ...

Have you typed in Hurkle yet? 😄

I guess one question is this - you're writing software for a retro system, so do you want to stay true to the retro process used to generate that code? If you used DOS back in the day, should you remain true to that? Or is it time to move on?

And £25 is a typical cost for an application that might lead to a 4/5 figure hiring fee. The LLM read a whole bunch of articles on average CPAs in recruitment without applying context or even realising it should check what A stood for. This is why we don't use Gemini. </rant>

In Adwords, the A in CPA stands for 'action'. In our case, the action is a click on a leadgen form. 65p is a fair price for a lead in our business. But the problem is our business is on the fringes of recruitment, and in recruitment, the 'A' in CPA also stands for 'application' ...

<rant> Google would so love to let Gemini run my 6 figure Adwords account, so for a laugh I asked it what it would do. The reply was superficially convincing. It would like me to raise my target CPA from £0.65 to £25. Woah, NO. That would spend my entire budget in a matter of minutes. So I dug ...

Dragon 32 PSUs 😱

Let's party like it's 1992 @ #synthesized in Cambridge this weekend! I'm all ready to go with my 90s style setup 🎹 🎶 www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/76919/Sy...

MemoryMoog 😍 <swoons>

Wire it all up with a ton of cables and we're ready to go! See you all on Saturday and Sunday :)

Back in the day I had a Cheetah MS6 (and you can meet one of the guys behind it - @bob-p-dj.bsky.social - at Synthesized this weekend!). But now I'm going to use my Amyboard (the red gizmo on the speaker) to emulate one ... 3/4

The mainstay of my system was the Casio FZ-1 and Atari ST. Here they've both been upgraded with Goteks to make life simpler - plus the Atari has a modern mouse and a lovely crisp VGA output ... 2/4

Okay, so I think I have a plan for #Synthesized this weekend in Cambridge! Nothing like leaving it a wee bit late ... www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/76919/sy... ... I'm going to try and recreate my early 90s setup ... but with modern twists! 1/4

Synthesized is on next Saturday and Sunday (27th/28th) at the Centre for Computing History - come and see lots of awesome synthesisers and computers talking to each other! And watch me fail to explain how the Amyboard works too :) www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/76919/sy...

It's just over a week to #synthesized at Cambridge and I'm cutting it fine. This new toy arrived today - it's a Juno-6, it's a DX7 and it's all programmable in Python too- and it cost just $29! I have 1 week to understand it, program it, write some music for it and be able to demo it. Wish me luck!

🚨 Events! (Short notice!) I'll be at @retrocomputermuseum.co.uk Legendary Gathering (Leicester) TOMORROW 20th June! then at @computinghistory.org.uk "Synthesized" (Cambridge) on Saturday 27th June! #samcoupe #retrocomputing #retrogaming

I'll be there with ... something! Maybe something connected to an Atari. I'm not sure yet :)

Hey! Happy Birthday! 🎂