DevilishDesign

A new old Newbury #Newbear, a set of depressed talking scales and some #Retrofest nonesense. youtu.be/dBDzNDR9Bic

I will be at Vintage Computer Festival Midwest this weekend with a table (B114) of Dolch stuff, because there are too many Macs there vcfmw.org #computersshouldhavehandles #vcfmw

Spent some time really trying to learn FORTH on Sphere. What a fascinating, infuriating programming language!

Another busy Retro Computer Club at @computinghistory.org.uk this morning. Read about our past meetups: morefunretro.co.uk/club

BEWARE Vintage Computer buyers from outside US. Your stuff will be e-wasted! I bought an Epson PF-10 floppy drive from the US (I am in Canada) and as it travelled thru eBay Intl Shipping, it was "Liquidated" and I got a refund. Apparently a new US policy is the reason. kotaku.com/trumps-new-e...

Retrofest UK through the eyes of a visiting Aussie. I got to see a few vintage computers I'd never seen before, chat with interesting exhibitors, and ask some attendees (you might recognise) what they thought of the UK's largest retro computer festival. #retrofest youtu.be/c2mM-pLecK4

When you can’t afford a PlayStation Original post

I think that I've finally found it — a true photograph of "the good old days" that everyone is always talking about.

Hello! Next Saturday at 4:30 PM, I'll speak at #EMFcamp Stage B on the obscure, innovative, unusual Flex computing environment for #PERQ workstations. (Demo included!) Fitting everything into a half-hour will be tough: expect fast talking, big gestures, and maybe a bell or gong to mark chapters...

New game for Sphere: Scrappy Bird, a mini flappy bird that runs on a 32x16 text screen on the 1975 Sphere system. I made this for the upcoming VCF West. You can play it in the emulator by clicking this link. Enjoy! sphere.computer/emulator?run...

Ok. This will explain what happened, why, and what I have done to make sure it (probably) wont ever happen again.

I've got an interesting restoration ahead of me: a Xerox 8000 server and 8040 Laser Printer!

Casual Sunday things, brought to you by one of the wildest CP/M systems I have ever worked with.

Ok. I am gutted and really sorry to say that the servers are all gone. Over 1600 members on RHD and some lowlife deleted it forever with a click. Also stole a bunch of money from my account. I will make an update video and post that here when I get home. Whatever happens we are going to rebuild.

Last weekend I was in retro paradise. Fortunately they allow cameras in retro paradise and I had one with me! Super interesting things to see. 60yo telex Humongous gfx workstation circa 1984 Naked QL Souped up Speccy All the Sinclair's So much more! Come see here: youtu.be/IuhfMMD9bNY

I was hoping to demonstrate this last weekend at RetroFest 2026. A true 8-bit Pocket Computer running CP/M on an 8Mhz Z80. On board storage, USB-C or battery powered, internal module bay and full RC2014 expansion bus. It runs Microsoft BASIC and Zork. So it's called the Zorkulator. Please share.

RETROFEST IS THIS WEEKEND! 😱 We've spent today setting up and it's looking good! Saturday is sold out, but there's still a few tickets for Sunday - retrofest.uk/tickets.php

IT'S ONE WEEK TO RETROFEST! Saturday is sold out and Sunday is going fast. Run to your computer and buy tickets now to avoid disappointment! See you next week! www.retrofest.uk/tickets.php

Just THREE WEEKS to go! Tickets are selling fast, so book now to avoid disappointment - www.retrofest.uk/tickets.php - and to get us in the mood, here's a few of our favourite photos from last year. Do you have favourite photos from 2025? Please post them in the replies!

What does this big empty space need? Well, it needs lots and lots of vintage computers - and YOU! It's just 5 weeks to Retrofest 2026 (gulp) and tickets are selling fast. Buy yours now and do your bit to fill this big empty space! www.retrofest.uk/tickets.php

Did you work on making these for STC back in the day? Know someone who did? Since 2016 I’ve been the STC repository and I’m looking for help on the Plessey MR9735 Teleview video generator. Https://binarydinosaurs.co.uk/STC

Retrofest 2026 is taking shape - we now have an exhibitors list and details for most of the exhibitors, including 13 who'll be new to the event! www.retrofest.uk/whowhat.php We also have a Bluesky list so you can follow them all, past and present, with one easy click - bsky.app/profile/shor...

My new book about Sphere, the forgotten but incredible 1970s computing pioneer is published and available! Curious? Grab a copy here: shop.gocomputernow.com/products/go-...

