Retro Computer Festival - 1982 Edition (The Movie) - 2022 The Centre for Computing History 2022-05-30 | Make yourself a pot of coffee and strap yourself in for more retro computing than most mere mortals can handle. We talk to the exhibitors at Retro Computer Festival about their treasured computers and the stories that go with them!Recorded at The Centre for Computing History, Cambridge. UK.May 2022www.ComputingHistory.org.uk
The best kind of noise - Talking to exhibitors at our annual Synthesized Festival (2023) The Centre for Computing History 2023-08-25 | A huge thank you to Tony for organising this event and Pete for filming00:00 Intro00:26 Jonathan Pallant (therealjpster)07:25 John Newcombe (Glass_TTY)08:25 SWTPC by Look Mum No Computer08:55 Shiela Dixon (@midi_in and @shieladixon)09:19 Mitch (Hack Modular)18:30 Tony Jewell (herebedragons3)21:11 Eduardo GarciaJonathan PallantTwitter @therealjpsterMastodon hachyderm.io/@thejpsterMitchYoutube @hackmodularTwitter @Hack_ModularInsta @hack_modularMitch's video:youtu.be/u9oHt8_xktcTony JewellTwitter HereBeDragons3John NewcombeYoutube @GlassTTYTwitter @Glass_TTYJohn's video:youtu.be/ZSqGhuJAJnQ LMNCYoutube @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTERTwitter @LOOKMUMNOCMPUTRHis video on SMTPC:youtu.be/KA4Z7n_I14AShiela DixonYoutube @midi_in and @shieladixon
All Games Are Good - Stuart Gipp from the Retronauts Podcast The Centre for Computing History 2023-08-11 | Stuart's book is available here: limitedrungames.com/fr/collections/books/products/all-games-are-good-hardcovertwitter.com/Stupacabraretronauts.compatreon.com/retronautsretronauts.com/article/1993/directory-game-gear-a
Whats new in our display area! - June 2023 The Centre for Computing History 2023-07-14 | Adrian gives us a little tour of our latest displays
LEO celebration Part 2 - Panel Discussion with Frank Land, Georgina Ferry, Martin Campbell-Kelly... The Centre for Computing History 2023-07-05 | On 18th May 2023, an event was held at the Centre for Computing History to celebrate the completion of the lottery-funded project 'Swiss Rolls, Tea & the Electronic Office: A History of LEO." This second session saw original engineers joined by LEO society associated to discuss the legacy of Lyon's Electric Office
Swiss Rolls, Tea & the Electronic Office: A History of LEO Celebration - Part One The Centre for Computing History 2023-06-16 | On 18th May 2023, an event was held at the Centre for Computing History to celebrate the completion of the lottery-funded project 'Swiss Rolls, Tea & the Electronic Office: A History of LEO." The speakers were drawn from both project partners, the Centre for Computing History and the LEO Computers Society as well as our funder, the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF). They demonstrate how LEO's legacy has been preserved through the project's various achievements.
Alex Sulman - Psygnosis - A Love Story The Centre for Computing History 2023-06-02 | Alex Sulman explains the story behind his tender fascination with game developer Psygnosis, its origins, impact, and enduring legacy...
Made in Japan Festival Family Gaming Night Quiz The Centre for Computing History 2023-05-12 | Once again we have digitised our family quiz for your viewing pleasure.Grab a pen and paper and have a go at our Japan-themed gaming quiz.
Jon Honeyball Q&A The Centre for Computing History 2023-05-05 | The enthusiastic audience continues to discuss matters of technology, trust, and privacy in this Q&A.
Made in Japan Retro Computer Festival April 2023 The Centre for Computing History 2023-04-28 | Volunteer Pete interviews some of the attendees at our Japan-themed Retro Computer Festival.
GoldenEye Tournament 2022 The Centre for Computing History 2023-04-22 | Martin Hollis and Brett Jones officiate our GoldenEye World Championship.A dozen players, four controllers, one Nintendo 64; only one can win.
Family Gaming Quiz - Online Edition 1 The Centre for Computing History 2023-04-14 | At our family gaming nights we run a quiz for laughs. We thought you might have a bit of fun with them too. Get pen and paper ready! Don't forget, you can pause with the K key if it goes too fast.
Daryl Baxter - The Making of Tomb Raider The Centre for Computing History 2023-04-08 | Daryl Baxter, Features Editor at iMore, tells us about the process of writing his book "The Making of Tomb Raider". His early experiences with games included Sonic 3 on Sega Mega Drive and Tomb Raider on PS1.
How to do That Text Thing in BASIC - A Reminder for 70s and 80s Kids The Centre for Computing History 2023-03-17 | We get a lot of people coming to the museum who grew up in the early days of computers in schools, and have subsequently forgot the simple joys of printing a message on screen. Fear not, we're here to help you impress your family and friends.
Brendan Becker: Pretty Eight Machine, the Bloop Museum, and the System Source Computer Museum The Centre for Computing History 2023-03-10 | We interview Inverse Phase, aka Brendan Becker to find out about his musical past and ongoing projects, the Bloop Museum and the System Source Computer Museum.Links:Bloop Museum - www.bloopmuseum.comSystem Source Computer Museum - museum.syssrc.comInverse Phase Discography - inversephase.bandcamp.comBuy online! - http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/70356/Pretty-Eight-Machine-by-Inverse-Phase-Double-LP
Jon Honeyball - The internet and how we got it all so wrong The Centre for Computing History 2023-03-03 | Jon is Contributing Editor of PC Pro magazine and contributes to the weekly PC Pro podcast. He runs a product test and evaluation lab to an extremely high standard of competence. In this talk he presents a brief history of the internet, poses questions about trust and identity, and shows us the degree to which people are being tracked and modelled for advertising and other purposes.
The Tape Loading Experience The Centre for Computing History 2023-02-18 | Join Adrian and Dan as they attempt nostalgia for loading games from magnetic media. How did we endure 3-12 minute load times? Find out here...
Super Rare Games Showcase The Centre for Computing History 2023-02-11 | Dan and Adrian take a look at some games from Super Rare Games including NecroBarista, Dicey Dungeons, The Touryst, Fast RMX, and Grapple Dog.Find these games and other excellent titles at: superraregames.comAnd don't forget to follow them and us on the social medias.00:00 Intro00:26 Start01:03 NecroBarista02:55 NecroBarista Gameplay14:38 Dicey Dungeons14:48 Dicey Dungeons Gameplay20:08 The Touryst20:31 The Touryst gameplay30:17 Fast RMX30:36 Fast RMX gameplay38:20 Grapple Dog53:34 Final Thoughts
40th Anniversary of the excellent Atari 600! The Centre for Computing History 2023-02-11 | Adrian gives us a thorough rundown of the venerable Atari 600, an excellent 8-bit micro released in 1983. He showcases a few games on the system as well as giving us some fascinating history of its place in the Atari 8-bit lineup.
The Alpha Microsystem AM1041 The Centre for Computing History 2023-02-03 | We recently added a rare machine to our collection this week.Adrian gives us a quick preliminary tour before the restoration process begins.
Shahid Ahmad - Life of a Bedroom Coder The Centre for Computing History 2023-01-26 | Shahid tells us about his life growing up facing the hardships of life on a housing estate in London, how his career began in that environment, and his subsequent successes in the industry. He also talks about his work with Deepwell, investigating the potential benefits of games as treatment for mental health issues such as anxiety and depression.
Robert Good - In Search of Silicon Valley The Centre for Computing History 2022-12-23 | Cambridge artist Robert Good talks about his trip to Silicon Valley, his art, and his musings on the impact of technology on people's lives.His interest in words, text, and language led him to develop a thought-provoking project called A Cybernetic Meadow. He explores the migration of information "from books to bytes" and how that has impacted our current and future relationships with truth...
TechTalk: Mark Vanstone - Sherston and the Rise of Edutainment The Centre for Computing History 2022-11-25 | The golden years of Sherston Software, and the rise of edutainment... Mark Vanstone started working as an author for Sherston Software in 1991 writing ArcVenture, The Romans for the Archimedes computers. At this time educational software started taking on many of the attributes of commercial computer games. After many successful titles, Mark moved to the corporate educational marketplace working for many large organisations such as Barclays Bank, AstraZeneca and the MOD. After discovering the new educational developments around the Raspberry Pi and Micro:bit, Mark found a new motivation to re-enter non-corporate education and started a new mission to re-work the ArcVenture series and bring it up-to-date. Mark currently also writes coding tutorials for the MagPi and Wireframe magazines.
Lily Madar - Programming with Yarn The Centre for Computing History 2022-11-02 | Lily Madar explores the common links between crochet and code, gives a brief history of both, and shows us a live demonstration of her crocheting skills.
