One of my cartoons for Monday's Metro

This is shaping up to be a really fantastic event with a huge number of exhibitors. I’ll be there with my MZ-700 and MZ-80K. Tickets are still available for the Sunday !

Short Circuit@shortcircuit.org.uk · 9mo ago

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

retrofest.uk .. Tickets still available for Sunday, I think ! Are we nearly there yet:-

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

Isambard can barely contain his excitement - because it's Retrofest in just TWO WEEKS! Tickets are selling fast - www.retrofest.uk/tickets.php #retrofest2026

I've just about worn out last years, due to many cups of tea a day and naughty over exposure to dishwasher for cleaning, so I'm in the market for one :-)

HereBeDragons@heredragons.be · 3mo ago

I am drinking out of one of these at this very moment, and I am convinced they make the tea taste better!

It's that time of year... Only a few weeks to go... Get your tickets NOW for 30th or 31st of May at retrofest.uk

Fozzie Bear first appeared in the Muppet Show in 1976 and the NewBear 77-68 computer design, with its egg shaped Bear logo, in 1977 - Coincidence, I don't think so :-) Come and see plenty of retro computer related stuff at the Steam Museum, Swindon, UK on the last weekend of May www.retrofest.uk

Retrofest 2026 in Swindon is not long now - hope to see you there so you can gaze and point at my mess of wires!!😅😎 youtu.be/oKRC85vtLmk #restofest2026 #retrocomputing #homebrewcomputer

RestoFest 2026 Swindow 30-31 May

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FIVE WEEKS 😱

Short Circuit@shortcircuit.org.uk · 3mo ago

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

In the UK, 1980s home computers typically loaded software from audio cassettes, but did you know software sometimes came on records? These ‘flexi discs’ were given away on magazine covers. They were cheap to manufacture and more convenient to distribute than bulky cassettes. #record #computer

KUMA computers were founded in 1983 by Tim Moore and John Day. Tim developed the NewBear 77-68 computer kit(s) and ran NewBear (part of Newbury Labs) from 1977 until then. I believe John Day was mainly involved in sales activity at NewBear.

Sharpworks@sharpworks.bsky.social · 5mo ago

A couple of very nice arrivals today for the collection :)

RetroFest 2026 is happening again in Swindon 30th and 31st of May. youtu.be/DScdsdFIP_A?...

RetroFest 2026 - The Unofficial Advert

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I made a video, as I occasionally do. This one is about the world of email before we all started using Internet email, in particular company group mail. youtu.be/czpiHZPyxLU

E-Mail before the Internet

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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

Here’s my (later than sort of planned) video on the Retrofest event held in Swindon/organised by @shortcircuit.org.uk Follow me as I take some janky video footage of old tech 😅 and marvel at this great event and exhibitors. #retrocomputing #retrofest youtu.be/YLqbKywPXfg

He may not be a Red Arrow but John does make exceedingly good videos. This one on the OSI Superboard II & UK101 is well worth a watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=93XW...

OSI Superboard II and the UK101

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Big heads up to the team at Retrofest 2025 at Steam in Swindon last weekend. Amazing show of old computing and electronics. Next year is going to be epic! This is me with my rather simple setup playing Quake on Dual 3Dfx Voodoo 2.

I wish I could have gone, but this almost makes me feel like I was there!

More Fun Making It@morefunmakingit.bsky.social · last yr.

Want to see how my weekend went? Hours of driving. Hotel room trying to kill me. AMAZING Retro Festival. Superb fun!

In between talking to folk at my table about the Tatung development system, I managed to grab a few minutes to walk around and see what my fellow exhibitors were up to. Apologies for the sound - shot live on iPhone, and it was very noisy in the hall.

RetroFest June 2025

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Well, we eventually got home :-)

You need to get yourself a RC2014 Mini 2 Picasso. Lovely Z80 based goodness.

Great time at Retrofest 2025 at the STEAM museum in Swindon UK this weekend. Surprisingly our trains-being-driven-by-old-computers setup kept going OK, so the Replacement Bus driver spent most of the time relaxing in a little hut :-)

It might take a while, but we are off to RETROFEST 2025 at the STEAM museum in SWINDON, UK for the weekend - Some last minute tickets might still be available if you hurry :-) www.retrofest.uk

Not quite enough table space for a VAX 11/780, so i had to make one out of LEGO ... It's not much more intelligent than my BBC Micro, but it does run the classic `Adventure` game :-)

One way or another we'll get to RETROFEST 2025 on May 31st and June 1st at the STEAM museum in Swindon, UK... www.retrofest.uk

Spent too much time on this

Isambard Kingdom Brunel would like to remind you that it's just TWO WEEKS until RetroFest! retrofest.uk

This little old Casio TV would like to come to the party :-) ... RETROFEST 2025... May 31st & June 1st at STEAM, SWINDON, UK

You don't see one of these every day :-) ...