Category: BBC Micro
If you are around 40 years old or younger you’ve probably never used a punch card to code. I, when started college in 1988 also didn’t have a chance to do it, by one semester (I know, 1988 and still using punch cards is kind of weird, but my College didn’t have a big budget!). Now you can experience it (and…
Stuart Johns over at myAcornElectron is running a competition to win signed artwork, drawn by Ben Hughes in September ’86 and also the mapping grids designed by Geoff Livesey in ’87. The wonderful ‘Adventures‘ column in Electron User ran from 1986 to 1990, taking over from ‘Merlin’s Cave‘. Pendragon, aka Nic Outterside, has kindly donated this fantastic artwork from 1986…
FPGA Arcade is a retro computer system developed by MikeJ and can be used to emulate (in hardware) many retro computers such as: Amiga, Apple II+, AtariST, Atari 800XL, BBC B, Commodore VIC-20 / C64, MSX and the Spectrum. Mfilos has received his FPGA Arcade and has built the system inside a mini-itx case. You can follow his progress on…
We are always pleased to see some of the major news outlets talking about retro-computers. This time, PC Magazine website has published today a slideshow displaying 7 great Vintage Computer Collections, some of them from people we know well from the “retro scene”, like Byte Cellar, Nightfall Crew, etc… If you are thirsty for more, you can visit some of…
The National Museum of Computing in UK is trying to get help to maintain its collection of BBC Micro, first launched in 1981. Most of the collection is used on an interactive exhibit, and the need for maintenance also includes peripherals like CRT monitors. The museum, which is located on the Bletchley Park estate, has about 80 BBC Micro computers,…
The PDF-magazine REV’n’GE (“Retro Emulator Vision and Game”) Issue 35 is out. The magazine focuses on reviewing retro games released for several platforms. This edition brings: Lords of the Rings – Amiga Firelord – C64, Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum Firestar – MSX Tau Zero Redux – C64 Cobrastrike – Macintosh and much more… Link: Download Free PDF
[youtube rushX-wtDig nolink] The Centre for Computer History in Cambridge – UK has announced that the next Retro Gaming Night is happening on June 26th, from 7pm to Midnight. Besides the obvious retro-gaming-jam, the event also allow you to bring that extra retro game or hardware to swap or sell during the event. The space is limited and you can…
[youtube 8biJKMm3NEk nolink] This is just a reminder for those who will be able to attend. The 10th edition of the Vintage Computer Festival will be next weekend, April 17-19 in Wall, New Jersey. The sessions for this Friday will include everything from chiptunes to retr0bright to emulating vintage computers on FPGAs, and Saturday and Sunday will feature an incredible…
The Micro BitA major BBC project, developed in pioneering partnership with over 25 organisations, will give a personal coding device free to every child in year 7 across the country – 1 million devices in total. Still in development and nicknamed the Micro Bit, it aims to give children an exciting and engaging introduction to coding, help them realise their…
That’s an odd choice, but very interesting nonetheless. Thomas ten Cate decided to try to transfer his old programs from his beloved BBC Micro using QR-Code plotted on screen, and he reports his progress, problems and findings in a series of 6 articles on his personal blog. As he explains, that “most QR codes are fairly small, as they contain…
