Retrofest 2026 is taking shape - we now have an exhibitors list and details for most of the exhibitors, including 13 who'll be new to the event! www.retrofest.uk/whowhat.php
We also have a Bluesky list so you can follow them all, past and present, with one easy click - bsky.app/profile/shor...
W00T!
Just found the manual, they set the RAM and EPROM size. My kit came with 2K Ram and a 32K EPROM.
It does indeed!
Nice, I've got one of those too.
I've still got the same PIC programmer kit that I brought back in the day from Magenta Electronics.
New blog post - a look at how things have changed since I first used microcontrollers in the early 1990s, and some of the new features they have managed to cram into the latest versions.
blog.tynemouthsoftware.co.uk/2025/09/new-...
Sorry I didn't get to see you.
Started to assemble the Retro Chip Tester Pro. #electronics
Ha nice!
Nice, I did make one in college way back when way when. Do you remember how you detected the waiting cars?
Ah yes, we used the Locktronics stuff at school. Amazingly some schools are still using it, I spotted some recently at the grammar school we look after.
Finished the traffic light simulator today. #electronics
Done a bit more work on this. #electronics
A bit of Sunday soldering, made a little traffic light simulator using 74 series logic. The design was featured in the September 1983 edition of Everyday Electronics. #electronics
Everyone loves stickers!
Been working on CrosFoberMordulator Synth Voice module from Look Mum No Computer. #electronics
www.lookmumnocomputer.com/projects#/cr...
New project.. finally got around to getting a Retro Chip Tester Professional PCB. #electronics
8bit-museum.de/hardware-pro...
Been to the Retro Computer Festival today at the Centre for Computing History.
Thants :D Brought these panel lamps at a radio rally this year. Proper bulbs, none of that modern LED rubbish.
Building a 8 bit blinkenlight display, inspired by the one I saw at This Museum Is Not Obsolete.
Nice!
I remember you were randomly pushing wires to see if it made the problem go away...
Indeed!
Loved seeing some of @devilishdesign.bsky.social collection of computers at the Retro Computer Festival.
Great to see @6502nerd.bsky.social breadboard computer today at the Retro Computer Festival.
Been to The Retro Computer Festival today, lots of cool things on display.
I've been building a new Arduino robot, using the Cytron Technologies Maker Drive motor driver and Maker Line sensor boards. The aluminum chassis came from Adafruit. I used this guide. www.hackster.io/cytron-techn...
