electron.greg<p>My <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/BBCMicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCMicro</span></a> explaining the future.</p>
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Mark Moxon<p>I've just released the Elite Compendium Addendum for the BBC Micro B+.</p><p>It contains two bonus versions of Elite for lucky owners of the B+, including musical BBC Master Elite for the B+128.</p><p>See <a href="https://elite.bbcelite.com/hacks/elite_compendium.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">elite.bbcelite.com/hacks/elite</span><span class="invisible">_compendium.html</span></a> for details.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/bbcmicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bbcmicro</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/8bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>8bit</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/elite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elite</span></a></p>
Andy Piper<p>There’s an exhibition of retro / classic home computing machines this week (Aug 21-28 2025) at Kingston University, so I had to drop in.</p><p>It was fun to see some old favourites again, and it was nice to see some youngsters engaging with the games I used to play. Turrican, Hunchback, Mario, Puzzle Bobble, Lemmings!</p><p>The Townhouse building at Kingston University has been open for several years already and I drive, walk or bus past it regularly, but never had a reason to pop in until now! It has the university library on the upper floors, and a cafe and event space on the ground floor. For the duration of this week, the <a href="https://www.arcatku.org/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Archive of Retro Computing</a> has taken over the event space with this display.</p><p>It is nicely put together, with some machines set aside for coding, some for gaming; information about each system displayed alongside; some meta-history on topics like the British computing scene (Acorn vs Sinclair), Commodore and Amstrad, and the US elements. The back section is dedicated to vintage home gaming systems, from the 1977 Binatone Pong game, through Atari / Nintendo / Sega, up to the Super Nintendo and Jaguar.</p><p>There are also some super “deep cuts” in the collection, including the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatung_Einstein" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Tatung Einstein</a>, which I don’t remember ever seeing or hearing about before…</p><p>From my personal history, the Binatone Pong game on display is I think slightly older than the simple dial paddle controllers than we had hooked up to the TV at home when I was young. No sign of the metal-clad Commodore PET that I remember tinkering with at primary school, but a range of other Commodore machines are on show, including the classic Commodore 64 (I have one of these, from a former Twitter coworker!), and several other models I’m less familar with.</p><p>My first home computer, the Acorn Electron, is right there, running Arcadians, a Space Invaders clone I must have spent hours on back in the day. My own Electron ended as a hand-modded machine featuring switchable headphone or regular speaker output. I’m still quite proud of that relatively low-tech little hardware hack from back then.</p><p>Next along in my own line would have been the Amstrad CPC (with 3″ disk drive) that my uncle had, and pointed me towards on most visits to his house. I have memories of Jet Set Willy and Manic Miner on that one. The little info card here tells the story of how Alan Sugar did a deal on the disk drives such that Hitachi ended up having to keep making them, at a loss, even though the 3″ disk format was otherwise dead in the water.</p><p>My school had a very well-equipped computer room with (I think) about 30 BBC Master and Micro computers, so I was very much an Acorn boy and learned BBC BASIC as my first proper coding language (along with a tiny bit of 6502 assembler). Later on, the computer room was upgraded with Acorn Archimedes, and my brother had an A3000 in his bedroom… I had an Acorn Risc PC with a StrongARM processor, way faster than the x86 PCs available at the time! The BBC Master and A3000 are present and correct in the exhibition (there’s a BBC Micro as well, alongside the Electron).</p><p>We also had a Super Nintendo, which is one of the last of the home gaming consoles in the exhibition (I overheard someone say that the Playstation, our next games console as a family, was where gaming all went wrong and 3D and got boring… I can sometimes understand of that point of view!).</p><p>As an aside, I had a quick go on Wolfenstein 3D on the Jaguar in the corner there, and the controller for the Jaguar was bonkers! Chunky and not very friendly to use. The graphics seemed decent, with some kind of interpolation at distance? I don’t remember ever actually playing on a Jaguar when they were current…</p><p>Pretty much all of the machines had some kind of modification, both to output graphics to the LCD monitors in use, and/or to replace disk drives with some form of USB-floppy emulation, often with a Pi or something else doing the interfacing.</p><p>A fun trip down memory lane!</p> Share this post from your <a href="https://jointhefediverse.net/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">fediverse</a> server <p></p> <span class="">https://</span> Share <p class="">This server does not support sharing. Please visit .</p><p><a href="https://andypiper.co.uk/2025/08/25/retro-tastic/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://andypiper.co.uk/2025/08/25/retro-tastic/</a></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://andypiper.co.uk/tag/acorn/" target="_blank">#Acorn</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://andypiper.co.uk/tag/acorn-electron/" target="_blank">#AcornElectron</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://andypiper.co.uk/tag/amiga/" target="_blank">#Amiga</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://andypiper.co.uk/tag/amstrad/" target="_blank">#Amstrad</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://andypiper.co.uk/tag/archimedes/" target="_blank">#archimedes</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://andypiper.co.uk/tag/bbc-master/" target="_blank">#bbcMaster</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://andypiper.co.uk/tag/bbc-micro/" target="_blank">#BBCMicro</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://andypiper.co.uk/tag/commodore/" target="_blank">#commodore</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://andypiper.co.uk/tag/computing/" target="_blank">#Computing</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://andypiper.co.uk/tag/exhibition/" target="_blank">#exhibition</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://andypiper.co.uk/tag/gaming/" target="_blank">#gaming</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://andypiper.co.uk/tag/nintendo/" target="_blank">#nintendo</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://andypiper.co.uk/tag/retro/" target="_blank">#retro</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://andypiper.co.uk/tag/risc-os/" target="_blank">#riscOs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://andypiper.co.uk/tag/risc-pc/" target="_blank">#RiscPC</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://andypiper.co.uk/tag/technology/" target="_blank">#Technology</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://andypiper.co.uk/tag/zx-spectrum/" target="_blank">#zxSpectrum</a></p>
