<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>lpb&#039;s bloggyblog &#187; retro</title> <atom:link href="http://blog.thefluxcapacitor.net/category/retro/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://blog.thefluxcapacitor.net</link> <description>The occasionally updated blog of Lee Barrows &#124; May Contain Content</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:36:02 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>Those BBC Micro tunes!</title><link>http://blog.thefluxcapacitor.net/2011/09/18/those-bbc-micro-tunes/</link> <comments>http://blog.thefluxcapacitor.net/2011/09/18/those-bbc-micro-tunes/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 12:39:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>lpb</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[acorn computers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[computer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[retro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[youtube]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.thefluxcapacitor.net/?p=685</guid> <description><![CDATA[The good old BBC Micro wasn&#8217;t particularly known for it&#8217;s audio capabilities, it certainly wasn&#8217;t as powerful in that department compared to the Commodore 64 for example. However, that didn&#8217;t stop some games programmers back in they day, who managed to knock out some very impressive work. I&#8217;ve started a little series on YouTube, where [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.thefluxcapacitor.net/2011/09/18/those-bbc-micro-tunes/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>My Mobile Phone History</title><link>http://blog.thefluxcapacitor.net/2011/06/02/my-mobile-phone-history/</link> <comments>http://blog.thefluxcapacitor.net/2011/06/02/my-mobile-phone-history/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:45:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>lpb</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[retro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[htc]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mobile phone]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nokia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sony ericsson]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.thefluxcapacitor.net/?p=675</guid> <description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a photo history of my (surviving) mobile phones! From left to right; HTC Desire HD (my current phone), HTC Hero, Sony Ericsson C902, Sony Ericsson K800i, Nokia 3510i This isn&#8217;t all of them, it&#8217;s just the ones I&#8217;ve found tucked away in various boxes and such&#8230; I&#8217;m pretty sure my first was the old [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.thefluxcapacitor.net/2011/06/02/my-mobile-phone-history/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Grandstand Tabletop Video Games</title><link>http://blog.thefluxcapacitor.net/2011/05/08/grandstand-tabletop-video-games/</link> <comments>http://blog.thefluxcapacitor.net/2011/05/08/grandstand-tabletop-video-games/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 20:01:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>lpb</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[games]]></category> <category><![CDATA[retro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[80s]]></category> <category><![CDATA[astro wars]]></category> <category><![CDATA[grandstand]]></category> <category><![CDATA[scramble]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tabletop]]></category> <category><![CDATA[vintage]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.thefluxcapacitor.net/?p=655</guid> <description><![CDATA[Back in the early eighties &#8211; video games were in their infancy. Sure you had your Atari&#8217;s, Coleco&#8217;s and Vectrex&#8217;s (only just!) but you also had the, frankly brilliant, genre of &#8220;Tabletop&#8221; games. These were self-contained, standalone, video game system, strongly reminiscent of actual arcade machines. And I had two of them. Grandstand&#8217;s &#8220;Astro Wars&#8221; (a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.thefluxcapacitor.net/2011/05/08/grandstand-tabletop-video-games/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Further 8bit Acorn goodness</title><link>http://blog.thefluxcapacitor.net/2010/08/08/further-8bit-acorn-goodness/</link> <comments>http://blog.thefluxcapacitor.net/2010/08/08/further-8bit-acorn-goodness/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2010 13:38:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>lpb</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[acorn computers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[computer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[retro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[8bit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bbc master]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bbc micro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[retro computing]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.thefluxcapacitor.net/?p=432</guid> <description><![CDATA[Oh yes. A weekend of R&#38;R at home prompted me to continue a couple of little projects that don&#8217;t take too much energy. Namely, fitting an MMC interface to my BBC Micro, providing the little Beeb with a whopping 128MB of storage. All right, so it&#8217;s not quite that much, but it does give it [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.thefluxcapacitor.net/2010/08/08/further-8bit-acorn-goodness/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>More Power!! aka When the Master becomes a Master Turbo!