Excellent show preview article on RISCOSitory www.riscository.com/2024/london-...
The RISC OS London Show returns on Saturday 26th October www.riscoslondonshow.co.uk
We are so excited to be bringing Ada Lovelace Day Live back to the Royal Institution in just one week's time! Join us in person or online, 8 Oct, for a fabulous evening of STEMtertainment with seven fab speakers covering everything from volcanos to cats. Full deets: https://findingada.com/events/
🟥 REWIND | Feature | Reflections on teletext at 50. wp.me/pcyR9S-c3Q
The celebrations last week to mark the 50th anniversary of Ceefax may have been a surprise to some people.
Saddened to hear of this. I remember him from "That's Life" and "In At The Deep End". He often acted as the surrogate for the viewer, playing the computer illiterate foil to Ian McNaught-Davis' expert perfectly in the BBC Computer Literacy programmes. Had a big impact on me as a pre-teen programmer.
He chaired Radio 4's Pick of the West and was the host of an afternoon show on BBC Radio Bristol.
Miss #Ceefax#Teletext50zxnet.co.uk/teletext/vie... Grab the remote and have an explore, there's other channels to discover on there too 😀
Elite in anaglyph 3D is now feature-complete! I squashed the last bug this morning, and the game is now fast enough to play. The next task is to write some instructions and document how it all works, but I will be releasing this very soon. It's fun! #elite#bbcmicro#retrogaming#retrocomputing
Elite was released (circa) 40 years ago today! This space trading open world game is considered to be the forerunner of many modern games, as well as being an important milestone in the history of space sci-fi. And you can play it, it's free on the Frontier Store. Box art by Philip Castle:
