I'm trying to decide which is the best view. Saint Ives or the Office at home.

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

RetroFest 2026 - The Unofficial Advert

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

The North Star Horizon - It's Finger Lickin' Good!

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Recreating a 1980s weather receiving station.

Can't wait to see the video! We tidied up specially and everything 😄

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

On Saturday Thomas and I went on a MEGA road trip to the @shortcircuit.org.uk guys @petescircuit.bsky.social and @heredragons.be in glorious Sandgate in Kent. We had the best day there and the video of that trip will be coming very soon! Thank you Tony and Pete!

A massive thank you to @petescircuit.bsky.social and @loudscotsbloke.bsky.social for their generosity in supplying the missing components for my now working ZX80.

If you are interested in trying out an Acorn System 1, but don't have deep enough pockets for an original, then you could try out a 'System 1 Trainer' by Chris Oddy. He also does replica boards for the Acorn Atom amongst other things!

Day 159 - #retrorandom - It was a happy day in 2020 when I eventually got one of the most stylish little computers ever made - the Alice 90. What does it have 90 of? No one is sure. Not kilobytes of memory, that's for sure (it has 32). But who's going to nitpick when you're this gorgeous?

The Museum of Computing would like to thank @shortcircuit.org.uk for organising the amazing RetroFest event in our home town of Swindon. It was a pleasure to collaborate with them and we met so many wonderful visitors and exhibitors. We look forward to supporting next year's event!

Just in case you like Pirate stories... youtu.be/93XWZeG5VDw

OSI Superboard II and the UK101

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Do you need some teletext advertising? 😄

I'll be there with as much Prestel junk as I can fit in a reasonably priced hatchback along with some of my favourite badges.

Short Circuit@shortcircuit.org.uk · last yr.

It's just one week to go! It's getting full, though. We have more tickets available for Sunday, and it’ll be almost exactly* the same wonderful exhibitors. If you’re just coming one day, please consider coming Sunday, to ensure everyone gets to come to our event! www.retrofest.uk/tickets.php

I'll be there both days! I'm really looking forward to catching up in MR (Meat Reality) with a huge bunch of amazing people. I'll be there with a bunch of other YouTube people representing the Big Red Arrow club.

Short Circuit@shortcircuit.org.uk · last yr.

It's just one week to go! It's getting full, though. We have more tickets available for Sunday, and it’ll be almost exactly* the same wonderful exhibitors. If you’re just coming one day, please consider coming Sunday, to ensure everyone gets to come to our event! www.retrofest.uk/tickets.php

Time for an embarrassing plug! If you would like some digital downloads for your Aquarius then please check out loudscotsbloke.itch.io If you would like a physical copy of my games, on cassette (yes! tape!), then please head over to Cronosoft cronosoft.fwscart.com/browse/cat53... #mattelaquarius

Weekend to myself. Mrs B is off to Lisbon to visit daughter. Going to do my soak testing and packing for RetroFest. Then a short week - bank holiday for those of us in the UK on Monday, and then I'm off on Friday so that I can take my time loading up and travelling down to Swindon. retrofest.uk

Scream-face.jpg Perhaps spending all afternoon trying to get sigrok to recognise my saleae clone analyser isn’t the best use of time. It’s interesting that all variants fail with the same error though.

Short Circuit@shortcircuit.org.uk · last yr.

It's just one week to go! It's getting full, though. We have more tickets available for Sunday, and it’ll be almost exactly* the same wonderful exhibitors. If you’re just coming one day, please consider coming Sunday, to ensure everyone gets to come to our event! www.retrofest.uk/tickets.php

I am completely calm about this. So calm. Very calm indeed. Not panicking at all.

Short Circuit@shortcircuit.org.uk · last yr.

It's just one week to go! It's getting full, though. We have more tickets available for Sunday, and it’ll be almost exactly* the same wonderful exhibitors. If you’re just coming one day, please consider coming Sunday, to ensure everyone gets to come to our event! www.retrofest.uk/tickets.php

It's just one week to go! It's getting full, though. We have more tickets available for Sunday, and it’ll be almost exactly* the same wonderful exhibitors. If you’re just coming one day, please consider coming Sunday, to ensure everyone gets to come to our event! www.retrofest.uk/tickets.php

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

Nothing like advertising your own game! Lol. Come and see (and play!) my latest Aquarius game 'Grid Trap' at RetroFest 2025!! www.retrofest.uk

As a small reminder RetroFest is this month, so get your tickets while you still can. I'm going to be there along with many of the retofest regulars, and a number of retro Youtubers who's faces you might actually recognise.

Short Circuit@shortcircuit.org.uk · last yr.

It's time for another video! Get updates on the exhibitors, find out how many capacitors there were in that jar and see what happens when @petescircuit.bsky.social goes out to meet the public ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l4O...

Only 4 weeks!!! Grab your tickets now! I need to start sorting out what I'm exhibiting, but rest assured I will be bringing rare and interesting oddballs! Come and see my incredibly rare Aquarius 2 showing off the event logo in person!

Short Circuit@shortcircuit.org.uk · last yr.

It's only FOUR WEEKS to go until RetroFest. Our exhibitors are slaving away to get their machines ready - and what better way to test them than displaying our logo! Tickets are selling fast, so we recommend buy one in advance if you can - www.retrofest.uk/tickets.php

Retrofest2025 is getting closer! The Sinclair QL has properly entered the chat. 31st May/1st June at STEAM in Swindon.

Spending the afternoon getting things ready for RetroFest later this month. Things are finally starting to work! 😀. #RetroFest www.retrofest.uk

Finally sorted the disk 'module' thanks to some Cardboard Aided Design.

Day 104 - #retrorandom - Look at all these lovely pocket and portable computers at 'Made in Japan' in Cambridge in 2023! A combination of my machines and @glasstty.bsky.social's. I am such a sucker for these little machines ...

Day 101 - #retrorandom - This lovely little machine isn't a laptop, it's a portable Minitel terminal! Here it's connected to @glasstty.bsky.social's Telstar system via the internal modem. I can't help but wonder what the market for a machine like this would be in the days before mobile comms ... 1/2

I got a new toy! (thanks @glasstty.bsky.social) So I know it's a capable little Z80 machine with plenty of memory that runs CP/M - there must be more funky things I can do with it than just wordprocessing?

Well, tonight is looking up!! 😎👍🍻

This time it's not just us (you'll be glad to hear) - I spy @glasstty.bsky.social, @onlyretrofans.com, www.youtube.com/@techmadeeas..., @visitthecave.bsky.social and @retrobytes.bsky.social in there too ...

Short Circuit@shortcircuit.org.uk · last yr.

Is it possible to have too much of a good thing? Of course not! We think it's time for some more updates on who's coming to RetroFest ... retrofest.uk youtu.be/E8f2hwobJKo?...