Posted in Computers, Repair Tips on Apr 24th, 2007 3 Comments »
A power cut scrambled the USB IDs on my Freecom DVB-T stick this morning… Freecom didn’t want to reply, the supplier just didn’t want to know (“your warranty is with Freecom, not us” – so much for the Sale of Goods Act). Anyway, here’s what I did to fix the VID/PID block on my DVB [...]
Posted in Computers, Rants on Apr 12th, 2007 No Comments »
If you’ve been reading my messages on the Thinkbroadband BBS and the PIPEX Xtreme Support newsgroup, you’ll probably know I’m currently a PIPEX subscriber, and also that I’m leaving with intent to move to Be Unlimited. Catch is, I need a MAC code from PIPEX to do so. And PIPEX are being difficult. Why does [...]
Posted in Electronics, Floppy disc R/W project on Apr 9th, 2007 2 Comments »
Yes, I know, it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything here — a few days shy of two months in fact. Hopefully this little posting will make it worth the wait Over the last couple of years, there’s been something of a resurgence of interest in ‘vintage’ computer platforms – the old BBC Micro, [...]
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