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@flatduckrecords.co.uk

ZX Spectrum, SAM Coupé. Award-winning website developer. Oban, Scotland.

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Nintedo® 64™ videogame controller composited over a Foggy picture.

Nintedo® 64™ videogame controller composited over a Foggy picture.

09.03.2026 18:13 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Buy It Now buttons at www.samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm

Buy It Now buttons at www.samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm

2 new SAM Coupe computer PCB pin badges available: Black + Camouflage!
www.samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm

These new badges, plus the original white, are available for £7.50 each inc. UK postage. It all gets put back into my development of new products for the SAM. Why these colours? Read on...

08.03.2026 20:18 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Graphic OLED Interface for RC2014 and compatibles

Graphic OLED Interface for RC2014 and compatibles

SAA1099 Soundchip Interface for RC2014 and compatibles

SAA1099 Soundchip Interface for RC2014 and compatibles

SID Sound Chip Interface for RC2014 and compatibles

SID Sound Chip Interface for RC2014 and compatibles

ZX True Tone module for Ed Brindley's RC2014 YM/AY Soundcard

ZX True Tone module for Ed Brindley's RC2014 YM/AY Soundcard

Save 15% off my #RC2014 (& compatibles!) peripherals at my Tindie store this weekend! (8th/9th March).

www.tindie.com/stores/quazar

SID Soundchip Interface
SAA1099P Soundchip Interface
Graphic OLED Module
ZX True Tone Module
ZX-RC Bus Interface

#retrocomputing #z80 #chiptune

07.03.2026 21:53 👍 15 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 1
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Retro computer enthusiasts: you might find this CPU opcode app useful. Please let me know of errors and omissions!

On TestFlight for iOS now.

testflight.apple.com/join/e3nSMedK

Z80, 6502, 8080, 6800, 6809, 1820, 2652

07.03.2026 23:13 👍 33 🔁 9 💬 2 📌 0

It is no longer Bandcamp Friday, but these remain beautiful physical formats of my new album, designed and manufactured with love and care, and you should treat yourself to one today.

brokenchanter.bandcamp.com/album/this-c...

I am exceptionally proud of the music on them too.

07.03.2026 10:55 👍 14 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 0

Presh does such impressive work.

07.03.2026 09:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Wow!

07.03.2026 08:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

🚤

07.03.2026 00:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

🎯

06.03.2026 23:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

This is entertaining. We are sending someone interesting to Eurovision with an actually fun track. A small ray of sunshine.

06.03.2026 08:56 👍 74 🔁 14 💬 14 📌 0
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did u know new sata ssds are mostly empty inside but just the right size for a custom enclosure

11.02.2026 13:44 👍 853 🔁 278 💬 8 📌 7
02.03.2026 22:20 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hahah!

01.03.2026 18:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ah yes, like Batman’s baterangs except they’re jamhammerangs! Look out, crime-doers! 🦇 🪃 🐹 🫙

01.03.2026 16:56 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
"Mine Escape" on the Dragon 32. Now with Welsh Cakes!
"Mine Escape" on the Dragon 32. Now with Welsh Cakes! YouTube video by WhatHoSnorkers

Happy Saint David's Day!

youtu.be/s1SaQvrZ-uU

01.03.2026 10:51 👍 19 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 4
custom Twin Peaks opening titles, text reads: keep BITSOCKETING

custom Twin Peaks opening titles, text reads: keep BITSOCKETING

28.02.2026 11:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
An instagram grid showing various members of Broken Chanter with the title Broken Chanter: Shake it to Bits

An instagram grid showing various members of Broken Chanter with the title Broken Chanter: Shake it to Bits

I love making stuff! So I directed this brand spanking new music video for @brokenchanter.bsky.social! I cast off my old man grumpiness about shooting vertically to bring you ‘Shake it to Bits’

youtube.com/shorts/vs82y...

25.02.2026 08:47 👍 22 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 0

It could be more structured, but at least it’s NOT (dire) 😜

25.02.2026 13:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Ambitious developer showcases slick triple-level Quake-like game stored in tiny 64KB executable — every game asset tucked inside what could be a ‘rounding error’ in modern app payload terms And id Software’s Qtest multiplayer-only demo of Quake was released exactly 30 years ago today.

3D shooter for PC in only 64 KB (requires 8 GB of RAM) #gaming www.tomshardware.com/video-games/...

25.02.2026 02:24 👍 1 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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PsychicParrot

Hello! PsychicParrot (Jeff) here, a solo indie game dev who makes games for PC, Xbox and sometimes ZX Spectrum, as a Tea Monster.

My Itch page is here:
psychicparrot.itch.io

You can find some of my games on Steam, as well as Xbox:
store.steampowered.com/search/?deve...

Have a lovely day! 👍

24.02.2026 15:06 👍 11 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0

Hahaha, I wont work with anything less than 6kw of vanity lighting. 😆 💅

24.02.2026 11:41 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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i built an entire x86 CPU emulator in CSS (no javascript)

you can write programs in C, compile them to x86 machine code with GCC, and run them inside CSS

lyra.horse/x86css/

24.02.2026 02:23 👍 2609 🔁 875 💬 130 📌 158

Looking good though!

23.02.2026 21:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

FireWire

23.02.2026 21:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Bang! | Neil Grayson | Substack '80s and '90s computer games stuff. Click to read "Bang!", by Neil Grayson, a Substack publication. Launched 4 years ago.

I sometimes write about very old video games and the magazines that covered them on my Substack if that’s your thing. It is not the obvious stuff because there are already loads of dreadful people monetising your childhood doing that. Subscribe for free -

bangretromag.substack.com

23.02.2026 13:01 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 1
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One of the greatest bollard walks in history.
#WorldBollardAssociation

22.02.2026 13:23 👍 5574 🔁 1252 💬 72 📌 109
Cropped iPhone screenshot showing a hex-view of “48.rom”. Two consecutive bytes among many are highlighted. (Other fondleslabs may be available, YMMV).

Cropped iPhone screenshot showing a hex-view of “48.rom”. Two consecutive bytes among many are highlighted. (Other fondleslabs may be available, YMMV).

Holy hexadecimal Batman! Evidently they make hex editors for Trouserphones now, so you can scrutinise the ZX Spectrum ROM code on-the-go! (Or indeed, on-the-couch).

22.02.2026 13:21 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Ooh thats good. 🤩

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FACTBOX: you can achieve similar by prodding the Spectrum’s innards with a paperclip!
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(But probably only once). (Don’t @ me).

😬🙈✨

22.02.2026 10:09 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

🔥

22.02.2026 00:52 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
ZX Spectrum screenshot. Text reads:

10 RANDOMIZE USR 2054


R Tape loading error, 10:1

ZX Spectrum screenshot. Text reads: 10 RANDOMIZE USR 2054 R Tape loading error, 10:1

Here’s a one-liner:

21.02.2026 18:45 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0