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I don't need one, It won't fit on my layout, it's the wrong country, when can I buy one? Edit: May 4th 4014 starts on it's tour from Cheyenne depot https://www.eventbrite.com/e/big-boy-release-event-tickets-59066950840

Too many spokes in the pony truck wheels. Trailing truck is correct.

Well there you go. I had both of them and they weren't the ones I was thinking about

Never had an Archie. went from BBC B to BBC Master to 486 PC Most of the limitations of the BBC micros could be overcome by clever programming and use of the versatile OS & hardware. I even saw a program where the screen was split into two different modes top & bottom.

When things happen is up to you. My PCs are off overnight, always have been, always will be. The updates are downloaded in the background whenever the PC is on. The restart (when the installs are completed) is up to you. I usually do it when nothing else is happening (e.g. end of session) - "Update and shut down"

If it's switched off it can't. You don't leave it on do you?

Chrome is up there with the others. Default browser on all Android devices which now outsell Apple & it's Safari, also a variant (Chromium) AFAIK is pretty widespread on Linux devices. I still installed Firefox on my Android tablet as I'm used to it! EDIT Just found the Global market share by use for DEC 2018: Chrome 71%, Firefox 10%, IE 5.4%, Safari 5%, Edge 4%, Opera 2.5%. Market share for mobile OS was: Android 88%, iOS 18%, Windows 0.3% (which must be wrong as it is >100%) Another source gives it Android 75%, iOS 22%, + others

It doesn't need to be way above the chimney. Many were mounted lower down on a cranked mast As long as it isn't right up against the brickwork it should look OK.

It's a great way to run a company. You design the processors, others make them using your design, paying you a licence fee. Big returns and no manufacturing base.

6502 and also used in the highly successful Apple computers of the day. Hardly dead ended and with it's expansion ports, a much better computer than many of the others . The add on x86 processor would run programs faster than the contemporay IBM PC they were written for. Then of course they went ARM with the Archimedes, way ahead of the pack, the successors of which are in most Tablets, Phones and other bits of tech. The company that evolved from that which designed the BBC micros now is pretty market dominant.

The teacher's a bit on the short side............ (Modern times and all that)

Chrome seems the way most peope are going, Firefox (which I stll use) is on the wane somewhat, there are a few sites which only work properly on IE. (why?) I read somewhere that MS are going to have a Chrome based browser in the future. Anybody know more?

Anybody heard the latest? Apparantly Huawei are going to start making DCC chips. It comes about because the Chinese Government can't believe all these grown men are playing with toy trains. It appears they will be gathering intelligence to find out what we are really about.

I've heard of polishing them but grinding? If there is a problem there seems to be a remedy next door: https://goo.gl/maps/XCBHUmzwVaf773k57

And anybody with a Network West Midlands train ticket for the journey can use them.

Hi Rudy If you want to go the whole hog Microsoft Visual Studio is free to non commercial users and covers the Arduino IDE. Obviously Windows only. Sorry it is Visual Studio!

I did a search to see what had gone previously on the PCDuino - not a lot! Seems that even though when it first came out and had pretty good reviews not many took to it and most queries on Ubuntu forum went unanswered. Strange considering what you got for your money: Fully operating Lubuntu system with LX DE. LAN, Wi-Fi, HDMI 1GB system Ram, 4Gb program Ram, Arduino IDE, Python .etc. etc. EDIT I found the purcase receipt for it, it was only £15.99 not £17.99 as I though. Worth just for the play factor! As you can see from the above it is already an LXDE Lubuntu. The biggest problem is the processor which is an Arm8 v7 (32bit) and there doesn't seem to be much development for it I have found that Oracle do a version of Java 8 121 for that hardware which needs a minimum of Ubuntu 12.04 to run, so I think that's what I will install and see whether the later versions of JMRI will run on it. Unfortunately you can only download it if you open an account but that's free. I'm not bothered about other software, what it has is good enough.

Been there done that. Even did a computing course where everything was stacks & registers and 2 digit alpha-numeric (0-F) displays. The Apple computers at work (Europlus IIe) eventually had a hard drive. It was bigger than the computer case and had IIRC 10Mb storage. That was in the days when Apple were open and anyone could develop software and hardware for them. I built an interface card for one and programmed it to control a Chrismas light show. Looking forward to seeing what W10 1903 is like, all three PCs running 1809 have been faultless since it was installed. They have SS Hard drives which make a massive different with upgrades. Must force SWMBOs laptop which still has a HDD to install it and it will be a full house.

Mind you my first PC had 4Mb (later upgraded to 8Mb) of memory and (for the time) a massive 170Mb HDD, it was running DOS 5/Windows 3.1, which came on a few 3 1/2" floppy disks.

Loks like we crossed posts as I had just edited it! The mooted second platform at Kenilworth would be useful to allow passing trains, although there is a passing loop north of the platform

I didn't say it had the capacity, just that it was signalled for such movements. Logic says that the Nuneaton - Coventry service should be combined with the Coventry Leamington service to make a through train (It would need to cross all tracks though!)

When we first had tv (for the Coronation) dad didn't know anything about aerials and being familiar with long wire aerials used on radios, just put up a length of co-ax with nothing on the end, needless to say the picture wasn't very good. Fotunately we were in Birmingham which had a strong signal from Sutton Coldfield, else we wouldn't have seen anything.

I'm trying to see the logic of selling a computer with as little as 32Gb? Considering the low cost of memory, it seems to be downright penny pinching.

Definitely.

I can't understand what you mean as Coventry has 4 platforms all of which are signalled for use in the both directions to enable terminating and reversal. Some Birmingham trains do terminate at Coventry & reverse as well as all the Nuneaton trains & Leamington trains The idea of 4 tracking (from Rugby to Brum) has been on and off the menu ever since I got interested in railways 60+ years ago