Oh wow a uk tour. Will try and get tickets. Seen them many times including a trip to the US in the 90s.

Cromenco running MP/M?

Record for the number of different machines running Zork in one place?

Zork next!

Ooo...All About Eve. Not listened to them for years - must drag out the CD at the weekend.

my goto controller for the Next.

So many type-in listings for me that didn’t work because I thought I was been clever cutting out the REM statements.

#UKSnow AL7 8/10

Hector?

Husky?

I made a joke in my main Discord server about DOOM E1M1 being in a major key and @abigbagofkeys.sickonedude.com actually made it. Jesus fucking Christ listen to this hahahaha

Blue Prince was my highlight in a year where I played 2 games released this year.
The other was Exhibition 33 - also excellent but Blue Prince more original and puzzly

any of them working yet? @ctrl-alt-rees.com (I think owns one of them)

What's the top score so far?

Marmite!

If you plant them now they will be fully grown by Easter.

We're going to do it all over again! Very excited to announce RetroFest 2026 to be held at Swindon's STEAM museum on the 30th/31st May. If you'd like to exhibit, just full in the form - and if you'd like to come, why not buy a ticket! They also make wonderful Christmas presents :) - retrofest.uk

Go Computer Now! – The Story of Sphere Computers A book telling the extraordinary story of Sphere, a 1970s Utah personal computer maker far ahead of its time—until its sudden collapse.

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Go Computer Now! – The Story of Sphere Computers A book telling the extraordinary story of Sphere, a 1970s Utah personal computer maker far ahead of its time—until its sudden collapse.

Just backed www.kickstarter.com/projects/bzo...

Me!

See also estate agents with we have just sold a house in your road…

If you want to learn more about these computers and the people behind it that beat Commodore, Apple and Tandy to the market but still lost out—there’s a Kickstarter for a book about Sphere Computers going on right now, they could use a few more supporters.

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Only for Reindeer but they prefer to call them snowman noses.

Banana plug for scale?

Yes, everything online sucks now—but it doesn’t have to Ars chats with Cory Doctorow about his new book Enshittification.

Had to remove 14 adds before I could read this arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...

Very cool. Is it working?

Used Turnpike once to download the instructions for setting up slip under Linux - turned out they were written by old uni friend.

All these years later I still have to stop myself using my old demon email address for things.

is that safe to drink?