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[challenge entry] I hope this isn't anyone's grandma here...


Crack is better than tea

From the Bad Books for Kids challenge. See all 457 entries (closed)

(tezdude, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:17, archived)
# o shit
NOOO!! GRANDMA!!!!!

(bigfatdick077 lol..., Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:18, archived)
# It is for her glaucoma.
 
woo!
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:22, archived)
# does anyone think this would be hard to make?
negativland.com/audiogadgets.html#howto

I think im going to try it.
(I helped save b3ta! d d, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:25, archived)
# well, no
fairly simple stuff but....

being as the instructions are american, and old you may have problems getting the bits.

(I helped save b3ta! TBL I posted this on, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:28, archived)
# i am american.
(I helped save b3ta! d d, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:29, archived)
# one problem down, two to go.
(I helped save b3ta! TBL I posted this on, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:31, archived)
# Is 1998 all that old?
 
Should still be do-able.
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:31, archived)
# possibly, but 9 years is a long time in electronics
(I helped save b3ta! TBL I posted this on, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:33, archived)
# sure is.
just had a thought.
back in '89 when i started university, the most powerful computer on the campus had 88mb of memory, and was the size of a caravan.

18 years later and i've got 16gig on my keyring.
(that makes Johnny Mnemonic look pretty fucking stupid too doesn't it?)
(coobeastie Used to Be in Evil Gazebo, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:36, archived)
# yep
my mates new PC has 2TB storage ( 4 X 500Gb sata raid thingy)

2 X 768Mb 7800GTX Sli graphics cards (I think thats the model number)

4 Gb ram (as yet, 4Gb seems to be the maximum)

Blueray drive + DVD Ram drive and all the other usual bits.

and I was in his place yesterday and he was playing tetris on it.



(I helped save b3ta! TBL I posted this on, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:41, archived)
# I still remember when 32MB RAM cost £500
and that wasn't all that long ago.
(I helped save b3ta! Dave Trouser ; the people's choice - 75% agree, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:43, archived)
# indeed not.
I bought a 56k modem, and it cost me £95


I now have 15 of them in the workshop that nobody wants.

(I helped save b3ta! TBL I posted this on, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:44, archived)
# !
I need a Rockwell chipset external modem, as mine died. Are they available to outsiders?
(I helped save b3ta! Dave Trouser ; the people's choice - 75% agree, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:49, archived)
# all the modems I have are internal
both ISA and PCI

(I helped save b3ta! TBL I posted this on, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:50, archived)
# doh!
no use - it's for my router mainly, and my old Acorn Risc PC :-)
(I helped save b3ta! Dave Trouser ; the people's choice - 75% agree, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:51, archived)
# I'll keep my eyes open
the external ones do show up from time to time.
(I helped save b3ta! TBL I posted this on, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:52, archived)
# i wish i still had my cluster of Acorn R140 machines.
(coobeastie Used to Be in Evil Gazebo, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:54, archived)
# I have an A3010 and RPC
The A3010 can get internet access via a 38K serial link to the RPC :-)

I still use the RPC for IRC access, as it has the best IRC client ever written.
(I helped save b3ta! Dave Trouser ; the people's choice - 75% agree, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:59, archived)
# i bow down before your collection of out-dated tat!
at one time i had a cellar full of old stuff, all working, including:

Cifer Megaframe
Honeywell Bull XPS 100
4 x Acorn R140 RiscOS machines
DECStation 5100 (Ultrix)
VAXStation 3100 (Ultrix)
and a ruck of 386 boxen running linux

they were either junked, sold off or given away.

our leccy bill was fucking huge



(coobeastie Used to Be in Evil Gazebo, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 3:09, archived)
# doh!
Did you know RISC OS is still going? It's on version 5 or so now, in a PC called Iyonix, running on an Intel XScale CPU. If they weren't Apple Mac rip-off prices, I'd have one (£2000+).
(I helped save b3ta! Dave Trouser ; the people's choice - 75% agree, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 3:11, archived)
# really? i thought it would be long dead by now
(coobeastie Used to Be in Evil Gazebo, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 3:20, archived)
# Yep, still alive.
There's even a virtual RiscPC software for windows, but I've not used that.
(I helped save b3ta! Dave Trouser ; the people's choice - 75% agree, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 3:23, archived)
# oh bobbins
i've just spent 2 weeks trying to track down a couple of dirt cheap ones to install into a machine at work.

