Another of the major exhibitors at the Vintage Computer Festival at Bletchley Park in June was The Centre for Computing History, based in Suffolk. Documenting the history
Tag: Retro
Addition – Psion Organiser II XP
The Psion Organiser II XP. A handheld organiser from Psion with a 6303 CPU at its heart.
MITH's Vintage Computers
Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH) have opened up their own Vintage Computer museum
Addition – Prinztronic Tournament Colour Programmable 5000
Another addition to my collection – the Prinztronic Colour Programmable 5000.
Acorn System 1 arrives at The Centre for Computing History
The System 1 was the first commercially available computer produced by CPU Ltd under the trading name of Acorn Computers Ltd. It was designed by Roger Wilson and marketed as the Acorn Microcomputer in 1979.
Super Mario Bros. Celebrates 25th Birthday
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.
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
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.