TechTalk: Charlotte Steggall - Translating Video Games The Centre for Computing History 2022-08-20 | Charlotte talks about how she came to work at Nintendo, the recruitment process for a career in localisation, what the job looks like on a day to day basis, and explain how people can best place themselves for the same kind of career. Charlotte Steggall became interested in learning Japanese after being involved in a school visit of students from Japan when she was 14. She went on to study Japanese at Liverpool John Moores University, and after graduation transitioned from the JET Programme to being a Japanese to English translator at Nintendo of Europe.Some of the games Charlotte has been involved in translating include Wii Party U, Mario Party 9, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, and the Inazuma Eleven Go series.Thumbnail Photograph by Stella Pereira.
AB Electronics Internal Video (1985) Features Acorn BBC Micro & Sinclair ZX Spectrum The Centre for Computing History 2022-08-13 | A great video created by staff at AB Electronics to show the range of products that were hand assembled at their factory in Abercarn, Wales in 1985.It features the assembly of BBC B+ computers, the testing of Acorn Teletext adaptors, the testing of Sinclair C5 displays, upgrades of Sinclair Spectrums to Spectrum+ machines, the packing of BBC and Sinclair computers and more!
TechTalk: Jonathan Pallant - Writing a single-tasking DOS for Arm microcontrollers, in Rust The Centre for Computing History 2022-08-13 | Jonathan Pallant gives another talk at the CCH. This time giving a brief history of operating systems, talking about the way they work, and introducing his latest creation, the Neotron.
SignalVR Demonstrating the LEO VR App The Centre for Computing History 2022-06-11 | Richard demonstrates a recent build of the LEO VR app which is designed to give users a historically-accurate impression of LEO, the world's first business computer; the equipment around it; and the building in which it operated.
David Arnold - His First Computer - The Atari ST The Centre for Computing History 2022-06-09 | Jason Fitzpatrick talks to film composer David Arnold, whose credits include scoring five James Bond films, as well as Young Americans, Independence Day, Godzilla to name a few. David generously donated his Atari ST computer to the museum and tells us about how he used the machine to create hit songs like Play Dead and score major blockbuster films!
Acorn Computers - Business Promo Video - Circa 1984 The Centre for Computing History 2022-06-01 | This promotional video from Acorn Computers explains how Acorn was expanding to accommodate increasing sales. Founding Partners, Christopher Curry and Hermann Hauser explain the mission that Acorn had and what took them to their lofty position in the mid-eighties.This video features: Cub Monitors, BBC Micro, Acorn System Computers, Acorn Offices in Cambridge, Acorn Electron, BBC Computer Literacy Project, Computers in Schools.
GoldenEye DevTalk - Audience Q & A - Creating the Nintendo 64 Classic The Centre for Computing History 2022-05-25 | Celebrating 25 years of GoldenEye, on the 8th May 2022, we were joined by three very special guests who were all part of the development team - Martin Hollis, Dr. David Doak and Brett Jones. In this live audience Q & A you'll hear about the development of the game, their experiences and more! A really special opportunity to hear first hand what is involved in creating a game that would become the seminal game for the N64.Special Thanks to our Exec Producers:Thomas Noel Collister JacksonJohnny BlanchardChris TurnerRetroBytesHelp us create more videos!Support us through Patreon : patreon.com/computinghistory Museum Website : http://www.ComputingHistory.org.ukTwitter : twitter.com/computermuseumFacebook : facebook.com/computinghistory
GoldenEye DevTalk - Creating the Nintendo 64 Classic The Centre for Computing History 2022-05-25 | Celebrating 25 years of GoldenEye, on the 8th May 2022, we were joined by three very special guests who were all part of the development team - Martin Hollis, Dr. David Doak and Brett Jones. In this live interview you'll hear about the development of the game, their experiences and more! A really special opportunity to hear first hand what is involved in creating a game that would become the seminal game for the N64.Special Thanks to our Exec Producers:Thomas Noel Collister JacksonJohnny BlanchardChris TurnerRetroBytesHelp us create more videos!Support us through Patreon : patreon.com/computinghistory Museum Website : http://www.ComputingHistory.org.ukTwitter : twitter.com/computermuseumFacebook : facebook.com/computinghistory
TechTalk: Toshi Omagari - Arcade Typography The Centre for Computing History 2022-05-17 | Toshi Omagari is a typeface designer originally from Japan, but now living and working in London. Winner of numerous design awards, Mr Omagari has a passion for fonts and a particular appreciation for those found in arcade games. In 2019 Toshi released Arcade Game Typography, a book containing a curated collection of 250 fonts selected from an incredible amount of retro arcade and video games. The book highlighted the often overlooked nature of arcade typography and detailed the constraints and thought processes that guided its development.In this talk, Mr Omagari will be talking about his passion for fonts, his experiences in typography and exploring a largely unnoticed aspect of retro games: the lettering used with every "Insert Coin".
