The Centre for Computing History has acquired a rare Acorn A680 desktop computer. The A680 Technical Publishing System was developed by Acorn for Olivetti in
Category: Hardware
Posts about old hardware
VIC-20 Talk-Back speech synthesizer
This is the VIC-20 Talk-Back, a speech synthesis electronics kit sold by Maplin way back in 1983. The board was designed by Mark Brighton.
Want to buy a BBC Micro? Read this!
Michelle wanted to buy a Acorn BBC Model B. She decided to buy one from Retro Clinic. She is very pleased with her purchase! So,
Action Replay Mk 4.1 to 6.0 upgrade (C64)
This is a very easy upgrade for your Action Replay 4.1 device. With version 6 of the software you get a few updates and a few bugs are fixed.
Acorn BBC Domesday System Working at Computer Museum
Up and running and on display at the Centre for Computing History is the BBC Domesday System. The BBC Domesday Project was a partnership between
The SD Card based HxC Floppy Emulator
This is the latest addition to my collection. Ive wanted to buy one of these for a long while. Here is a brief description of the device taken from the designers website. The SDCard HxC Floppy Emulator is n universal 3″, 3″1/2, 5″1/4 and 8” Floppy disk drive emulator based on SDCard. Most of disk formats can be emulated bt this emulator.
Micro Men repeated on 24/02/11 at 21:00 on BBC Four
Micro Men will be repeated on the 24/02/11 at 21:00 on BBC Four. All computer hardware and most props were supplied by The Centre for
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.
Addition – Research Machines 380Z
I have been donated a fantastic ‘little’ machine today. I’ts a Research Machines 380Z. This machine is based on the Z80 CPU running at 4mhz.
Retro computer of the day – Toshiba HX-10 MSX
Old-Computers.com says the following about this machine. The HX-10 was a classic MSX 1 computer with no special feature… But it was one of the