RM Nimbus PC-186 now has a monitor!

Finally got a monitor attached to the RM. Using a Philips CM8833-II.

Machine boots to its welcome disk, so I can now play Worms and Trains!

B3ta.com interviews Jeff Minter of Llamasoft

This is a great interview with Jeff Minter of Llamasoft. Includes questions like…

How did having tons of 11 year olds thinking you were god feel?
What is the worst game you have ever played?
Is it just nostalga or were games better in the 80s?
Crabs piss out of their eyes. What’s your favourite animal fact?

You can read the whole interview here.

Simple 8 bit interface for Spectrum

Ive finally built a proper solid 8bit interface for the Sinclair Spectrum.

This adapter allows me to use a IDE hard disk or Compact Flash card on my Sinclair +3. Ive had to install 2 new EPROMS in the machine for it to support IDE devices. Im using the +3e ROMS.

CF card is oly 128Mb, but as the interface in only 8 bit, only half of the cards capacity is available. Still, 64Mb is a lot of storage for a spectrum!

2 new additions – Apple Macintosh IIci and Quadra 950

I now have a Apple Macintosh IIci and a Quadra 950 added to the collection. Will try and take some photos over the weekend.

Windows 7 gets released tomorrow

Windows 7 gets released tomorrow to the general public. I already have my copy!

Addition : 2 * Sun Ultra 10s and a Ultra 1

3 more machines added to the collection. 3 Sun Machines. Two Ultra 10’s (One  is a Elite 3D,)  and the Ultra 1 is a creator 3D.

These machiens need a OS installing. Not sure if im going to put Solaris or another floavour of *nix or BSD. One of the Ultra 10s will be going to http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/

New VIC-20 photos

Here are some new VIC-20 photos taken today. I can now copy .D64 images from my old 486 PC to the 1541 drive using a program called Star Commander.

Click the images to see them in more detail at Flickr.

Toshiba MSX HX-10 Photos uploaded

Finally taken some photos of my Toshiba HX-10!

ZX Spectrum – new photos.

Ive uploaded 2 new photos of my ZX Spectrum with its Interface 1 and 2 microdrives. This machine was recently featured in a TV program called Micro Men on BBC Four.

BBC4’s Micro Men: an interview and review

As I dont currenly have time to write my own review of Micro Men, he is abstract and link to the drobe.co.uk article.

Ahead of tonight’s Micro Men programme, which charts the rivalry between Sir Clive Sinclair and Acorn Computers in the early 1980s, drobe.co.uk spoke to the film’s producer, Andrea Cornwell, to find out more about the show – and now you can read our review of the film

You can read the rest of the article here.