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This one? I don't think it was this video, but I think it had a radio attachment then plugged into where the cassette would go th-cam.com/video/nxgxGYkIVLw/w-d-xo.html

@@Brfff Yes! There are a few styles out there, with some of them even smaller. I only came across them the other day. To get me back on topic, you can kinda see how Sharp's Brain built off of the later Sony dictionaries.

I had a look on buyee.jp for that Toshiba KT-AS10 cassette player - three for sale ... one under auction at AU$340 and two others with starting prices of AU$800 and AU$1300 ...

Doh, yes, man ... okay, I better re-edit that and replace the video quickly ... only 10 views so far

@@Brfff just put an onscreen annotation....

Okay, updated the video description at least ... no idea where my mind was at ... just thinking back to, yes, trying to get that bloody adventure game to work properly with my dad on the 464!

@@Brfff btw...its QLD whos weird...rest of the country highschool starts year 7!.. i think its because QLDs system doesnt include kindergarten as the first year...they straight into year 1.. ...i know all about it... had to repeat year 4 after moving from QLD back to NSW... even tho when i left NSW i was ahead of the QLD kids... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Note about school years (20:00), thanks to @WacKEDmaN for picking it up ... no idea where my mind was: Year 7 was the «last» year of PRIMARY school (in Queensland at least) in the 1980s/1990s. My kids are going to school in NSW at the moment where Year 7 is now the «first» year of HIGH school, which is a bit weird for me.

I'll be sure to add a warning next time to get your attention 😌

How fascinating. Thanks, noted. From ChatGPT: The German words **"Sie"** and **"sie"** are distinguished by capitalization and context, as they have different meanings and uses: ### **1. "Sie" (capitalized):** - **Formal "you":** Used to address someone formally, whether singular or plural. It's commonly used in professional settings, with strangers, or to show respect. - **Example (singular):** *Haben Sie die Rechnung bekommen?* *(Did you receive the invoice?)* - **Example (plural):** *Können Sie uns helfen?* *(Can you help us?)* ### **2. "sie" (lowercase):** - **She:** Refers to a singular female subject. - **Example:** *Sie ist Lehrerin.* *(She is a teacher.)* - **They:** Refers to a plural subject (any group of people or things). - **Example:** *Sie spielen Fußball.* *(They are playing soccer.)* ### How to Distinguish: - **Capitalization:** In written German, "Sie" (formal "you") is always capitalized, even if it doesn't begin a sentence. - **Context:** The meaning of "sie" as "she" or "they" depends on the verb conjugation: - Singular (she): Verb is conjugated in third person singular (*sie ist* - she is). - Plural (they): Verb is conjugated in third person plural (*sie sind* - they are). **Quick tip:** Pay attention to the verb form and context to determine the correct meaning!

Okay ... ??

I'll have a look at the schematic. On this page ... www.sax.de/~zander/z9001/bw.html ... there is an excellent functional description "Funktionsbeschreibung" which has the RESET logic described in Section 3.2 - we know that pressing the [RESET] button increases brightness, so this would be my starting point: "The RESET logic is implemented by two DL123 (1A) monoflops. The first monoflop is started after the voltage is switched on by the RC combination at the B input and delivers a pulse of approx. 10 ms in length. The trailing edge of this pulse starts the second monoflop, which forms the actual RESET pulse of 5 µs. The pulse duration of the first monoflop is dimensioned in such a way that it is guaranteed that all voltages have reached their setpoint before the pulse expires. The RESET button only affects the second monoflop."

Yeah, I found a Windows program that was a bit flaky on Win10 (not updated for some time), but the Perl script worked a treat ... of course, I guess if it's a standard TAP file then any converter should handle it ... ?

... and Dads!

Ahhh, yes, I could've slipped a layer or two of glued heat shrink over the cable where it meets the case, then screwed it down. BTW, do you want to see TH-cam's two AI-generated replies I could've chosen to use if I was lazy? 😂. The 2nd one is probably not too far off the mark for relevance, if I'm being honest! [1] Mini-B is sadly the only way to connect to most modern devices for these legacy devices - but it's not a bad idea to use heatshrink for the strain relief! [2] That's a great idea for strain relief ... never thought of doing it that way!

