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RC2014<p>Today has mostly involved kitting up lots of <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RC2014" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RC2014</span></a> stock to take down to <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroFest2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroFest2025</span></a> this coming weekend. </p><p>I can't take everything that's on the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/z80kits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>z80kits</span></a> store, but if you're coming along and want something specific, let me know and I will make sure to bring some along.</p><p>And if you are planning to come along, please buy your ticket soon. Saturday is almost sold out and Sunday is filling up pretty quick.<br><a href="https://www.retrofest.uk/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">retrofest.uk/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
concretedog<p>Just blogged about building the beautiful <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oldbytes.space/@rc2014" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rc2014</span></a></span> Mini II Picasso limited edition kit <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/z80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>z80</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/z80kits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>z80kits</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/soldering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>soldering</span></a> <a href="https://concretedog.blogspot.com/2025/04/building-beautiful-things-rc2014-mini.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">concretedog.blogspot.com/2025/</span><span class="invisible">04/building-beautiful-things-rc2014-mini.html</span></a></p>
RC2014<p>I read a report recently that confirmed that straight PCB traces, right angle, and orthogonally placed components can actually make electrons sad and slow them down. They much prefer the excitement of whizzing along curvy traces, particularly if they end up going in to a chip at a random angle. And bright colours really make them want to work harder.</p><p>So I will be updating all <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RC2014" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RC2014</span></a> kits with design philosophy. The first to be done is the RC2014 Mini II Picasso. You can pick one up now at <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/z80kits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>z80kits</span></a> <br><a href="https://z80kits.com/shop/rc2014-mini-ii-picasso/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">z80kits.com/shop/rc2014-mini-i</span><span class="invisible">i-picasso/</span></a></p>
RC2014<p>Sorry about the radio silence for the past few days. I went in to hospital last week for some planned surgery.</p><p>Everything went well, and the recovery is going fine. I am certainly not back to my usual self yet, but that is probably down to the medication. </p><p>I won't be shipping any <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Z80kits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Z80kits</span></a> orders for a few days at least, so apologies to those of you waiting for your kits. However, I do hope to make a start on <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroChallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroChallenge</span></a> next week. We'll see how that goes.</p><p>I have only been dipping in to Mastodon occasionally over the last few days. Have I missed anything important?</p>
RC2014<p>Have you missed me? I've been away on holiday in North Wales this week and couldn't help but pick up a little souvenir.</p><p>This IBM PS/2 is quite full inside, although with the battery dead the config is gone, so it won't boot from HDD. But it does boot to BASIC on ROM, so that's pretty cool! </p><p>(<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/z80kits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>z80kits</span></a> shop is fully back open again for all of your <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RC2014" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RC2014</span></a> needs)</p>
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