For the hive mind: I'm looking for group purchasing or crowd funding sites to support a larger batch of NanoBeasts, VideoBeasts and potentially launch a couple of other projects. Has anyone experience with Lectronz, Crowd Supply, Kickstarter or others for tech projects? UK based selling worldwide.

I have waited a VERY long time to do this! I first saw an article about connecting a video camera to your Dragon way back in Dec 1985 and it really sparked my imagination. The idea that a camera could be digital and the images stored on a computer were so new and exciting ... 1/4

All the fun you can squeeze into 64k! youtu.be/PM18XTdua8s We look at the international sensation Jet Set Willy and 1984's explosion of open-world adventure gaming. Plus a full Quake-style FPS in just 64k, and new flow coding and game engines for classic hardware.

Had my #Commodore C900 out today to try something for a friend. More testing is needed (when I get the nerve) but it might have a medium resolution RGBI/VGA port when the stock Hi-Res ECL monitor goes. #vintagecomputer #retrocomputer

Do you have 5.25" and 8" floppy disks that are spare, low-quality, degrading, or just generally in bad shape? I'd like to take my floppy disk data recovery game to the next level. I have equipment, but there's no substitute for experience.

Went to VCF SoCal today and there was a PDP-8 in a new-to-me color scheme. Learned to program on one of these in 1973. @adventofcomp.bsky.social gave a hilarious talk about INTERCAL, the Compiler Language With No Pronounceable Acronym

youtu.be/DScdsdFIP_A?... RetroFest 2026 - The Unofficial Advert

AI intends to kill us all

control panel of the day #HCI

I finally got around to putting a video together for the North Star Horizon. youtu.be/gFO5XHTvKG8?...

The future of robotics is here

Customer - "Can you print this on a T-Shirt?" Me - "Yes.... Did you use AI to create this?" Customer - "Yeah, ChatGPT is great!" Me - "Errr, your phoenix appears to have two heads" Customer - "But it looks good. It'll be fine. AI is great!" <SIGH> 🤦

I picked up this clear Sun SPARCstation LX a couple weeks ago. I was told that it was a special machine used for trade shows. Let's take it apart, back up its hard drive with BlueSCSI initiator mode, and start recapping the power supply. Saturday noon EST. youtube.com/live/W6tjUSo...

Revisiting this now that I have a #C64U Fewer characters available than on a C128 or the teletype so I had to fudge the numbers a bit, but I took the opportunity to add colour! Also I can turn on turbo mode and have the whole thing generated in seconds by an emulated 64MHz 6502 😀

Come test my massively-multiplayer online drawing world, Grapheeti 🎨 - One shared canvas for the whole world - Everyone gets their own unique color - Draw with your friends! www.bxfoundry.com/grapheeti/ If it crashes I'll fix it tomorrow 😁

I have big plans for spinny CRT

Usagi's video today really hit close to home with the IV/90 I'm still trying to understand.

i made a flappy bird clone that uses your folding phone as the controller

🎄Der #Computeum #Adventskalender🎄 🎅Türchen 20: LCD-Tastatur🖥️ An unserem 5150 PC hängt nicht IBM's '83-Key' Tastatur, sondern ein Luxus-Exemplar mit kleinen 14x8 LCD in jeder Taste. Diese zeigen, in Echtzeit und abhängig von Shift/Ctrl/Alt, das jeweils aktuelle Zeichen an. #Retro

Has anyone ever heard of a (UK?) journal called University Computing? Know where I could find archives? Long shot, but this paper could contain info that helps us open-source a remarkable operating system developed by the UK MoD in the 1970s and 1980s. Boosts appreciated!

The IBM 5150 motherboard, illustrated. #retrocomputing

We're going to do it all over again! Very excited to announce RetroFest 2026 to be held at Swindon's STEAM museum on the 30th/31st May. If you'd like to exhibit, just full in the form - and if you'd like to come, why not buy a ticket! They also make wonderful Christmas presents :) - retrofest.uk

The back of a Sphere computer was a mess. Why? There was no "backplane"-- no slots. The whole system was loomed together with 14-connector ribbon cables, and the cards sat in loose slots. Moving the system could easily wiggle out a pin or two somewhere, and maybe the computer wouldn't start up.

This is my Total Microcomputer Model 4000 computer. Technically the last of a rare Motorola 6800 based home computer that was a pioneer in an "all-in-one" computer. Six days left on @bzotto.bsky.social Kickstarter for his book detailing Sphere Corporation here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/bzo...