The Video Description field usually has all the useful information & links ... in newer videos I repeat this information for each Part, but these older ones I list it only once so you need to hunt around. In this case I listed the links in video [TCE #0203] ... the links are: github.com/y-salnikov/uknc_sd_fdd y-salnikov.github.io/uknc_sd_fdd/ ... and thanks for the reminder ... I need to return to this machine!

Hey mate, thanks for the feedback! I'm making a "Part 2" today where I re-use an existing USB cable. But regarding your question - I'm not entirely sure, I'm not an expert on these particular devices. They are essentially just a Bluetooth-to-USB converter. I know they don't light up when just connected to USB ... I'll do some quick testing now ...

@@Brfff you’re awesome

My youngest son is currently "busy" watching Bluey so I apparently need to wait before firing up the PS3! Thinking about it ... so the Dongle expects to connect to a guitar, drums, or turntable via Bluetooth ... and also talk to the relevant software on the PS3 via USB. Re-watching this video it looks like the dongle should light-up when it's synched with the wireless device, i.e. turntable ... not necessarily just connected to the PS3. So check the batteries in the wireless device and try re-synching ... ?

I can confirm ... when plugged into the PS3 and it's powered on, the dongle flashes RED if it's not connected to a turntable (etc.). I had to replace the batteries in our turntable and as soon as I did that, the flashing RED went solid RED on the dongle (already paired with that turntable ealier). And I could control the PS3 home screen using the turntable's controls.

@@Brfff hahahah my son watches bluey too, it’s funny actually I enjoy watching it from time to time. Her dad is hilarious

Indeed!

There is a Ukrainian Telegram group that I am a member of - someone there might know: UCHC "Ukrainian Computing History Community"

@@Brfff Wow, thank you so much! I'll ping them soon.

@@Brfff I've just found them (are those they?) on Facebook, not Telegram, and my question/request is pending for approval. In any case, thank you very and very much for the tip!

Oh yes, you are correct! ДІ05А type

I appreciate nice comments no matter how old the video is! I had an Amstrad growing up here in Australia and I never saw or knew anyone with a Speccy, but that doesn't stop me from appreciating them! I wonder if Sir Clive truly realised & appreciated how widely loved (and tinkered with) his little Speccy was around the world - obviously as a businessman he probably wished he was getting paid something for each clone, but it's just remarkable how his little machine continues to evolve. I'm just about to upload #556 on the East German Robotron KC87 ... this was video #135. Hopefully my videos have improved quite a bit since this one!

I really need to start work on these fellows again - I've got a batch of new rubber-dome parts for the keyboard ... it's just that, from what I can recall, it's not going to be an easy job replacing them ...

TH-cam has started offering AI-generated (I guess) auto-replies, which I think is pretty sucky ... thanks for commenting on my video, I can't be bothered coming up with my own reply, here's one automatically generated! In this case, I was offered these two comments to choose from: [1] "It's definitely a machine! Got me through 2022!" ... mmmkay, and [2] "Yep, it's a 4-band transceiver ... I had no idea what I was looking at until I started researching" ... huh?

Oh, there were lots of Morse code projects in electronics kits here in the US back in the 80's, when I was a kid. I had at least four multi-project kits that included a code key. It's a nice, simple thing to work with, easy for kids to understand, and also has a neat historical angle to it. In fact, my city's local museum has (or at least did, the last time I visited about five or six years ago) a couple "telegraph offices", on either side of an exhibit on railroads, each equipped with telegraph keys and receivers, with which visitors (kids being the main target) could try sending and receiving coded messages with their friends on the other end of the room. It is really interesting to see what the Soviet equivalent (one of them, at least) was at about the same time.

Yep, it should do if it's a USB cable - I don't have one myself. These USB-A cables are pretty simple ... just four wires: two for power and two for data. See pinouts here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_hardware Since I made this video, I realised that I could've also used one of the 100's of unused USB cables I've got lying around - just cut the USB plug off and strip the wires, etc.

LOL, no, appreciate it. I think I was positioning the microphone wrong so have tried a new position. I recently got a pair of Røde mics (Wireless GO) ... one connects to my iPhone 13 that is recording and the other clips to my shirt. I've started positioning the shirt mic. more towards my shoulder rather than directly under my chin. I think that solves the "heavy breathing" issue, but then I get a bit too loud when I'm looking to my left and looking at my computer screen (most recent video, TCE #0555). Ultimately, I'd like to get one of those mics on its own articulated arm ... maybe in January!

