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  • Splinter
  • October 21, 2018 at 11:23 AM

There are 27 replies in this Thread which has previously been viewed 8,493 times. The latest Post (December 1, 2025 at 11:13 AM) was by UK Man.

  • Rice
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    • October 29, 2024 at 5:29 PM
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    I wish I could see it! But we don’t get AMC+

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    • October 29, 2024 at 7:41 PM
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    Quote from Rice

    I wish I could see it! But we don’t get AMC+

    Do you have a cable TV provider in US?

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    • October 29, 2024 at 10:29 PM
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    No. Use YouTubetv for streaming service. It’s about $88/month, if I remember correctly; our DirecTV was up to $229/month, or more, when we cut the cable a couple of years ago.

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    • October 30, 2024 at 9:00 AM
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    Yes it is a classic. Very good. Streaming On AMCPlus or you may be able to login for free to regular AMC if you have that channel with your cable provider in USA. *Maybe*

    The first 1-2 seasons the fictional story reminded me a bit of the real story of great Pulitzer winner book by Tracy Kidder Soul of a new Machine (1982). If never read that the few pages of the prologue is the hook.

    It also reminds me of how Compaq made the first portable computer and one has to wonder how much of HCF was influenced by that.

    Silicon Cowboys is on YouTube in full!

    A Brit In Buenos Aires

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    • December 1, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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    What’s The Oldest Tech Hardware You Still Use? | Daves Computer Tips
    Shiny Thing Syndrome (STS) is a hard condition to shake, and I’ve been collecting computer hardware since the early ’90s. Some I’ve kept and some I’ve…
    davescomputertips.com

    A Brit In Buenos Aires

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    • December 1, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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    Funnily enough we have a room full of 'junk' we don't use. Some still in the packing boxes we had shipped over from the UK. I was having a rummage in there the other day and came across a photo slide scanner which I haven't used in years. Thinking I would have plenty of time on my hands here my plan was to scan all the Kodachrome/Fuji slides and put them on discs. I did start doing it but hardly got a quarter of the way through before having to attend to other things. Still got a couple of old operating systems which I'll have to power up if I want to continue the job but my heart's no longer in it. Plus I've forgotten where all the cables go.

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    • December 1, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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    Funnily enough we have a room full of 'junk' we don't use. Some still in the packing boxes we had shipped over from the UK. I was having a rummage in there the other day and came across a photo slide scanner which I haven't used in years. Thinking I would have plenty of time on my hands here my plan was to scan all the Kodachrome/Fuji slides and put them on discs. I did start doing it but hardly got a quarter of the way through before having to attend to other things. Still got a couple of old operating systems which I'll have to power up if I want to continue the job but my heart's no longer in it. Plus I've forgotten where all the cables go.

    It's worth hanging on to that scanner because they are very expensive new.

    A Brit In Buenos Aires

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    • December 1, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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    It's worth hanging on to that scanner because they are very expensive new.

    Here it is here.

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