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HereBeDragons @heredragons.be · 6h

Yes! I was an exhibitor at the first (or second?) in 2017, but when I asked if there'd be another event in 2018, the museum answered 'sure ... if you organise it!'. The rest is history ...

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HereBeDragons @heredragons.be · 7h

If this picture piques your interest, we have another Retro Computer Festival coming in just over a month - November 15th and 16th to be exact! www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/74558/Re...

Retro Computer Festival 2025 (Gaming Edition) - Saturday 15th November - Event Ticket - Computing History

Click here for information on Sunday Were very happy to announce our 2025 Retro Computer Festival and this time with a twist.Click here for information on Sunday We're very happy to announce our 20...

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HereBeDragons @heredragons.be · 7h

Day 281 - #retrorandom - Setting up for the Retro Computer Festival in 2018 - the calm before the storm! I love @binarydinosaurs.co.uk's wooden machine bottom left. A ZX81 I think?

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HereBeDragons @heredragons.be · 1d

Day 280 - #retrorandom - Just a reminder to everyone as Christmas gets closer that I would really like one of those of my own ...

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HereBeDragons @heredragons.be · 2d

Day 279 - #retrorandom - Getting ready for a show! Do I have everything? Will I arrive in Cambridge to find I'm missing the floppy disk cable / tape lead / unique power cable that I need to make my display work? Quite probably ...

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HereBeDragons @heredragons.be · 3d

Absolutely!

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HereBeDragons @heredragons.be · 3d

I really should have bought shares!

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HereBeDragons @heredragons.be · 3d

Day 278 - #retrorandom - I miss this old house, the built-in storage was perfect for my computers. This was known as the 'wall of shame', all the lose computers were awaiting repair. Now I have the 'many, many crates of shame' serving the same purpose ...

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HereBeDragons @heredragons.be · 3d

I sooooo want one of there. I rabbited about at length here if anyone's interested - bsky.app/profile/here...

HereBeDragons @heredragons.be · 9d

Day 272(29) - #sharptember - The month is nearly over, but we can't go without talking about the Latte Caputer, or 'RaTeCaPuter' - radio, television, cassette and, most excitingly, computer! This dates back to 1979, and seems to be based on a similar architecture to their pocket computers ... 1/2

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HereBeDragons @heredragons.be · 4d

Day 277 - #retrorandom - here I'm using a "Dragon for scale" to show how enormous my 'new' Zenith 386 is. I have a soft spot for this beast as, running 386BSD, I used it to develop the software for my first ever business.

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HereBeDragons @heredragons.be · 4d

Cityscape's software was MUCH better, although I might be biased 😄

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HereBeDragons @heredragons.be · 5d

As you can imagine, the quality was pretty dreadful!

HereBeDragons @heredragons.be · 5d

Ah, it's barely transmitting - it's just a tiny bit of wire (with a cute ball on the end!) plugged into the RF out. I could move it to the Spectrum if I wanted. AFAIK, early Japanese portable TVs rarely had an RF input, so the idea was that you put this near the built-in aerial on the top.

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HereBeDragons @heredragons.be · 5d

Day 276 - #retrorandom - Just a typical day in the office ...

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HereBeDragons @heredragons.be · 5d

I'll be bringing ... Dragons! (of course)

The Centre for Computing History @computinghistory.org.uk · 5d

The exhibitors are telling us what they're bringing to the RCF - and, wow, what a line up! PDPs and oscilloscopes from the dawn of gaming to brand new projects for the Sega Mega Drive - and into the future with the Spectrum Next! Tickets are selling fast - www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/74558/re...

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HereBeDragons @heredragons.be · 6d

Day 275 - #retrorandom - I took this photo to show that a Casio MX-101 is basically the same size as a Spectrum. However, the dinky aerial with a ball on top makes it win any cuteness competition hands down.

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HereBeDragons @heredragons.be · 6d

Exactly, we need more tech like this! 😄

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HereBeDragons @heredragons.be · 7d

Day 274 - #retrorandom - My random ramblings are back ... and here's a thought ... I miss the days when brown was considered a perfectly sensible colour for an item of technology (in this case a phone and Prestel terminal).

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HereBeDragons @heredragons.be · 8d

But if you look after your Sharp, it'll look after you, and you'll have many happy adventures together!

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HereBeDragons @heredragons.be · 8d

Day 273(30) - As #sharptember comes to an end, a few last words. Remember, a Sharp isn't just for Christmas, it's for life. And like all good relationships you'll have your ups and downs ... 1/2

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HereBeDragons @heredragons.be · 9d

This frankenstein welding of a computer to a boombox is probably top of my Sharp wishlist - but they sold in tiny quantities and I've never seen one for sale. If you want to know pretty much everything there is to know about this incredible machine, visit retropc.net/ohishi/museu...

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HereBeDragons @heredragons.be · 9d

Day 272(29) - #sharptember - The month is nearly over, but we can't go without talking about the Latte Caputer, or 'RaTeCaPuter' - radio, television, cassette and, most excitingly, computer! This dates back to 1979, and seems to be based on a similar architecture to their pocket computers ... 1/2

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HereBeDragons @heredragons.be · 10d

This machine - the PC-G850V - was one of the last and was released this century (2001 to be exact) and is programable in BASIC, Z80 assembler AND C.

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HereBeDragons @heredragons.be · 10d

Day 271(28) - #sharptember - As the 80s moved into the 90s, interest in pocket computers moved to laptops and PDAs - but the pocket computer didn't die out in Japan, as they found their ways into schools and universities as cheap tools to teach programming ... 1/2

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HereBeDragons @heredragons.be · 10d

Oh wow, I have never seen the additional printer before. I soooo want one of these machines (and I want one even more now). For those that haven't met this Soviet beauty before, the CPU is based on a PDP-11-on-a-chip. Imagine, a pocket PDP-11 😯😍

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