Mark Moxon<p>I'm pleased to announce the Elite Compendium for the Acorn Electron, containing three amazing hacked versions of Elite on one disc.</p><p>It includes a brand new version: musical Elite. On the Electron!</p><p>Lots of details here: <a href="https://elite.bbcelite.com/hacks/elite_compendium.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">elite.bbcelite.com/hacks/elite</span><span class="invisible">_compendium.html</span></a></p><p>Play in your browser: <a href="https://0xc0de6502.github.io/electroniq/?dfs&autoboot&ram6&disk0=https://elite.bbcelite.com/versions/elite_compendium/elite-compendium-acorn-electron.dsd" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">0xc0de6502.github.io/electroni</span><span class="invisible">q/?dfs&autoboot&ram6&disk0=https://elite.bbcelite.com/versions/elite_compendium/elite-compendium-acorn-electron.dsd</span></a></p><p>Fair warning - the title music in Electron Elite kicks in suddenly, so watch your volume settings!</p><p>Right on, Commanders!</p><p>(And a shout-out to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/@negativecharge" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>negativecharge</span></a></span> for the Electron Elite music and driver that I used for this. Amazing work!)</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/bbcmicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bbcmicro</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/elite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elite</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/acorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>acorn</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/electron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electron</span></a></p>
Martin Hamilton 🔜 Gaussfest<p>Now, let's see what the <a href="https://martinh.net/tags/BBCMicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCMicro</span></a> <a href="https://martinh.net/tags/DomesdayProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DomesdayProject</span></a> has to say about <a href="https://martinh.net/tags/Bodgeham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bodgeham</span></a>. Wow, there's even an entry for the Village Fête! I love these submissions written by the local school kids... <a href="https://martinh.net/tags/EMFCamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EMFCamp</span></a> <a href="https://martinh.net/tags/Tetrapod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tetrapod</span></a> <a href="https://martinh.net/tags/Awoo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Awoo</span></a> <a href="https://martinh.net/tags/Beep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Beep</span></a></p>
Martin Hamilton 🔜 Gaussfest<p>Wait, what's this <a href="https://martinh.net/tags/BBCMicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCMicro</span></a> <a href="https://martinh.net/tags/DomesdayProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DomesdayProject</span></a> page about a <a href="https://martinh.net/tags/BodgehamBadger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BodgehamBadger</span></a>? Now the crumpet proliferation is starting to make some kind of sense... <a href="https://martinh.net/tags/EMFCamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EMFCamp</span></a> <a href="https://martinh.net/tags/CrumpetCamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CrumpetCamp</span></a></p>
Martin Hamilton 🔜 Gaussfest<p><a href="https://martinh.net/tags/Bodgeham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bodgeham</span></a>, yep that's the one. Bodgeham-on-Wye, in the parish of Hackerly. Good old <a href="https://martinh.net/tags/BBCMicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCMicro</span></a> <a href="https://martinh.net/tags/DomesdayProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DomesdayProject</span></a>. I knew it would be in there somewhere... <a href="https://martinh.net/tags/EMFCamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EMFCamp</span></a></p>
Martin Hamilton 🔜 Gaussfest<p>Now, what's that place called again? Ah yes, <a href="https://martinh.net/tags/Bodgeham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bodgeham</span></a>. Hereford and Worcestershire, as it used to be known. That's the one... <a href="https://martinh.net/tags/EMFCamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EMFCamp</span></a> <a href="https://martinh.net/tags/BBCMicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCMicro</span></a> <a href="https://martinh.net/tags/DomesdayProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DomesdayProject</span></a></p>
Martin Hamilton 🔜 Gaussfest<p>How does this <a href="https://martinh.net/tags/BBCMicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCMicro</span></a> <a href="https://martinh.net/tags/DomesdayProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DomesdayProject</span></a> system work again? Ah, I see... <a href="https://martinh.net/tags/EMFCamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EMFCamp</span></a></p>
Martin Hamilton 🔜 Gaussfest<p>Hello there, locally hosted copy of the <a href="https://martinh.net/tags/BBCMicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCMicro</span></a> <a href="https://martinh.net/tags/DomesdayProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DomesdayProject</span></a> system. I wonder what mysterious delights are to be found when spelunking through your database? <a href="https://martinh.net/tags/EMFCamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EMFCamp</span></a></p>
Martin Hamilton 🔜 Gaussfest<p>What's that, little buddy? You would like some CYBER. Sure, no probs...</p><p>(SOUND: ON)</p><p>:bbcmicro: :cyber: :bbcmicro: :cyber: :bbcmicro: :cyber: :bbcmicro: :cyber: :bbcmicro: :cyber: :bbcmicro: :cyber: :bbcmicro: :cyber: :bbcmicro: :cyber: </p><p><a href="https://martinh.net/tags/BBCMicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCMicro</span></a> <a href="https://martinh.net/tags/Cyber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cyber</span></a> <a href="https://martinh.net/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://martinh.net/tags/WHY2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WHY2025</span></a></p>
