Hmmm, I kinda like it, but it's long, and yank-inspired, and doesn't work well as alllowercase.
Yesterday's discussion, clipped a bit:
Evening IRC wrote:08:28 < Matthijs309> fredcooke has all new shiny parts for his Turing machine
08:50 < Matthijs309> you should call your new computer Thunderbird
08:50 < Matthijs309> because of all the goodies
08:51 < Matthijs309> with Fred starring as Brains
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10:14 <@fredcooke> that belongs in the thread, don't be shy
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10:15 <@fredcooke> what were the name of the different thunderbirds?
10:16 <@fredcooke> maybe it should be called Penelope or the butler?
10:16 <@fredcooke> what was his name?
10:17 <@fredcooke> Aloysius Parker Penelope's butler and chauffeur
10:17 <@fredcooke> parker
10:17 <@fredcooke> hmmm
10:18 <@fredcooke> if I end up writing my own hook based CI server mechanism... i'll call it that
10:18 <@fredcooke>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbi ... characters
10:20 <@fredcooke>
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... derson.jpg
10:21 <@fredcooke> Awesome, Lady Penelope's voice over is just as I imagine she should be! :-D
10:23 <@fredcooke>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FAB_1
10:24 <@fredcooke>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbirds_machines
10:27 <@fredcooke> shadow, sentinel and more
10:27 <@fredcooke> i'm a big fan, in case you didn't guess
10:27 <@fredcooke> you might be onto a winner here
10:27 <@fredcooke> short earns points
10:28 <@fredcooke> sleek/aggressive/powerful/sophisticated/fast earns points
10:28 <@fredcooke> as for all parts, with luck, tomorrow, the last parts arrive
10:28 <@fredcooke> tonight some key parts were being created
10:29 <@fredcooke> then i got sleepy
10:29 <@fredcooke> good progress, though
10:36 < Matthijs309> Thunderbird 1 is the fastest
10:37 < Matthijs309> that would apply
And yesterday the courier called me and the RAM got delivered, so I installed it and took a few photos:
https://twitter.com/FredCookeNZ/status/ ... 2613911552
https://twitter.com/FredCookeNZ/status/ ... 4899448832
https://twitter.com/FredCookeNZ/status/ ... 1262620674
https://twitter.com/FredCookeNZ/status/ ... 3859920896
Which was great, but then I tried to power it up and things didn't go as well:
Solid light, lots of fan, nothing on the screen.
Pulled RAM. Three flashes (mem error) on repeat. Good, this implies that it's happy with the RAM when it's in there.
Put RAM back, pulled disk, no difference.
Tried mini display port active adaptor, no dice. Tried apple DVI to HDMI adaptor, non dice. Took it to neighbour's place and connected HDMI to average/small/old TV, no dice. Skulked home to sulk.
Read online about bios updates and RAM etc. Learned about beeps that you need headphones plugged in to hear. Checked manufacture date and release dates of bios and fix lists, decided to upgrade it. Did it with the recovering method the first time, not clear if anything happened, said 2-5 minutes, gave it 7 minutes, and powered it down. Powering it up I got a single beep and then the same. Powering it up again, no beep, same.
Decided to retry the bios update with the press and hold and release mechanism, beep beep beep, release, and the LED flashed orange once and then returned to white/blue, instructions said 1-3 minutes, turned itself off in that range. Promising. Still no monitor activity on apple HDMI adaptor.
Researched a bit, HDMI 2.0 on this machine, and the monitor is the cheapest I could find in Spain/Germany 5 years ago. I suspect incompatibility of screen and output. I have no equipment to prove it, though. So today I might go pay some shops a visit, bundle of gear in hand, and see if I can get some life out of it. I only need a screen to get the OS onto it in the first place... then it can live headless as a workhorse.
Pretty disappointing evening, but some hope that I don't have a $2k paperweight :-D