Most liked posts in thread: The Oric has a new interface and it's a doozy - LOCI is here

We're acquiring a cat here next week, folks - Sailor, apparently.
He's come from a home where the poor wee lass cannot cope with the 4-5 cats n dogs presently in there (she lost her partner and the pets belonged to them).
So, we'll no doubt have Thumbs 2 running around ere causing chaos before long and so we brace ourselves too for destruction, furniture claw scratching and the odd "wee accident" but that's why we love em - full of character and affection (sometimes!).
Yep, great days, guys and gals and you were very much part of the scene as you were one of them, Paul - definitely in there at the right place, right time - the right guy.

 

A new cat, great news..As they say, everyone loves a sailor...

oo-er....

Went all Larry Grayson there...

 

That's very kind of you, but my memory isn't stunning these days due to stress and the one thing I always say is that none of it's made up. I'd just hate to miss-remember out of stress to remember. A couple of years ago, I'd have been over the moon to do it.

 

Ok, Paul. No problem at all. If you ever wanted to tell your stories in the future, just know that our doors are always open. Thank you so much.

 

Thanks, Andy & Rich for the info about the LOCI device. Judging from the YT video above, it seems like it's the interface to go, for the Oric computers. Looks much better than the Erebus i/f which I got a couple years ago. Much more flexible and many more functions available. Where can you find this little magic box?

 

Thanks, Paul. I hope I'll find some time to enjoy all my "antiquities", especially during the imminent winter holidays.

 

You certainly have, Paul. You are one of the most eligible people I know who can sincerely say - been there, got the t-shirt etc and yet your anecdotes are always brutally honest, never seek to embellish, exaggerate or make out that you're some star-seeker or celebrity wannabe etc - you just tell it like it is/was in your old sweet way and because of that your stories of the great British micro years feel as fresh and alive today as the moment you first bumped into these "back bedroom millionaires" who brought us all so much joy back in our "yoof" with their coding, development and stunning software achievements which brought our machines to life. Too many faces to mention but I know Paul's had some lively and fun encounters with the great and the good incl Archer Maclean, Paul Daniels and Jeff Minter to name but 3. I'm reet there, aint I Paul??!! Gawd, with my dodgy memory chips I've maybe got 1-2 parity errors in there somewhere Hope this sodding rain sods orf any maybe we can get oot for a stroll and a wee bit of fresh air at some point today as folks now start putting oop their trees and lights with gusto. Have you ERECTED yours yit?!

 

Well, it would be great if you could collect some of these little stories and have them published on RetroMagazine World, in the next few issues. I'd be more than interested in helping you with this, if necessary. And I'm sure that readers would have a lot of fun reading them and somehow go back to those years of magic home computing.