Jabo

Hmmm - beer is a cereal. I like. Jabo

Got a couple of contacts 12 o'clock high - possibly bandits...Uhh sorry, been spending too long on TS. Ahem. I've got some accomodation contacts for those that need them. Details below The Old School B&B Tel: 01223 701878 url: www.theoldschoolduxford.co.uk New Inn House B&B Tel: 01799 530463 email: enquries@newinnhouse.co.uk Both of these places still had vacancies this morning. Possibly worth a try if you're still casting around for somewhere to stay. Cheers Jabo

Same here (Saturday only) JP, Mike and I live in Yorkshire which is a fair way off (although not on the American or Canadian scale) and in the opposite direction from Hendon which is why that won't happen for us either

~S~ chaps I know it's kinda off-topic, but thought you chaps might like to see this. I think it's funny as owt! Jabo

~S~ All Accident happened at Berlin Airshow. BF109 G-10 had just completed a routine with new-build Me-262 and was landing when the right-hand gearlock failed. Apparently the damage is 'light and repairable' and confined to the prop and wingtip. They might even have got away without shock-loading the engine. 'Fortunately' this aircraft is not an original G-10 as I understand it is a re-converted Hispano Buchon owned by a company called EADS (whoever they are) (See Klinger's post) Some really nice pictures on this thread over at airliners.net of the two aircraft in the air together before the accident. I could have posted them here, but decided against it as they are copyright. Main thing is no-one was hurt. Jabo PS I think this might be the aircraft Mark Hanna (formerly OFMC) lost his life in a few years back.

Quite, but brings a tear to the eye and a lump to the throat - truly a wonderful sight and sound Jabo

Amen to that Jabo

That's a much better idea. Up here for thinking, down there for...yeah, anyway, here's a link to the full SP3 ISO image Jabo Incidentally, it's probably best to grab this (if you want it) sooner rather than later - ISTR M$ removing the full SP2 a month or so after release - you could only then get it via Auto Update (urgh)

That's how I understand it - Hamilhoff, myself and the WAG (my wife and his gf before anybody decides to deliberately misunderstand me - they're two different people as well ) will be there on the Friday - I think Crash is coming down then as well. I was kind of semi-planning a post show get together at the Red Lion on Saturday night assuming we've not all had enough of each other by then... Jabo

I did the same - complete trash and rebuild (from ghost image with SP2). Everything seems OK - except the fact that I obviously can't be trusted to reinstall the key mappings on IL2 before I go flying with you chaps.

Hi JP, it's probably worth checking that your USB ports have the 2.0 driver installed - I get some veeery strange things happening with my PC if I do a remaster and forget to update the USB driver. I assume you've 'upgraded' (microsoft's words not mine) to SP2 in which case you should be able to use the USB 2.0 driver from the CD which came with your mobo. Jabo

Doh. Guess I should've looked there first. Thanks for the link Jim Jabo

(Laughs ruefully) - yeah, I agree Jabo

~S~ Psycho - congrats to you both. Jabo

man, is there no problem out there not solved by a bit of alcohol? If there is, I've not found it yet. As Homer (Simpson - not the Greek chappie) said - "Alcohol, the solution to and cause of all of life's little problems" Jabo

Thanks guys, The on-board battery is good according to my multimeter I've removed and reinserted the mem sticks, and cleaned all the contacts and the slots so there's no dust=short possibilities. I'll try some spare memory in it first before I consign it to the skip though. Thanks again Jabo

Heh, never noticed that before Jim, but there's a definite similarity Jabo

The Firefly is usually classified as a 'heavy' fighter which excelled in the nightfighter and asw roles with a massive range of 1,300 miles and a top speed a whisker under 400mph (about 50mph slower than the Seafire). I've not been able to find any records of actions yet, but the type went into service in '43 and was still operational at the end of the Korean war, although by this time it was restricted to asw and anti-shipping roles. There are about 15 examples still in existence worldwide and a few airworthy ones (all in the US AFAIK). Sadly the sole european airworthy example which was owned by the Royal Navy Historic Flight was lost in a crash at Flying Legends in 2003, killing the pilot and one of the RNHF ground crew who was along for the ride. The two photos below were taken shortly before the accident (incidentally, if anyone thinks they're in poor taste, PM me and I'll remove them) On a more cheerful note however, there are now two examples undergoing restoration at Duxford, one of which is going to Hendon, and the other which is being restored to airworthy condition. Jabo

OK, here's an interesting one, I'm looking at a PC problem for a friend of mine - it's a 'bitsa' PC I built for him a while back (about 3 years ago) and it's now throwing up a slight problem - it won't POST. AFAIK the hardware in it is exactly as it was when I put it together, but now when it's switched on it just beeps - 3 times then an 8 sec pause and then 3 more beeps (repeats until bored). Does anyone have a list of the BIOS beep codes for the ASROCK K78SX which might help me to diagnose the fault? TIA Jabo

I think that probably goes for quite a number of different actions/command decisions thoughout the conflict - there's any number of points where the course of the war could have been changed. For instance the switch from attacking RAF bases to cities during the BoB. "for the want of a nail..." etc Jabo

Hi again chaps - sorry about missing the SEOW tonight, but I'm not at home at present, and don't have access to a pc capable of playing the game but at least I can get to the forum. In answer to your unasked question Tonar

Damn, all the food-related jobs are taken

Don't listen to him Jim, he's just jealous... Thx for the larger logo, it'll be useful for the shirts (sigh) - must get back to the sewing. Jabo

LOL

Good man - I'm not going there for a loooong time yet myself. Jabo