Teletext and Viewdata - Panel Discussion The Centre for Computing History 2022-04-26 | Discussing all things Teletext and Viewdata related with key people from the Teletext community.Recorded at Block Party 2022 at The Centre for Computing History.Special Thanks to our Exec Producers:Thomas Noel Collister JacksonJohnny BlanchardChris TurnerRetroBytesHelp us create more videos!Support us through Patreon : patreon.com/computinghistory Museum Website : http://www.ComputingHistory.org.ukTwitter : twitter.com/computermuseumFacebook : facebook.com/computinghistory
Text, Lines and Videotape - Recovering Teletext from VHS Tapes The Centre for Computing History 2022-04-25 | Jason Robertson talks about recovering lost Teletext pages from old VHS video tapes.Recorded at Block Party 2022 at the Centre for Computing History.Special Thanks to our Exec Producers:Thomas Noel Collister JacksonJohnny BlanchardChris TurnerRetroBytesHelp us create more videos!Support us through Patreon : patreon.com/computinghistory Museum Website : http://www.ComputingHistory.org.ukTwitter : twitter.com/computermuseumFacebook : facebook.com/computinghistory
Block Party 2022 - ZXNET Teletext Editor Demonstration The Centre for Computing History 2022-04-24 | David Walford demonstrates the web based ZXNET Teletext Editor while Carl Attrill narrates! Watch as David attempts to create a teletext boat before your very eyes!Recorded at Block Party 2022 at The Centre for Computing History.Special Thanks to our Exec Producers:Thomas Noel Collister JacksonJohnny BlanchardChris TurnerRetroBytesHelp us create more videos!Support us through Patreon : patreon.com/computinghistory Museum Website : http://www.ComputingHistory.org.ukTwitter : twitter.com/computermuseumFacebook : facebook.com/computinghistory
The Magma Computer! - A Computing Mystery ... The Centre for Computing History 2022-04-15 | Jason and Phil take a look at this mystery machine. The Magma computer was bought from an auction house and now were looking for ANY information about it? Who made it? What was it for? Can you help?Special Thanks to our Exec Producers:Thomas Noel Collister JacksonJohnny BlanchardChris TurnerRetroBytesHelp us create more videos!Support us through Patreon : patreon.com/computinghistory Museum Website : http://www.ComputingHistory.org.ukTwitter : twitter.com/computermuseumFacebook : facebook.com/computinghistory
Charles Cotton Interview - Sir Clive Sinclair Tribute - 21/09/2021 - Sinclair ZX Spectrum The Centre for Computing History 2022-04-02 | Charles Cotton, Sales and Marketing Director for Sinclair Research Ltd in the mid eighties, talks to us about his career, Sinclair products and working with Sir Clive Sinclair.Recorded on the 21st September 2021.Special Thanks to our Exec Producers:Thomas Noel Collister JacksonJohnny BlanchardChris TurnerRetroBytesHelp us create more videos!Support us through Patreon : patreon.com/computinghistory Museum Website : http://www.ComputingHistory.org.ukTwitter : twitter.com/computermuseumFacebook : facebook.com/computinghistory
TechTalk: Matt Syrett - A Career in 3D Art The Centre for Computing History 2022-03-26 | In this talk, Matt discusses what he studied as a student at the University and how he started working on live projects for clients alongside his 9 years of being a lecturer at higher education institutes across the country. He also talks about making his own game with Table Flip Games as well as his current job role as a senior 3D artist at Vegas City.Special Thanks to our Exec Producers:Thomas Noel Collister JacksonJohnny BlanchardChris TurnerRetroBytesHelp us create more videos!Support us through Patreon : patreon.com/computinghistory Museum Website : http://www.ComputingHistory.org.ukTwitter : twitter.com/computermuseumFacebook : facebook.com/computinghistory
Remembering LEO - Stories from the Engineers The Centre for Computing History 2021-12-18 | We talked to 3 people who worked on the original LEO computers.
Dragon Meetup 2021 - Centre for Computing History The Centre for Computing History 2021-12-06 | We talk to some of the exhibitors at our Dragon Meetup in 2021.
LEO: The Story of the World’s First Business Computer - Computing History UK The Centre for Computing History 2021-11-30 | The story of the Lyons Electronic Office, an important part of UK computing history, as told by the people who worked on it.
