Michael Borthwick

Masters of Research (Swinburne). Developing accessible & multilingual museum exhibits. Researching Exidy Sorcerer microcomputer history. VK3XDY

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@lukeweston Except me. Life is too short to deal with the frustration of knock offs.

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@shauntremayne Dialing up BBSs from 1982 with a kit 1200/75 baud modem, CompuServe in the early 90s then a shell account on ZikZak accessed with my Amiga 2000

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@Shadoff_d @antongale 🙄

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@lukeweston Sorry but the big news story is how short that nail is 😂

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@lukeweston Valuable to who though 🤔

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Before digital preservation comes analog preservation #digipres #cassette #exidysorcerer

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@Dream_Library_ Do you have an Exidy Sorcerer?

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@lukeweston Or BUGO for short

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@matseng Try finding the PAL version the CDP1864 😅

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@lukeweston Very useful for historical research since no longer available online.

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@tschak What makes them government grade Thomas?

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@ObsoleteSony Worth it for RFoM alone

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@MameHaze A Christmas holiday ritual to read your end of year update. Thanks 🙏

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@railmaps Seems bizarre to de-electrify a train line. What was the rationale?

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@john_leclair @mov_axbx Hi John a recent video talking about what people got up
To with the Sorcerer in Australia Source: YouTube https://t.co/O00u3ZLbkP

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@shoemanG Hi Greg I was also in SCUA and would like to get in touch.

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@lukeweston Indoor use only

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@lukeweston Rotary hoe

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@TubeTimeUS Where did you get to with this?

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@einsteinagogo @nyimski I remember the Sorcerer would have a good old think and the display would go a bit wobbly just before it announced you had finished the adventure