just so i can dial in to a geographic number when i'm on the road, and connect to the net through the works broadband, rather than call an 0845 number which isn't counted in the inclusive minutes on the mobile.
(coobeastie Used to Be in Evil Gazebo, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:50, archived)
# This is what I want to do with my home broadband
as my router supports dial-in.
(I helped save b3ta! Dave Trouser ; the people's choice - 75% agree, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:53, archived)
# sadly our router doesn't
so it has to be bodged the old fashioned way.
(coobeastie Used to Be in Evil Gazebo, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:56, archived)
# Circuit bend them all into a minimodular synth rack.
(I helped save b3ta! Tahkcalb ω∞ for sigs, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:50, archived)
# tried that
ran out of patch leads
(I helped save b3ta! TBL I posted this on, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:51, archived)
# does anyone know where some good circuit bending instuctions are?
I wanted to try that, too.
(I helped save b3ta! d d, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:52, archived)
# Matrix Synth has links and showcases new ideas.
Flap back thru pastposts for more ideas and links.
matrixsynth.blogspot.com/
(I helped save b3ta! Tahkcalb ω∞ for sigs, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:53, archived)
# you think it would be hard to do with no knowledge of them?
(I helped save b3ta! d d, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:56, archived)
# Only a few initial things to get down.
Locating the key parts to fuck with is actually
quite simple. Most toys are built on simple
boards and even if the chips have ben goo'd
it's easy to find the places to put knobs in,
hook in audio out(/in if it had mic) taps, etc.
Cheap hobby if you yardsale or junkshop.
(I helped save b3ta! Tahkcalb ω∞ for sigs, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 3:09, archived)
# at least it wasn't solitaire.

a co-worker just spent 600 notes on a very posh laptop. and all he does is play sol and winmine on it.
(coobeastie Used to Be in Evil Gazebo, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:46, archived)
# the only reason he was not playing solitaire, was because
i uninstalled all the windows games when i set up the system.
he found the tetris game himself.

(I helped save b3ta! TBL I posted this on, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:48, archived)
# yeah
b3ta.com/board/7438787
(I helped save b3ta! d d, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:37, archived)
# although, using older more primative technology does however force you to be a little more creative.
(I helped save b3ta! d d, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:44, archived)
# That's what she said
(I helped save b3ta! intesvensk can't recall when I last checked the newsletter, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:40, archived)
# Yes...
but if you don't make it, and one for me, i may unleash that grandma on you. I'll tell her you took her Woman's Weekly, so god help me.
(tezdude, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:28, archived)
# seems fairly easy.
but then i do have 1/4 of an elecronic engineering degree.

don't mess it up, or you'll really piss off your phone company, as it isn't approved for use and could theoretically cause damage damage the exchange.

but this is unlikely.

(coobeastie Used to Be in Evil Gazebo, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:30, archived)
# ahhahah! Even better!
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:31, archived)
# really, i'd go a different route completely.
got some software somewhere that allows you to do pretty much the same thing using a pc & modem.

i'll try to find it.
(coobeastie Used to Be in Evil Gazebo, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:33, archived)
# record the results
post on /links
(EvilFred is investing in scuba gear., Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:30, archived)
# what is it meant to do?
(I helped save b3ta! Paster of Muppets is an incredible screen name, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 3:05, archived)
# Pfffft
You have the hummus, Tez. All of it! Give some back!
(I helped save b3ta! Mr.Ons knows you can hear him, Earthmen., Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:28, archived)
# James...
Is this more b3ta terminology you're gonna slap me with? Coz you know i go through the phases.
(tezdude, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:32, archived)
# Hummus is the mythical substance
which grants the owner a great degree of humour.
(I helped save b3ta! Mr.Ons knows you can hear him, Earthmen., Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:36, archived)
# or
crack
(tezdude, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:37, archived)
# that works too.
But hummus has CHICKPEAS!
(I helped save b3ta! Mr.Ons knows you can hear him, Earthmen., Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:42, archived)
# Delicious
Btw James, check out the Movement for Finance image i did. It may not make much sense here....I'll post it anyway.
(tezdude, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:45, archived)
# hummus = creative ability
as in "Can you fucking hummus?"

I think it originated with Lumpbucket..

*scurries off to the archives*

www.b3ta.com/board/64273
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:38, archived)
# hehehe :D
Good night b3tards!
(I helped save b3ta! Cae1, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:29, archived)
# night
yeah, i'm gonna sleep now
have a bus to catch in 8 hours
(EvilFred is investing in scuba gear., Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:32, archived)
# yay for oldies and cones!
(I helped save b3ta! Zank Frappa Who let the lefties in?, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:43, archived)
# ahhhahahh!
 
DON'T BOGART THAT BONG, BITCH.
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:45, archived)
# And then...
(tezdude, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:49, archived)
# i hate the royal family.
(I helped save b3ta! d d, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:51, archived)
# i dont mind them
when they're stoned!
(I helped save b3ta! Zank Frappa Who let the lefties in?, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:52, archived)
# And...
...ready to strip! Er, scratch that...
(tezdude, Wed 25 Jul 2007, 2:53, archived)