RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted October 15, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 15, 2022 1 hour ago, KNP said: Computer repaired with new HDD but a solid state one which seems very fast. Oh yes, no moving parts you see. Even if it fails in the future, barring any physical damage, it should still be readable 👍 Of course then there's NVMe's that fit directly into your motherboard, them's really fast too. I must get back to the TT thread now 😬 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 2 hours ago, KNP said: As you have all been so good and patient here is another picture It is Saturday so we can be very patient, just been to Haddenham Village hall the Risboro club are having an exhibition today good to see the club back out. They are moving to Quainton railway centre so that will a plus for them. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Banger Blue Posted October 15, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 15, 2022 On 14/10/2022 at 18:06, MrWolf said: A little too much perhaps, the Snowdrops might just put him on a charge of conduct unbecoming... A charge over the Squadron Leader’s over enthusiastic ‘joy-sticking’ will have to wait, there’s proper criminals out there to be caught: (An ex-Snowdrop!) 😇 😁 2 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KNP Posted October 16, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 16, 2022 (edited) We seem to be back to normal now, slightly different way of storing the pictures but we are operational. It is lucky I have a son-in-law that is an IT specialist, and he was able to sort the HDD out and save all the information. Many thanks to him for his hard work and skill. Here is the last picture I had in the railcar series on the computer, just need to work on some new ones. Edited October 16, 2022 by KNP 42 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted October 16, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 16, 2022 22 hours ago, Tim Dubya said: Oh yes, no moving parts you see. Even if it fails in the future, barring any physical damage, it should still be readable 👍 I use tiny Samsung T5 & now T7 SSDs for backups. Rather smaller than a fag-packet. Amazon sell them. Awfully convenient, too, when a new PC appears and you simply upload the lot. 1 2 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KNP Posted October 17, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 17, 2022 Just using up a few iPhone pictures I took in case hdd issues took longer than expected 31 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ponthir28 Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 That gives me a little bit of vertigo. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted October 17, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 17, 2022 On 15/10/2022 at 11:31, Tim Dubya said: Oh yes, no moving parts you see. Even if it fails in the future, barring any physical damage, it should still be readable 👍 Of course then there's NVMe's that fit directly into your motherboard, them's really fast too. I must get back to the TT thread now 😬 I've just been sorting through some old computers for the missus, recovering pics etc from the kids old computers before we WEEE on them. There was one HDD on it's own with "GOOD" written on it in marker. I hooked it up to my PC and was met with the Click of Death. It took a while but I managed to recover the data off it. It was when unplugging it that I saw the make/model - Hitachi Deskstar, given the nickname Deathstar by those in the know for a good reason!! <tempting fate> I've had SSDs on my main PC for the OS drive for about 10 years now, extremely reliable. </tempting fate> 4 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted October 17, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 17, 2022 2 hours ago, KNP said: Next one Aren't you supposed to credit sites like Britain From Above when posting their pictures? 1 1 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted October 17, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 17, 2022 (edited) 3 minutes ago, 57xx said: Hitachi Deskstar, given the nickname Deathstar by those in the know for a good reason!! Yes, I was going to liberate the HDD's from my old PPD* copier, but upon opening the caddy, I discovered the deathstar within. They don't even make good paperweights 🙄 *production printing (big fat 100 copy a minute copier/printer). Edited October 17, 2022 by Tim Dubya PPD for the masses. 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KNP Posted October 18, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2022 A picture from the archives as I am still trying to get my head around the where things are now filed so they can automatically be saved on the iCloud and not the desktop!!! It's getting better as the links are beginning to be saved. 39 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KNP Posted October 18, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2022 I’m building an aviary, as you do? No idea how to build one as never had the reason to but it will do. All have to do now is find some canaries, which at this scale would be small. Could I carve some…..? 22 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Neal Ball Posted October 18, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 18, 2022 3 minutes ago, KNP said: I’m building an aviary, as you do? Could I carve some…..? Wow! thats going to be small Kevin - grains of rice perhaps? 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted October 18, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 18, 2022 I have an aviary story, with a heavy railway influence. About 40 years ago, I had a colleague called John, who was Motive Power Office for the South Eastern Division, and he told me a tale of when he was a fireman, I think at Devons Road, Bow, depot. He was firing on a loco on a local freight, awaiting path in the maze of lines around Stratford (ER). Across several running lines he and his driver were watching a couple of colleagues on a steam loco which was going for it, up a bit of an incline with a string of wagons. John could see the other loco hadn't actually got the road (i.e. the signal was against them) and he and his driver waved vigorously - but the other driver simply waved back! Too late he realised his error but by then it was indeed too late, and he found himself going up a short dead-end and straight through the buffer stops - the weight of his train was gonna take some stopping, and steam locos never did stop on a sixpence! Beyond the buffer stops he was now headed through a few back-gardens, and, you guessed it, he came across an aviary, through which he punched a train-shaped hole, releasing a huge cloud of feathery escapees. Seconds later John saw the owner emerge from the house, dancing up and down in apoplectic disbelief...... 6 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted October 18, 2022 Author Share Posted October 18, 2022 19 minutes ago, Neal Ball said: Wow! thats going to be small Kevin - grains of rice perhaps? Nice idea. At that size I believe a hint of one should suffice so a grain of rice might work 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Harlequin Posted October 18, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 18, 2022 Did you know that budgerigars appear so strikingly colourful because they reflect UV light along with "visible" light? I wonder what little flourescent blue, green, yellow, white (etc.) grains of rice would look like in there... 😁 5 1 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted October 18, 2022 Author Share Posted October 18, 2022 Yes it is small and those birds are going to be even smaller, better invest in a microscope!!!! 17 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Not wishing to dampen your enthusiasm, but isn't a grain of rice about the size of a rugby ball in 4mm? I do recall that there's a model of a robin atop a spade handle in one of Pendon's gardens though, so it can be done - 6 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted October 18, 2022 Author Share Posted October 18, 2022 1 minute ago, MrWolf said: Not wishing to dampen your enthusiasm, but isn't a grain of rice about the size of a rugby ball in 4mm? I do recall that there's a model of a robin atop a spade handle in one of Pendon's gardens though, so it can be done Perhaps mine could be a bit plump? 3 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted October 18, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 18, 2022 16 minutes ago, KNP said: Perhaps mine could be a bit plump? Parrots? 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dseagull Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 29 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Not wishing to dampen your enthusiasm, but isn't a grain of rice about the size of a rugby ball in 4mm? I do recall that there's a model of a robin atop a spade handle in one of Pendon's gardens though, so it can be done - Cous Cous? 3 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Neal Ball Posted October 18, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 18, 2022 2 minutes ago, The Stationmaster said: Parrots? Propping up the Fjords? 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted October 18, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 18, 2022 22 minutes ago, The Stationmaster said: Parrots? I know a bloke who will sell you one... René wasn't impressed, though... 3 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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