I will be at this event this weekend at the Peterborough United football ground with the team behind CityLan, the E-sports, tech and careers expo that will be running in Peterborough this August. I will be taking 2 8-bit computers to display.
Tag: computer
What’s the best 8 bit computer?
This is a question that always gets the classic computer enthusiasts talking – what’s your best/favorite 8 bit computer? Is it because it has the best graphics, best sound, best choice of hardware, best selection of games etc?
Syntax Era (Micro Men) preview
Pre final edit clips from Syntax Era (Micro Men)
Micro Men is a one-off BBC drama television show set in the late 1970s and the early-mid 1980s, about the rise of the British home computer market.
Swedish computer magazine : Svenska Hemdator Nytt
www.hemdatornytt.se is a site for readers of Sweden’s first magazine about computers regardless of brand.
Today, the magazine is published solely as a digital edition, but you are welcome to read all previously released numbers from 1986 to 1994 completely free.
Crowd Funded “Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega” project launches
The Sinclair Spectrum Vega is a new low cost games computer based on Sir Clive’s hugely successful Spectrum products of the early 1980s.
Retro carrier bag – Laskys
I picked up some tape games for the Amstrad CPC and the ZX Spectrum the other day. They came in this carrier bag. Who remembers Laskys? I remember there being one in Charter Place in Watford when I was a lad.
What does this C code do?
Here’s a challenge for you! Who want’s to compile the C code below and see what happens? Will bring back memories of a 68k based computer.
Retro Video Game Night – Christmas Edition – Cambridge – 12/12/14
We’re back once again with another Retro Video Game Night and since it’s getting to that time of year we’ve decided to make this our Christmas Edition! So come and enjoy a beer or two and a whole load of holiday themed video games.
SymbOS 2.1 for Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW and MSX
SymbOS 2.1 for Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW and MSX has been released. SymbOS is a multitasking and multiplatform operating system for the Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW and MSX.
John Romero to visit Revival 2014, 9 & 10 August, Wolverhampton, UK
Revival Retro Events are proud to announce that John Romero (the creator of Wolfenstein 3D, Doom and Quake) will be attending Revival Retro Events on the 9th August at Dunstall Park, Wolverhampton.