An Interview with Bob Denton on TI, Prism, Sinclair and Wren The Centre for Computing History 2021-10-06 | Jon Hales of the Centre for Computing History interviews sales pioneer Bob Denton, and gets the nitty-gritty on sales in the nascent years of 80s microcomputers.Special Thanks to our Exec Producers:Thomas Noel Collister JacksonJohnny BlanchardChris TurnerRetroBytesHelp us create more videos!Support us through Patreon : patreon.com/computinghistory Museum Website : http://www.ComputingHistory.org.ukTwitter : twitter.com/computermuseumFacebook : facebook.com/computinghistory
Satherly Design - Product Design for ICL, Logica, Tadpole and GeoFox The Centre for Computing History 2021-08-31 | We go and meet Richard Satherly of Satherly Design who did industrial design for ICL, Logica, Tadpole and GeoFox.Special Thanks to our Exec Producers:Thomas Noel Collister JacksonJohnny BlanchardChris TurnerRetroBytesHelp us create more videos!Support us through Patreon : patreon.com/computinghistory Museum Website : http://www.ComputingHistory.org.ukTwitter : twitter.com/computermuseumFacebook : facebook.com/computinghistory
Quentin Stafford-Fraser - The First Webcam (aka The Trojan Room Coffee Pot cam) The Centre for Computing History 2021-08-07 | Quentin Stafford-Fraser is a computer scientist and entrepreneur based in Cambridge, England. He was one of the team that created the first webcam known as 'the Trojan room coffee pot'. He pointed a camera at the coffee pot and wrote the XCoffee client program which allowed the image of the pot to be displayed on a computer screen. When web browsers gained the ability to display images, the system was modified to make the coffee pot images available over HTTP, creating the first webcam in the process!Special Thanks to our Exec Producers:Thomas Noel Collister JacksonJohnny BlanchardChris TurnerRetroBytesHelp us create more videos!Support us through Patreon : patreon.com/computinghistory Museum Website : http://www.ComputingHistory.org.ukTwitter : twitter.com/computermuseumFacebook : facebook.com/computinghistoryRe-Uploaded (due to video effect problem)
A Brief introduction to the Nintendo Game Boy The Centre for Computing History 2021-06-29 | As part of our ongoing preservation efforts, we are going through our consoles and documenting their history.
Maddie and Greg Play Games! The Centre for Computing History 2021-06-15 | Back in July 2020, BBC TV presenters Maddie Moate and Greg Foot came to the museum to present their live show 'Let's Go Live'. After the show, we took the opportunity to sit down with them and find out more about their favourite video games!Featuring Dizzy on the Commodore 64 and Crash Bandicoot on the Sony Playstation.Special Thanks to our Exec Producers:Thomas Noel Collister JacksonJohnny BlanchardChris TurnerRetroBytesHelp us create more videos!Support us through Patreon : patreon.com/computinghistory Museum Website : http://www.ComputingHistory.org.ukTwitter : twitter.com/computermuseumFacebook : facebook.com/computinghistory
John Grant - The Evolution of Communication Technologies The Centre for Computing History 2021-06-13 | John Grant gives a fascinating talk on the evolution of communication technologies. John is a founder of Nine Tiles and a pioneer in early microprocessor operating software, having written the OS for the Sinclair ZX80. After working on the ZX80 and other microcomputers, he turned to designing digital networks and "AV-friendly” networking technology.Help us create more videos!Support us through Patreon : patreon.com/computinghistory Museum Website : http://www.ComputingHistory.org.ukTwitter : twitter.com/computermuseumFacebook : facebook.com/computinghistory
CRT Mountain - Jason Discovers Hundreds of Old CRT Televisions !! The Centre for Computing History 2021-04-12 | After being contacted about a number of CRT televisions and computer monitors, we find there were a few more than we expected ...If you are interested in taking any of these purely as spare parts and you have the knowledge to work on them safely, please email crt@computinghistory.org.uk
The Casio PV-1000 - Hardware and Games Reviewed The Centre for Computing History 2020-12-12 | Adrian introduces us to the lesser known Casio game console... The Casio PV-1000. Adrian looks at some of the systems games including Amidar, Pachinko UFO, Space Panic, Turpin, Super Cobra, Warp & Warp, and more...Special Thanks to our Exec Producers:Thomas Noel Collister JacksonJohnny BlanchardChris TurnerRetroBytesHelp us create more videos!Support us through Patreon : patreon.com/computinghistory Museum Website : http://www.ComputingHistory.org.ukTwitter : twitter.com/computermuseumFacebook : facebook.com/computinghistory
