I found this interesting interview with one of the developers who had one of his games included in the Cassette 50 games tape. I’m pretty
Tag: Retro
The Centre for Computing History gets a BCL Susie
Last week, The Centre for Computing History added a BCL Susie to the museums collection BCL Susie (Stock Updating Sales Invoicing Electronically) used a magnetic
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
Sinclair ZX80 playing Space Invaders at VCF 2010
Here is a video of a real Sinclair ZX80 computer playing Space Invaders at the Vintage Computer Festival 2010 at Bletchley Park. You can see that the screen does not flicker when a key is pressed.
Vintage Computer Festival 2010 is this weekend!
This weekend (19th and 20th June) sees the Vintage Computer Festival visiting the UK for the very first time.
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.
Sinclair ZX Spectrum+ PBS Executive IV
Computing history have a new and interesting addition to their collection – the Sinclair ZX Spectrum+ PBS Executive IV. ZX Spectrum+ planning started in June
Vintage Computer Club – Wattisfield Meeting 17th July 2010
Sean from http://vintagecomputerclub.org.uk/ is organising their first meetup. Here are the details from the clubs website. I may be able to attent this meetup myself. For