The Psion Organiser II XP. A handheld organiser from Psion with a 6303 CPU at its heart.
Category: Old Computers
Its all about the old computers and consoles.
Addition – Prinztronic Tournament Colour Programmable 5000
Another addition to my collection – the Prinztronic Colour Programmable 5000.
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.
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
RISC OS on the Bush IBX200 Internet.tv box
Thanks to the Peter(fibble) over at the stairwaytohell.com BBC Micro forums, he gave The Centre for Computing History a Bush IBX200. The internet service hosted by Bush and Virgin.net is no longer available – so the box is quite useless…. or is it?
RCM Gaming Event / Open Day – October 31st 2010
RCM are proud to announce their 5th Retro Gaming Day Venue is:- The Institute, Main Street, Swannington, Coalville LE67 8QL Date and Time:- Sunday 31st October 2010
Addition – BBC Model A 16k
Managed to pick up a rather special machine last week – a BBC Model A. It looks like this one has not been upgraded as
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.
Prehistoric Tablet Pics
An article has been posted on Inspect-a-Gadget blog at computerweekly.com which includes a photo my my pre Apple iPad GridPad 1910. My link to Eric’s old post
Simple 8 bit interface for the ZX Spectrum
Ive finally built a proper solid 8bit interface for the Sinclair Spectrum. This adapter allows me to use a IDE hard disk or Compact Flash