Whew!!

[Trouble]

What a relief.
I was worried that as a Geek / Nerd, I would be out of luck after the Zombie Apocalypse.
As I sit here sharpening my machete....
This article has given me a glimmer of hope.

'Collapse OS' Is an Open Source Operating System for the Post-Apocalypse

The operating system is designed to work with ubiquitous, easy-to-scavenge components in a future where consumer electronics are a thing of the past.

www.vice.com

 

[Tim Locke]

Maybe not a Zombie Apocalypse but a BIG Coronal Mass ejection. An old and slow Z80 or 6502 is much more likely to survive such a thing than a I9 or other fast cpu.

 

[Regedit32]

If needed I can send you my WW1 Morse Code handle, or if you prefer I still have some old boy scout semaphore flags stored in garage.

 

[MrEd]

Who’s going to bother trying to get a Z80 to work post-apocalypse?
I know I’ll be preoccupied with hunting and gathering.

 

[Trouble]

If needed I can send you my WW1 Morse Code handle, or if you prefer I still have some old boy scout semaphore flags stored in garage.

I've been binge watching old cowboy and indian movies to bone up on my smoke signals.

 

[MrEd]

I've been binge watching old cowboy and indian movies to bone up on my smoke signals.

‘cept of course any form of smoke polluting the atmosphere will be banned!

 

[MrEd]

If needed I can send you my WW1 Morse Code handle, or if you prefer I still have some old boy scout semaphore flags stored in garage.

Morse keys were standard fit to the P-3B Orion to mid 70s (along with sextants)! No flags carried however

 

[Bighorn]

P-3B Orion? Isn't that a Navy patrol plane, derivative of the Lockheed Electra?

 

[MrEd]

P-3B Orion? Isn't that a Navy patrol plane, derivative of the Lockheed Electra?

Yep, superceded by the P-3C in the mid 70s, that in turn by the current Boeing P-8A (militarised 737).

 

[bassfisher6522]

What a relief.
I was worried that as a Geek / Nerd, I would be out of luck after the Zombie Apocalypse.
As I sit here sharpening my machete....
This article has given me a glimmer of hope.

'Collapse OS' Is an Open Source Operating System for the Post-Apocalypse

The operating system is designed to work with ubiquitous, easy-to-scavenge components in a future where consumer electronics are a thing of the past.

www.vice.com

After reading this article...which I can't believe I read the whole thing.........goes right to the heart of the movie "Mortal Engines". Which was, IMO, all hype in the trailers but a real let down actually watching the movie.

 

[davehc]

Who’s going to bother trying to get a Z80 to work post-apocalypse?
I know I’ll be preoccupied with hunting and gathering.

And trying to find an electricity source?

 

[davehc]

--- .... / -- -.-- / --. --- -.. -.-.--

 

[MrEd]

--- .... / -- -.-- / --. --- -.. -.-.--

OMG!

 

[Regedit32]

In the event its a Zombie apocalypse, put this to memory:

-. --- / -... .-. .- .. -. ... / .... . .-. .

 

[davehc]

Lost them years ago - I operate today on vague memory and instinct!

 

[Ian]

I literally laughed out loud at this thread !

I'm off to scavenge some Z80s...

 

[clifford_cooley]

Came across this on Facebook today.

Case Mod Friday: ARMAGEDDON, THE SUM OF ALL FEARS

This week for Case Mod Friday we have a build we somehow missed back in 2016 from Ali Abbas. It is a custom desk build with montiors and a keyboard that can be concealed by flipping a switch, an USB hub that can slide back into the top, a camera on rails going left and right as well as...

thinkcomputers.org

 

[MrEd]

Came across this on Facebook today.

Case Mod Friday: ARMAGEDDON, THE SUM OF ALL FEARS

This week for Case Mod Friday we have a build we somehow missed back in 2016 from Ali Abbas. It is a custom desk build with montiors and a keyboard that can be concealed by flipping a switch, an USB hub that can slide back into the top, a camera on rails going left and right as well as...

thinkcomputers.org

Not ruggedised enough.
A hammer and chisel for communicating would be better!

 

[clifford_cooley]

Who needs communication when "There can be only one!".

 

[Bighorn]

Yep, superceded by the P-3C in the mid 70s, that in turn by the current Boeing P-8A (militarised 737).

I was out of the Navy before they got the P3, still were using the P2V, just before they had to change their designators to the Air Force style. Some congressman couldn't get the hang of the Navy way such as a P2V was a Patrol plane, 2nd model, made by Lockheed or the Navy version of a C54 was an R5D, Transport 5th model by Douglas.