On September 13, 1985, a mustachioed plumber embarked on an epic adventure through the Mushroom Kingdom in search of Princess Toadstool, an adventure that would forever change the face of the videogame industry.
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Computing History Addition – Olivetti M380/C
Olivetti 380/C Personal Computer used in the Pandora Project Machine type: XP 1050 Serial No: 3929437 1988 ME916 4MB RAM Card GO723 – HD/FD Controller
Addition – Oric-1
This is one of my recent eBay purchases. It’s in very good condition and it works. It may new a new power socket or plug on
Yeah, but what pixels (NSFW)
The following article contains material that some people may find offensive. Please only follow the link if you don’t mind a little bit of 8-bit
Lots of new items added to the collection – August 2010
Good haul at Wisbech carboot sale today. Amstrad CPC464. Amstrad DD1 disk drive for the 464 (Wanted one of these for ages!) Amstrad CPC colour
My visit to the Museum of Computing in Swindon
On the way back from my holiday in Devon, I took the opportunity to pop into the Museum of Computing in Swindon. The museum is
Poll: Have you ever restored a vintage computer?
Built by engineer Tommy Flowers in 1943, the Colossus computer was the first digital, programmable, and electronic computing device. The machine was used by British code breakers during World War II to help decipher messages encrypted with the German Lorenz SZ40/42 machine.
Cassette 50: the interview
I found this interesting interview with one of the developers who had one of his games included in the Cassette 50 games tape. I’m pretty
The technology behind “Strike it Lucky” gameshow
Thanks to John of http://www.dirtyfeed.org/ he has scanned in a article from BBC Acorn User May 1990. The article describes the computer setup behind the
The Centre for Computing History gets a BCL Susie
Last week, The Centre for Computing History added a BCL Susie to the museums collection BCL Susie (Stock Updating Sales Invoicing Electronically) used a magnetic