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Retro Reunited – Running Order

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2 years ago
by Andy in

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As well as all the machines to play on, Ubisoft showing off their latest TMNT game, Retro Gamer magazine’s live feature, competitions and loads more, there will be a number of scheduled activities throughout the weekend…

I personally reccomend that you see Pixel8′s performance and Prof. Stephen Furber!

Saturday

11:00 – Show officially opened by Darran Jones – editor of Retro Gamer Magazine

12:00 – The History of Ubisoft with Korina Abbott

13:00 – BBC Gaming QA – (Kenton Price, Jamie Woodhouse and Matthew Atkinson talk about their days programming for Acorn’s classic computer)

14:30 – Archer MacLean interview/QA (legendary programmer responsible for games like Dropzone, IK+ and Jimmy White’s Snooker)

16:00 – Charles Cecil interview/QA (the biggest name in British point and click adventures, responsible for Broken Sword and Beneath a Steel Sky)

17:30 – Jon Ritman interview/QA (Godfather of the isometric adventure with his seminal Head Over Heels)

19:00 – Raffle winners are drawn and competition winners crowned

20:00 – Pixelh8 musical performance (the internationally renowned chip tune musician will play a set of his unique music style)

23:00 – Doors close

Sunday

11:00 – Doors Open

13:00 – Charity Auction

14:30 – Professor Stephen Furber talks about development of the BBC Microcomputer

17:00 – Doors Close

The Centre for Computing history interviews Steve Furber

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2 years ago
by Andy in

centre_for_computing_history_logoThis interview with Steve Furber CBE was filmed at Manchester University on 17th August 2009. He talks about his involvement with the Mk14, how he became involved with Acorn Computers, the success of the BBC Micro, the development of the ARM processor and his latest project : SpiNNaker.

You can view the video here.

Information About Steve Furber : Steve Furber Steve Furber appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours
Information about Acorn Computers

Addition : Acorn A3000

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2 years ago
by Andy in

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Many thanks to Brian Smith of briansmithonline.com, i’m now the owner of an Acorn A3000 computer. The specifications of this machine are as follows.

  • 8mhz ARM 2 CPU
  • 2MB Ram
  • RISC OS 2.0
  • 800k Floppy Disk Drive
  • User and analog port podule
  • Econet Module

Acorn A3000

Here is a promotional video for the A3000 Acorn A3000 Promo

Additions – 2 * Acorn RISC PC600s

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3 years ago
by Andy in

I received 2 Acorn RISC PC 600s yesterday. Both are fully working. One has a 610ARM and the other a 710. Also, one is a dual slice. Both run RISC OS 3.5

Didnt come with any podules, but do have the podule riser cards.

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