The Loud Scots Bloke
@loudscotsbloke.bsky.social
Collector, restorer, programmer of 8bit underdogs and defender of the Mattel Aquarius! Regular columnist of "Templeman's Treasures" in Pixel Addict Magazine - https://loudscotsbloke.itch.io/
On the bench tonight... The answer to life the universe and everything??
November 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
On the bench tonight... The answer to life the universe and everything??
Only 2 weeks to go to the Retro Computing Festival! I'll be showing off my Aquarius games,as well as my awesome Aquarius2 and the Aquarius+ I will also have a handful of rare and oddball machines youve never heard of,playing games you never knew existed! tinyurl.com/2025RCF
November 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Only 2 weeks to go to the Retro Computing Festival! I'll be showing off my Aquarius games,as well as my awesome Aquarius2 and the Aquarius+ I will also have a handful of rare and oddball machines youve never heard of,playing games you never knew existed! tinyurl.com/2025RCF
On the bench tonight.... Some bright bubble loveliness!! 😍
November 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
On the bench tonight.... Some bright bubble loveliness!! 😍
Can your Tomy Pyuuta run 32k roms??? Mine can!!! 💪😎
November 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Can your Tomy Pyuuta run 32k roms??? Mine can!!! 💪😎
That's tonight sorted!!!
October 30, 2025 at 10:41 PM
That's tonight sorted!!!
The what!!? Key???!!???
October 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The what!!? Key???!!???
On the bench tonight is my lovely Thomson MO5E. The much rarer (and cooler!) variant of the MO5. 6809 with 48k of ram and EFGJ03L graphics chip. 16 colours on screen at 320x200. Not too shabby for 1984. Just look at her!! 😍
October 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
On the bench tonight is my lovely Thomson MO5E. The much rarer (and cooler!) variant of the MO5. 6809 with 48k of ram and EFGJ03L graphics chip. 16 colours on screen at 320x200. Not too shabby for 1984. Just look at her!! 😍
Absolutely!!! One of my lovely Philips VG5000 machines!!
October 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Absolutely!!! One of my lovely Philips VG5000 machines!!
Playing one of my favourite Next games..
October 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Playing one of my favourite Next games..
The awesome 'almost the BBC micro' Grundy New brain 😎💪
October 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The awesome 'almost the BBC micro' Grundy New brain 😎💪
So.... What's on my bench tonight??
October 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
So.... What's on my bench tonight??
Can't believe how sunny it is here today!!! Let's get my 64 out for a couple of hours 'de-yellowing' 💪☀️☀️
October 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Can't believe how sunny it is here today!!! Let's get my 64 out for a couple of hours 'de-yellowing' 💪☀️☀️
I love the C64 version! This is the version of Outrun I grew up with (other than the arcade!). What's your childhood version and memories of this awesome racer?
October 11, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I love the C64 version! This is the version of Outrun I grew up with (other than the arcade!). What's your childhood version and memories of this awesome racer?
Repaired and upgraded! What game should I try first???
October 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Repaired and upgraded! What game should I try first???
So what's next up on the bench... Well...
October 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
So what's next up on the bench... Well...
What's the best thing to accompany my single malt... Well...
October 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
What's the best thing to accompany my single malt... Well...
One of my favourite Zeddy games...... Running on my ZX80 💪😱 (4K ROM)
October 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
One of my favourite Zeddy games...... Running on my ZX80 💪😱 (4K ROM)
Managed to finally get hold of a personal unicorn machine! Been after one for a very long time! This is my Indata DAI. An incredibly rare beast from 1980. A monster spec that was reflected in the cost at the time. Lovely. ZX80 for scale 😁 (didn't have a banana)
October 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Managed to finally get hold of a personal unicorn machine! Been after one for a very long time! This is my Indata DAI. An incredibly rare beast from 1980. A monster spec that was reflected in the cost at the time. Lovely. ZX80 for scale 😁 (didn't have a banana)
Ok.. Time for something a wee bit special. This is probably the rarest machine in my collection. As far as we can tell, this is the only one in existence. My Radionic R1001. It's sort of half way between a Komtek 1 and a TRS model 1. A quirky prototype with a lovely keyboard.
September 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Ok.. Time for something a wee bit special. This is probably the rarest machine in my collection. As far as we can tell, this is the only one in existence. My Radionic R1001. It's sort of half way between a Komtek 1 and a TRS model 1. A quirky prototype with a lovely keyboard.
Ok, I'm calling it!! It's beer o'clock!! 🍻
September 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Ok, I'm calling it!! It's beer o'clock!! 🍻
The moral?? Two fold. 1) don't check the temperature of 2114s with your finger, and 2) don't put a 2114 in the wrong way round and then attempt number 1.
Ouch 🔥
Ouch 🔥
September 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The moral?? Two fold. 1) don't check the temperature of 2114s with your finger, and 2) don't put a 2114 in the wrong way round and then attempt number 1.
Ouch 🔥
Ouch 🔥
Such a lovely design. What's your memories of the Welsh masterpiece??
September 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Such a lovely design. What's your memories of the Welsh masterpiece??
Playing one of my favourite Plus/4 games (besides Elite! 🫡). Digiloi. A PETSCII based game that's brilliant!! What's your favourite C16 or Plus/4 game???
September 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Playing one of my favourite Plus/4 games (besides Elite! 🫡). Digiloi. A PETSCII based game that's brilliant!! What's your favourite C16 or Plus/4 game???