This is from five years ago, but it's interesting: the transcript of an interview Steve Meretzky of (among other things) Infocom gave to BBC Radio 4 about the creation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy adventure game. I had this game many years ago on the Amstrad PCW, and even today I can still recall the feeling of utter elation when (with, ( Read more... )

You often got no second chances, continue countdowns, explore modes or other concessions in the 8-bit days... this is from a BBC Micro adventure game called The Warlord:

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The BBC website has this fun article, including a short video (which should work worldwide) about A-level computing students using the BBC Micros at the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park. The point is apparently to make them think about efficient coding and to allow them to see the way the computers work, given that the Beebs ( Read more... )

So im having my friend auction off a I Ching Decision Science Computer. Works and comes with a battery ( Read more... )

I've just snapped up a Psion 5 (the original version, not the faster but still much more expensive 5mx) for £20 on eBay. I used to covet these when they were current - and the best part of £400! - but I thought that at £20 one would be worth a go even now. And it is. Mine needs a clean (as the photo probably shows) but it all works, backlight ( Read more... )

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Some of you seriously vintage folks might enjoy a story that goes back to the unit record days - this is a favorite around our IBM 1401 Restoration Lab."An official and an engineer were reviewing a manifest for a computing system to be shipped via air transport. The official asked: 'What is the weight of the item labeled "software?"' The engineer ( Read more... )

Any early PC lovers here? If so, there's something you might be interested in: XT-IDE - an 8-bit ISA IDE (PATA) controller card - is about to be released. This means you can easily attach a modern HDD to IBM PC/XT or clone. Also, the price is expected to be very moderate ( Read more... )

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Hey, all... Here's me hoping there are still some people reading LJ. :)

I have an old stripped G3 chassis up for grabs if anyone wants it for parts. Here's what it's got:

• old blue Mac G3 chassis
• accompanying power supply, fan, and motherboard w/ 4 open card slots
• 544 MHz G4 processor
• full (4) memory cards for total of somewhere around 770-900 MB
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