It isn’t usual to read a B-107 to its subject, but I’m going to set you straight. “Insubordinate. Insolent. A trickster. Perhaps with criminal tendencies”.

Harry Palmer

August 14, 2007

Belgian Permis B is valid for 125cc bikes!

Filed under: Lambretta — ben @ 12:18 pm

Got this text from the Service public fédéral Mobilité et Transports website :-

LE TITULAIRE D’UNE CATÉGORIE B OBTENUE DEPUIS 2 ANS AU MOINS PEUT CONDUIRE DES MOTOCYCLETTES DE 125 CC ET 11 KW MAXIMUM. AUCUNE MENTION N’EST FAITE SUR LE PERMIS. IL S’AGIT D’UNE MESURE QUI NE S’APPLIQUE QUE SUR LE TERRITOIRE BELGE (ART 20 AR 23 MARS 1998)

Which I think means :-
The HOLDER Of A CATEGORY B OBTAINED FOR AT LEAST 2 YEARS HAS BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE MOTOR CYCLES OF 125 CC AND 11 KW MAXIMUM. NO MENTION IS MADE ON The LICENCE. IT ACTS Of A MEASUREMENT WHICH APPLIES ONLY TO The BELGIAN TERRITORY (ART 20 AR MARCH 23, 1998)
Which I think means my Belgian driving license is valid for riding the Lambo.

Which I think means I can stop carrying my provisional from the UK!

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Lambretta back from the garage

Filed under: Lambretta — ben @ 10:30 am

Here’s a picture of my Li125 back from ScooterMarket with a new clutch and electronic ignition : -

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August 1, 2007

Apple UNIX Terminals

Filed under: Computers — ben @ 8:28 pm

All this talk lately about using old Apple machines as serial terminals came to a head this weekend when Johan emailed me these links saying “Seen these?”

Not to be outdone I whipped up my own creation and sent him a picture right back :-

That’s NSCA Telnet running on Mac OS System 7. Thinking that serial connections were now old hat I fitted a TCP/IP network card from an old Performa and installed the Apple Open Transport extensions and hey presto, “it just works” :)

Ok I know it’s not rocket science but it whiled away a rainy sunday afternoon.

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