Uilliam Mac ᚒᚔᚂᚂᚔᚐᚋ<p>The story of the creation of Elite:</p><p>“Evidence began to trickle back to Acornsoft that people were exploring the bottled universe more obsessively even than the publishers had dared to hope: for hour after hour, day after day, week after week. Word reached them that an intrepid explorer had, indeed, discovered a Planet Arse in one of the seven galaxies, which Bell and Braben hadn't checked for expletives.”</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/oct/18/features.weekend" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/books/2003/oct</span><span class="invisible">/18/features.weekend</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Elite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Elite</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/BBCMicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCMicro</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/8bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>8bit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/AcornAtom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcornAtom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/mos6502" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mos6502</span></a></p>
Blake Patterson<p>Happy Birthday to the venerable MOS 6502</p><p><a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/08/04/happy-birthday-6502/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/08/04/happy-</span><span class="invisible">birthday-6502/</span></a> #6502 </p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MOS6502" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MOS6502</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/CPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPU</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AppleII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AppleII</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Atari8bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Atari8bit</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>C64</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/BBCMicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCMicro</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Atari2600" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Atari2600</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputers</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/tattoo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tattoo</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photo</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ink</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/geek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geek</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/computinghistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computinghistory</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/techhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techhistory</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/technews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technews</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/HBD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HBD</span></a></p>
Mark Moxon<p>Look at this little beauty! It's my new BBC Micro B+, signed by David Braben himself, and it’s the inspiration for my latest project:</p><p>"BBC Master Elite, backported to run on the unexpanded B+, and with lots of extra features"</p><p>Here are the links:</p><p>* About this project: <a href="https://elite.bbcelite.com/hacks/bbc_micro_b_plus_master_elite.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">elite.bbcelite.com/hacks/bbc_m</span><span class="invisible">icro_b_plus_master_elite.html</span></a></p><p>* Download the disc image: <a href="https://elite.bbcelite.com/hacks/bbc_micro_b_plus_master_elite_downloads.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">elite.bbcelite.com/hacks/bbc_m</span><span class="invisible">icro_b_plus_master_elite_downloads.html</span></a></p><p>* How I did it: <a href="https://elite.bbcelite.com/hacks/bbc_micro_b_plus_master_elite_technical_information.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">elite.bbcelite.com/hacks/bbc_m</span><span class="invisible">icro_b_plus_master_elite_technical_information.html</span></a></p><p>JSBeeb doesn't emulate the B+, so no browser link I'm afraid. This one’s for the B+ owners out there!<br> <br>Right on, Commanders!</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/bbcmicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bbcmicro</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/8bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>8bit</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/elite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elite</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Elite: "The game that couldn't be written"</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Braben" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Braben</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Bell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bell</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Elite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Elite</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BBCMicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCMicro</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Acorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Acorn</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Cambridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cambridge</span></a> / 6502 / 1985 <<a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=lC4YLMLar5I" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=lC4YLMLar5</span><span class="invisible">I</span></a>></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>1985</p><p>“BASIC was a fine tool to learn programming with. But <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/programs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programs</span></a> in it occupied far too much of the limited working <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/memory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>memory</span></a> of a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/microcomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microcomputer</span></a>, and it was horribly slow. </p><p>The way to get anything ambitious done was to write the program directly in the language <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BASIC</span></a> translated into: <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/assembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>assembly</span></a> code, only one layer up from the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/silicon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>silicon</span></a>. </p><p>Suddenly, you were responsible for the entire flow of very simple commands that allowed the computer to function.”