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My Raspberry Pi delivery delayed until 14th May!!! (UPDATED!)

6th March 2012

Not a happy bunny this morning. Got another email from Farnell saying my Pi will not be shipped until the week commencing 14th May.

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Raspberry Pi model B now available to buy (If you are lucky!)

29th February 201227th November 2021

At 6am on the 29th of February 2012, the Raspberry Pi finally went on sale. These awesome single board computers are/were available to buy from

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Apple //c demonstration video

10th November 2011

This is a quick video I knocked up showing some of the games that can run on the Apple //c. The //c was released on

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Custom Amstrad 464 and 6128 plus GX4000 cartridge

5th November 201131st May 2022

Making a custom Amstrad 464 and 6128 plus & GX4000 cartridge is quite simple – but it does mean sacrificing an existing cartridge. The main

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Nyan cat for the BBC Micro

15th October 2011

This is Nyan Cat for the BBC Micro by CRTC. This demo was released at the Sunrise Demo party in 2011. See the following pouet

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Replacing the battery in the BBC Master 512

3rd October 2011

The battery pack in my Master 512 (The model with the 80186 CPU) had died. I followed this simple guide to build my own battery

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Computing History acquires a rare Acorn A680

21st September 201120th April 2020

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

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The BeebSID – Acorn SID Chip interface

22nd August 201126th April 2020

I have finally got around to building my BeebSID. The BeebSID allows you to attach a Commodore SID audio chip to a Acorn BBC computer.

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One of the best ICs ever – the MOS SID sound chip

12th August 201112th February 2021

The MOS Technology 6581/8580 SID (Sound Interface Device) is the built-in Programmable Sound Generator chip of the Commodore 64.

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The IBM PC celebrates its 30th Birthday.

12th August 2011

Today, the August 12 marks the 30th anniversary of the IBM Personal Computer. The IBM 5150 was IBM’s first ‘PC’. The first PC had the

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