Tag: BBC
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…
News Updates from Vintage is the New Old. Two new game reviews have been added to our reviews page today. First up is Karateka by CheekyCrissy and the second is Cybertron Mission on the Acorn Electron by Stuart Johns. You can check out these latest reviews on our Reviews Page, as well as many other ones by Robert Joy and…
BBC has published a 5-episode podcast to discuss the computer languages that had (or still have) great impact in the computer industry – Codes that Changed the World. Each one of the first four episodes cover the languages FORTRAN, COBOL, BASIC, and Java, with a fifth episode discussing how so many different languages are able to coexist. As excepted we…
Stuart Johns has sent in a new Acorn Electron game review. For Stuart’s second review on Vitno, he has chosen the game ‘Starship Command’ by Acornsoft. Like all our reviews you can find it on our Reviews Section of the site. Many thanks Stuart ;) Source: Starship Command by AcornsoftStuart’s Website: http://www.myacornelectron.com
We would like to welcome Stuart Johns, a new reviewer to the Vitno team!Stuart will be reviewing all things Acorn electron which is his passion. His first review on AMX Art by ACP/PRES is now up on Vitno in the Reviews Section. Many thanks Stuart, a superb first review! Source: AMX Art ReviewStuart’s Website: http://www.myacornelectron.com
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…
