Day 813

Drew the cash out of the bank and got the 3a from Argos and the serial link from Dixons: spent the rest of the day in happy experimentation. Got the link working after a few hiccups: it can go at 19,200 baud which is pretty nippy.

Scanned the local papers for jobs but had no success - my confidence applications-wise is shot to bits since the ABC caper and will take a while to recover.