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You are receiving this email because you
signed up to the RC2014 Community Newsletter or have bought an RC2014
homebrew computer, and I think you'll enjoy reading this - However,
I fully understand that nobody likes spam. That
is why here at RC2014 Towers we are fully GDPR compliant and you can
change your preferences at any time with the link at the bottom
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That time of the year again!
A very Happy New Year to all of you. Or, for those of you that are
fond of your retro computers, have a Happy Old Year! If you have
got some Christmas Money left over and you don't know what to spend it
on, well, maybe there's a January Sale going on with some retro computer
bargains for you to pick up!
The Christmas break was pretty hectic here, and wasn't much of a break
at all - so a quick heads-up to let you know I'll be away for the last
week of January, which coincides with the annual shutdown in Chinese for
the New Year. Internet access will be sporadic for me, so apologies in
advance for a slow response.
There are some exciting plans ahead for the RC2014 in 2020. I'd
was going to put a bad photo in the header of this as a teaser, but,
well, it turns out to be impossible to take a bad photo of one of the
upcoming projects! I'm sure we'll see more of that in the next news
letter though ;-)
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USB CDC Adaptors
From next week, these super cute 5v Serial to USB adaptors from 8086 Consultancy
will be available as an optional extra on most RC2014 models. This is a
great alternative to the standard FTDI cable at a fraction of the size
and cost. If you already have an RC2014 and just want the USB adapter on
its own, you can pick one up direct from USB CDC Serial Adaptor listing on Tindie
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Biggest Black Friday Ever
A huge thank you to everybody that took advantage of the Black Friday
Cyber Monday sales. This is always a busy time at RC2014 Towers, but
2019 was the biggest ever!
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TMS9995 at London Meetup
On January 14th at the London Retro Computing Meetup,
Chris Swan will be giving a talk about his adventures with a TMS9995
and getting it to play fair with his RC2014. It is free to attend, but
you need to register
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January Sale
As hinted to above, the January Sale is currently underway. All 6
RC2014 kits (The Micro, Mini, Classic, Plus, Pro and Zed) are all
available with 10% off on Tindie until January 7th. No discount code needed!
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And finally... we saw in the Winter Solstice in style here at RC2014 Towers with a recreation of Silicon Henge, using Z80 chips, just as the ancient Druids would have done back in the day!
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Got a question about the RC2014? A project
you want to share with other RC2014 users? Need to find some
software that runs on your RC2014? Or just want to see what other
RC2014 owners are up to?
Google Groups and GitHub are starting to become vibrant parts of the RC2014 infrastructure. Why not join up today? No Google account needed!
Or follow @ZXSpectROM on Twitter or RC2014Z80 on Instagram for RC2014 news accompanied by other retro computing or cool electronics stuff
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Feedback
We'd love to hear feedback about your RC2014, this newsletter or
anything else. Please use the email or Google Group links at the
top of this email to get in touch.
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