</p><p>40 years ago, Elite was created and released by <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/IanBell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IanBell</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/DavidBraben" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DavidBraben</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Software</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Elite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Elite</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Cambridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cambridge</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computing</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BBCMicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCMicro</span></a> <<a href="https://theguardian.com/books/2003/oct/18/features.weekend" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/books/2003/oct</span><span class="invisible">/18/features.weekend</span></a>></p>
Mistigris computer arts<p>Mistodon: everywhere else in the world, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Pride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pride</span></a> is celebrated in June, but in area code 604, where Mist is traditionally run from, the occasion is celebrated in August. So here is a <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/BBCMicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCMicro</span></a> hirez image by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://techhub.social/@pixelblip" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pixelblip</span></a></span> drawn for the occasion, included in our recent MIST0625 artpack collection. The artist notes: "Keep on fighting, everyone!"</p>
Chris Garrett<p>Uploaded a fork of the amazing JSBeeb by @matt.godbolt.org to add to my browser-based retro computer and console emulators for the upcoming continuation/reboot of my retro C programming tutorials</p><p><a href="https://bbc.retrogamecoders.com/?autorun&loadBasic=%2Fhello.txt" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.retrogamecoders.com/?autor</span><span class="invisible">un&loadBasic=%2Fhello.txt</span></a></p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/bbcmicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bbcmicro</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogames</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>“Seven years ago, EBEN UPTON created the first <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RaspberryPi</span></a>. As Upton told IEEE Spectrum in our March 2015 cover story, the Pi was inspired in part by his childhood experiments with a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BBCMicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCMicro</span></a> home computer: He wanted modern kids to have a simple machine that allowed for similar experimentation. Since then, the Pi has exploded in popularity, and the fourth major revision of the Pi was released in June.”</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@swelljoe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>swelljoe</span></a></span> A similar story by <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/EbenUpton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EbenUpton</span></a>. <<a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/eben-upton-on-the-raspberry-pis-industrial-crossover-and-why-there-will-never-be-a-pi-9" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">spectrum.ieee.org/eben-upton-o</span><span class="invisible">n-the-raspberry-pis-industrial-crossover-and-why-there-will-never-be-a-pi-9</span></a>> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://studio8502.ca/@mos_8502" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mos_8502</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@cstross" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cstross</span></a></span></p>
Fedi.Video<p>Retro computer people, you might be interested in these PeerTube playlists:</p><p>ACORN BBC, ELECTRON, ARCHIMEDES<br><a href="https://fedi.video/w/p/m6ptC81c7dWqt9Skc4hHPb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fedi.video/w/p/m6ptC81c7dWqt9S</span><span class="invisible">kc4hHPb</span></a></p><p>AMSTRAD CPC<br><a href="https://fedi.video/w/p/ciiLuybi7qkWyzWy38vTrD" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fedi.video/w/p/ciiLuybi7qkWyzW</span><span class="invisible">y38vTrD</span></a></p><p>MSX<br><a href="https://fedi.video/w/p/pfLJRRyNFjbGPhcG6AFdZX" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fedi.video/w/p/pfLJRRyNFjbGPhc</span><span class="invisible">G6AFdZX</span></a></p><p>ORIC<br><a href="https://fedi.video/w/p/9L2WiwAaNsd54ieA5bds6B" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fedi.video/w/p/9L2WiwAaNsd54ie</span><span class="invisible">A5bds6B</span></a></p><p>cc <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/retrocomputing" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>retrocomputing</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/FeaturedPlaylist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FeaturedPlaylist</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Acorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Acorn</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/BBCMicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCMicro</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Amstrad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amstrad</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/CPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPC</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/AmstradCPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmstradCPC</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/MSX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MSX</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Oric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oric</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/ComputingHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComputingHistory</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/PeerTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeerTube</span></a></p>
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