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paulrickards

“Don’t talk to me or my son ever again.”

#RetroComputing

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vga256

@paulrickards so happy to see a functioning XO-1 again. i've got two down with the painful self-bricking due to the clock/firmware bug

paulrickards

@vga256 Oh no! I'm not sure what that is, how do I avoid it?

vga256

@paulrickards if it's an early model XO-1, it will self-brick if the internal battery dies and clock gets reset. it is unbrickable, but requires eeprom reprogramming via serial cable

wiki.laptop.org/go/Fix_Clock

thankfully, that's all avoidable with a firmware update! just update to the latest firmware if you haven't already, and the bug gets fixed

paulrickards

@vga256 Ahhh I see! It did complain about the system clock being wrong but it still booted. Maybe it's been fixed already.

Shae Erisson

@vga256 @paulrickards I've got three that work, they're so much fun for my tiny relatives

vga256

@shapr amazingly unique little machines. they're a misery to type on though 😆

paulrickards

@48kRAM Not many laptops have handles yet here are two 😃

48kRAM

@paulrickards No luggables here, so I think my only other handle-equipped machine is my Apple 2c

Rob

@48kRAM @paulrickards greetings from a Compaq Portable 386/20, a TRS-80 Model 4P and a KayPro 4/84

I don't recommend trying to carry all of them at once

mingistech :mastodon:

@paulrickards Love it. My first Mac was a Tangerine toilet seat.

Seth Galitzer

@paulrickards OLPC was an optimistic and ambitious program.

Jay

@paulrickards Fun fact: this picture was taken while the lights were off; that’s how good that glow in the dark material is.

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