</title><link>http://blog.thefluxcapacitor.net/2010/03/07/more-power-aka-when-the-master-becomes-a-master-turbo/</link> <comments>http://blog.thefluxcapacitor.net/2010/03/07/more-power-aka-when-the-master-becomes-a-master-turbo/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:10:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>lpb</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[acorn computers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[computer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[retro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[8bit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bbc master]]></category> <category><![CDATA[retro computing]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.thefluxcapacitor.net/?p=304</guid> <description><![CDATA[This is something that the geek in me has wanted for a long time now. The exact origins of this desire are lost, even to me, in the mists of time. The only remaining hint to the initial pangs is the love I had as a kid for the game Elite. Ladies and gentlemen, I [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.thefluxcapacitor.net/2010/03/07/more-power-aka-when-the-master-becomes-a-master-turbo/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Atom Power!</title><link>http://blog.thefluxcapacitor.net/2010/02/22/atom-power/</link> <comments>http://blog.thefluxcapacitor.net/2010/02/22/atom-power/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:37:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>lpb</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[acorn computers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[computer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[retro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[8bit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[acorn atom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[retro computing]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.thefluxcapacitor.net/?p=301</guid> <description><![CDATA[More 8-bit computing goodness! OK, so illness leads to boredom, boredom leads to cupboard sorting, cupboard sorting leads to retro computing fun! (apparently). This is an Acorn Atom, produced circa 1980. It was the precursor to the Acorn Proton (Better known to you and me as the BBC Micro). This was my very first computer, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.thefluxcapacitor.net/2010/02/22/atom-power/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Retro Master!</title><link>http://blog.thefluxcapacitor.net/2009/09/15/the-retro-master/</link> <comments>http://blog.thefluxcapacitor.net/2009/09/15/the-retro-master/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:49:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>lpb</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[acorn computers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[computer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[general]]></category> <category><![CDATA[retro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[8bit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bbc master]]></category> <category><![CDATA[retro computing]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.thefluxcapacitor.net/?p=233</guid> <description><![CDATA[As promised in an earlier post, here&#8217;s the low down on my retro 8bit pride and joy; my BBC Master! The BBC Master 128K, the bigger, badder brother of the BBC Micro computer &#8211; a real beast of a (8bit) machine! And this one is mine, all mine! mwahahaha&#8230;. Now, back in the day this [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.thefluxcapacitor.net/2009/09/15/the-retro-master/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The days of floppy disk drives</title><link>http://blog.thefluxcapacitor.net/2009/09/02/the-days-of-floppy-disk-drives/</link> <comments>http://blog.thefluxcapacitor.net/2009/09/02/the-days-of-floppy-disk-drives/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:28:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>lpb</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[computer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[retro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[8bit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[floppy disk]]></category> <category><![CDATA[floppy drive]]></category> <category><![CDATA[retro computing]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.thefluxcapacitor.net/?p=225</guid> <description><![CDATA[If you never had the joy of using floppy disks then you don&#8217;t know what you&#8217;ve missed out on as far as I&#8217;m concerned&#8230; and I don&#8217;t even mean the old 3.5&#8243; disks, they weren&#8217;t floppy enough for me&#8230; I&#8217;m talking about the good old 5.25&#8243; disks! But anyway&#8230; in my quest of reliving by [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.thefluxcapacitor.net/2009/09/02/the-days-of-floppy-disk-drives/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Retro Computing</title><link>http://blog.thefluxcapacitor.net/2009/08/26/retro-computing/</link> <comments>http://blog.thefluxcapacitor.net/2009/08/26/retro-computing/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:36:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>lpb</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[acorn computers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[computer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[retro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[8bit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bbc micro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[retro computing]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.thefluxcapacitor.net/?p=204</guid> <description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a bit of a lover for retro computing, by that I mean the heady days of 8bit computers! Being a kid in the 80&#8242;s I grew up around the likes of the Commodore 64, the Atari VCS and most importantly, the Acorn BBC Micro! The BBC Micro was my machine &#8211; I had one [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.thefluxcapacitor.net/2009/08/26/retro-computing/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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