I must thank Google Translate. I had two words to work with ... "konstruktors" and "varianti". The box came from Slovakia so I initially tried Slovak & Czech, but there was no match for "varianti" ... but "konstruktors" suggested Latvian. Ahhh! I definitely knew it wasn't Estonian as that's quite similar to Finnish and I can tell a Finn a mile away, so when I got into the box and tried "instrukcija" as Latvian, it translated with no issue. Then, of course, the Russian on the back of the booklet also mentioned Latvian SSR which confirmed it. In hindsight, maybe the "article" ID on the back of the box might also have indicated it ... it ends with ЛАТ ... Latvia? And thanks for pointing out Lithuania ... didn't even think of that!

@@Brfff Yeah Estonian is totally its own thing but I wouldn't be surprised if it has a few Russian loanwords that Finnish doesn't have. "Varianti" could be Slavic. But the Latvian SSR and the ЛАТ took away any confusion of course. There's different diacritics in Czech, Slovak, Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian, but when none of the words have any diacritics you have to rely on other clues.

Latvian and Lithuanian parted from Slavic ≈2000 years BC, AFAIK. (Yes, I’m right, that’s the main hypothesis now.) And they lived in close neighbourhood, and they are important sources on history of Slavic languages. Estonian is really different language close to Finnish.

@@Mercury13kiev Yes exactly right. If you're not sure what language you're looking at Estonian has lots of double vowels but has õ while Finnish uses no diacritics. Latvian and Lithuanian both have familiar-looking words that look strangely plural because -s has a different function than in English. But Latvian has a lot more ā, ē, ī, ū than Lithuanian that only has ū but has Polish-looking ones like ą, ę, į, ų that Latvian lacks. I think but I'm not positive that Estonian doesn't have double consonants while Finnish does too.

@@andrewdunbar828the „ogonki” mean vowel length instead of nasalization, though

Oh, good idea! I'll do that!

github.com/0ddjob/RadioKonstruktors

@@Brfff Excellent! Did you add the white dots in place of the holes on the board?

@@MrWaalkman I did

I've been slowly adding translations of each project (section 5 of the manual), and have added the Morse Code section 6. I think I'll ultimately translate the whole manual and create an English-language PDF version

Will try to keep some spare for the computers!

Oh, of course! Didn't even occur to me that it might be a transmitter option as well ... handy for spies ... "I just built a kit to learn electronics, honestly comrade!"

That would be page 28 (6:03). It's not really a transmitter, just a tone generator and amplifier

I am slowly translating the manual - doing the projects first: github.com/0ddjob/RadioKonstruktors/tree/main/Projects

Ah, you noticed that! I should've lingered on it more but, yes, they definitely decided to make it a OTP! I've found a simple internal 8KB upgrade that I'm going to try - designing a PCB for it. The machine has a standard 16KB RAM upgrade but this isn't visible to the VDG (separate bus to the expansion connector) which can address up to 8KB www.waveguide.se/?article=expanding-the-trs-80-mc-10-internal-ram

Wirewrap? Yes, possibly! I remember our (Nokia) first few 2G MSCs in the UK had wire wrapping, but I came a little later so never had to do that!

@Brfff It was standard in telephone switches and some computers of 70 era and was respected as superior to soldering mostly because of vibration resistance.

I'd say that you've done well with that purchase. AFAIK that would be the 32k version Alice with built in ML monitor (as it came in the case). A brilliant little system, It's easy verify if it's the 32K you've got it's got an * printed on the bottom label and a ?mem will let you know anyway. Good luck with it

@@8bitsinthebasement Yes it does have the * at the end of the serial number. I might finally have time over Christmas to power it up. Maybe the MC-10 I bought 3 years ago as well :(

I stumbled upon a French auction site - looks like a few available there, but mostly "pick up" or delivery only to France maybe ... :( www.leboncoin.fr/recherche?category=15&text=Matra+Alice&shippable=1&kst=k

Yes, definitely a nice find! I'm assuming that it should be compatible with the Alice 4K/MC-10 even though it has a different (better!) video chip? Same BASIC ... it doesn't really mention anything here: alice.system-cfg.com/hardware.php I find myself starting to fall down the rabbit hole ... "gotta collect them all!" 😇

@@Brfff I didn't know about the 90, must..resist.. purchasing