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Great documentary !!

We have been spoilt for qualify Retro computing books and documentaries over the past three to four years now and this week I watched another fantastic high-quality video called “Memoirs of a Spectrum Addict” which takes a detailed look at the … Continue reading

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Never stop learning

During winter, last year I decided to head back to school, well online school and enrolled in a TAFE course called Certificate IV in Programming, the course covering quite a range of topics from JAVA, SQL, C# and ending with … Continue reading

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Atari handheld console

Wow, its been years since I first tried the Atari Flashback console (the one that looked like a miniature Atari 7800) and while it was fun I was a little disappointed after a few hours. The result was to pack … Continue reading

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7 awesome retro books

Every year I attempt to purchase a few books which Ill read and then find a home on my bookshelves for future reference and more than likely a possible re-read when time permits. This year Ive been absolutely spoilt for … Continue reading

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3583 Bytes Free

When I was a young kid back in the early 1980’s my parents decided that these new fang dangled video games machines would be fun to have but certainly wouldn’t encourage me to do my homework and to study harder … Continue reading

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Old bookstore charm

Is there any other place in the world that has the charm of an old bookstore where millions of words and thousands of stories covering just about every topic you could possibly imagine reside at your fingertips. On a recent … Continue reading

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Pokémon Go

Pokémon Go is the latest mobile game taking the world by storm. In a little over two weeks the interest in Pokémons has been nothing short of amazing, grabbing a new generation of players and rekindled older players interests. Pokémon … Continue reading

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Beginners programming books now free

Back in the early 1980s Usborne Publishing released a series of computer programming books for the numerous 8bit computers that were available. These books served as a launch pad for many programmers and made complex functions simple. Recently Usborne Publishing … Continue reading

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Joy of coding

It’s been a long time since I started coding and over the past 30+ years if found that the continual challenges and enjoyment that coding has brought me to be a great way to past the time. Recently I was … Continue reading

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Is it just a name?

Since the end of Commodore Business Machines in early 1993 there have been many attempts to revive the company and to use the name which is only remembered by us old timers and while these attempts have been made by … Continue reading

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