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I'm desperately seeking information about this chip.

It is a custom #Psion RS232 IC used in the Series 3c, codenamed CONDOR.

If you were involved in the development of the 3c or knew someone who worked for Psion around 1994-1997 who might have been involved, please get in touch.

We want to emulate this chip in #MAME so that it can be added to the existing Psion SIBO hardware #emulation.

This could also help with 3mx serial emulation.

#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #digipres

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I spoke to Mark some years back. He was polite, but insisted that he didn't have any old records from that time.

I haven't spoken to Andrew Orlowski, though.

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I don't think Andrew is on here but he's active on Twitter. I chatted with him recently.



Just found about a French MP with a slash in her last name : Emeline K/Bidi. It's pronounced Kerbidi, see next post for more info. I’ve never seen that before! fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emeline_…

One more concrete example for the "Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names" article

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@ChartreuseK no it is mediawiki feature. No special congratulations required that is why i have articles like bash.cyberciti.biz/guide//etc/… it just works 😅


75% of consumers in the US are very or slightly stressed about being prepared for a financial emergency, per Forbes, with 34% of them saying they couldn't cover an emergency expense of $1,000 without taking on debt.

#news #finance #economics #stocks #options



Snapchat will test placing sponsored messages next to chat threads and introduce new ad placements powered by automation. It aims to provide advertisers with actionable insights and is testing Sponsored Snaps and Promoted Places.
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From Project Gutenberg:

Œuvres mathématiques d'Évariste Galois

by Évariste Galois

Get it at: gutenberg.org/ebooks/40213



After a study found toxic metals in tampons, lawmakers are pressing the FDA to act


Members of the Democratic Women's Caucus are urging the FDA to address concerns about the safety and regulation of tampons after a study found heavy metals, including lead, in many popular products.

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About time.

newrepublic.com/article/185622…

Now let's collectively hold our breath for WaPo and NYT to actually publish a single article about it.

#USPOL



"Trump’s August total is notably lower than the nearly $139 million his operation raised in July — and less than the $210 million that his team raised in August 2020, when he was running as the incumbent."
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A retired federal judge is among those asking an appeals court to reassign former President Trump’s indictment on charges of mishandling classified documents case to a new judge.

In documents filed with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, two groups of legal experts and former government officials say U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon should be removed from the case
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #breaking #breakingnews

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GNU Spotlight with Amin Bandali: 15 new GNU releases in August, including bash, micron, taler, and more. Full details: fsf.org/blogs/community/august…

Big thanks to @bandali, all the devs, and other contributors! #GNUSpotlight #GNU #FreeSoftware #NewReleases




everyone can appreciate a good portmanteau, right? But combining 'portable' and 'monitor' and arriving at the word soup that is 'pornitor' isn't clever… 😅 overkill.wtf/portable-monitor-…



The child walks between her father and mother,
holding their hands. She makes the shape of the y
at the end of infancy, and lifts her feet
the way the y pulls up its feet, and swings
like the v in love, between and o and an e
who are strong and steady and as far as she knows
will be there to swing them forever. Sometimes
her father, using his free hand, points to something
and says its name, the way the arm of the r
points into the future at the end of father.
Or the r at the end of forever. It’s that forever
the child puts her trust in, lifting her knees,
swinging her feet out over the world.
— 'Swinging from Parents' by Ted Kooser from ’Splitting an Order’

#VerseThursday #TodaysPoem #poetry @bookstodon

(Art credit: Mirek Kuzniar)

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U.S ADP nonfarm employment change (August) actual: 99k vs 122k previous; est 145k

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Why is #SquareEnix and all of the other companies including #Samsung sponsoring a seemingly crappy project that is #Playtron? Too much money to waste or....?

There are many other neater, more trustworthy #Linux based #gaming distros/projects without crypto garbage they could've contributed towards instead if they wanted, such as #Bazzite.

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