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Jon Jones
@jon-jones.bsky.social
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General lurker on social media. Partial to science, technology, trains, London tube & vintage/retro computers. (Z80 is my cat nip) Not worth following.

Honestly: Don't follow me!

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#StrongerTogether
Quote: Everyone is welcome here. Hate is NOT. Words printed over a rainbow.
December 23, 2024 at 7:39 PM
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My Harlequin is finally working!
November 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Another successful build! Plasmode's Z280 board! #rc2014 #z80 #z280
Z280 SBC with Rc2014's LCD module showing the system has booted in RomWBW. Text output of Z280 SBC booting into RomWBW
October 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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From tiny acorns...
Tynemouth Minstrel 4th PCB and all the discrete components laid out on a blue silicon soldering mat.
October 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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2 more Dino Boards built. EZ80 & 2MB linear memory. #rc2014
Dino Boards EZ80 board assembled with empty chip sockets. Dino Boards 2MB linear memory module assembled with empty chip sockets.
August 16, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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You are personally responsible for becoming more ethical than the society you grew up in. Says Skeletor looking rather fierce, with his staff aloft.
August 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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@freeze-zx.bsky.social
Rear of a cardboard A5 envelope with a small "Thank you❤️" sticker over the flap. Front cover of new FreeezeZX magazine
August 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Half way through building a Harlequin:
Harlequin 128 PCB kit from Byte Delight half assembled. The IC sockets are all missing but all other components are installed.
July 31, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Repost if you agree 🔄
May 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Share this if this is how you spent Sunday afternoons when you should have been doing homework. #GenZX
Speccy and ZX81
June 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Good news: Built my rc2014 MiniPicasso! #rc2014
Assembled images of rc2014 mini picasso
April 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Also bought the Picasso #RC2014 kit from Z80Kits. I selected "Lucky Dip" for the colour: I wonder which one I've got!
Z80 Kits Picasso module still in its delivery packaging.
April 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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"Repost if anyone lgbtq is welcome on your account"
March 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Rosco M68k classic board built and successfully booted. Serial terminal showing Rosco 68k classic booting and starting Enhanced Basic
December 7, 2024 at 9:22 PM
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I bought a Rosco 6502 board in their Black Friday sale. Couple of hours of soldering and it works first time.
Boot output of Rosco 6502 board Rosco 6502 board up and running
December 7, 2024 at 2:30 PM
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Currently working on this: NanoBeast is a pre-built 8-bit SBC for people who think the Raspberry Pi is "a bit much".

Broadly MicroBeast compatible. 512K RAM, 512K Flash, RTC, I2C, USB-C power and data, GPIO, matrix keyboard decoder, dual UART and RC-Bus expansion.

Repost if you want one!
Introducing NanoBeast: a small (just 106mm by 61mm) single board Z80 computer in a convenient Raspberry Pi style form factor. Powered by USB-C or barrel jack, with a battery backed real time clock, I2C connector, GPIO and matrix keyboard decoder and an RC2014 compatible expansion bus.
December 1, 2024 at 10:32 AM