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SDF @sdforg.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

“Why do you want to run a 36-bit PDP-10 in 2026?!” #blinkenlights #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #vintage icm.museum

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RetroBytes(John) @retrobytes.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

It all kicks off this comming Friday. See some of you in the dance tent.

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The Centre for Computing History @computinghistory.org.uk · 22/08/2026

Retro Computer Festival 2026 is Go for Landing! This year we'll boldly go to a galaxy far far away. And Houston, we hope there's no problems. As you might have guessed, the theme is SPACE! Tickets available now - 14th / 15th Nov - no space suit required www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/77371/re...

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Squeezy John @johnspiers.co.uk · 10/08/2026

I still absolutely think that the English rugby team should learn how to morris dance properly and do it in response to the Haka against New Zealand.

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RetroBytes(John) @retrobytes.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

So, not a week has gone by after me releasing esc2ps that I spot a problem. I'd not implemented ESC R, which changes the code page, that explains why my BBC can't print £ which is how I spotted the issue. So there is an update on github.com/johnhomelan/.... In full transparency 1/2

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GitHub - johnhomelan/esc2ps

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RetroBytes(John) @retrobytes.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

On my way to Broadstairs folk festival, for those of you doing the ceilidh tonight see you there.

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RetroBytes(John) @retrobytes.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Finally got round to finishing the Epson dot matrix esc/p to postscript convert I started, then did not finish for a couple of years. Its now working reasonable well and handles most things, or at least all the stuff my BBC can throw at it. github.com/johnhomelan/...

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GitHub - johnhomelan/esc2ps

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RetroBytes(John) @retrobytes.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

For those of you in and around broadstairs (or the dedicated folky who does not mind a bit of travel) I'm calling a ceilidh a broadstairs folk festival, would be nice to see some of you there broadstairsfolkweek.org.uk/event/threep...

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Threepenny Bit Ceilidh (Caller John Brown) – Broadstairs Folk Week

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RetroBytes(John) @retrobytes.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Get your thieving hands off my biscuits.

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RetroBytes(John) @retrobytes.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Good buy to radio4 long wave, it finally stop broadcasting tonight. No more listing to it when in France anymore. Given the current transmitter in Droitwich, first started broadcasting 1934. It's amazing that it's been running for so long. 1/2

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More Fun Making It @morefunmakingit.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Last weekend I was in retro paradise. Fortunately they allow cameras in retro paradise and I had one with me! Super interesting things to see. 60yo telex Humongous gfx workstation circa 1984 Naked QL Souped up Speccy All the Sinclair's So much more! Come see here: youtu.be/IuhfMMD9bNY

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Retrofest 26 and Zzap! Live - A Fortnight of Retro FUN!

YouTube video by More Fun Making It

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RetroBytes(John) @retrobytes.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Back from a great weekend at retrofest, the voice has gone a little bit. Met lots of really nice people, who came to have a look at Unix corner and say hi. I finally can have a cup of tea now.

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RetroBytes(John) @retrobytes.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I'm really looking forwards to being part of Retrofest this year in Swindon. If you've not got tickets yet, and want to go, there are still some for Sunday 31st May.

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Short Circuit @shortcircuit.org.uk · 16/05/2026

Isambard can barely contain his excitement - because it's Retrofest in just TWO WEEKS! Tickets are selling fast - www.retrofest.uk/tickets.php #retrofest2026

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RetroBytes(John) @retrobytes.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

In none video related news, if you are in or around Holmfirth, I'm doing the folkfestival tonight with the amazing Powerhouse.

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RetroBytes(John) @retrobytes.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

It's video time again. This time, I finally got the make the video on Plan9 I've been planning on making for a while. Plan9 is probably the greatest operating system that almost nobody has used, and yet its influenced so much. youtu.be/mbsQCnDHkZo

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Plan9: The squeal to Unix

YouTube video by RetroBytes

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RetroBytes(John) @retrobytes.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

While I've been a little quiet on the video front the last few weeks, I've been busy working on a new video. However in the meantime I've made a video for my 2nd channel, which follows up on a video I made about the pistorm I installed in my A600. It covers an add on. youtu.be/8hU26ILlbCs?...

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PiStorm: Frame Thrower

YouTube video by Retro Bits & Bobs

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RetroBytes(John) @retrobytes.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Just 5 short weeks to go. Its going to be fantastic. Really looking forwards to seeing everyone there.

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RetroBytes(John) @retrobytes.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

As can be summed up by the phrase, at flamming last. The government is set to break the link between gas and electric pricing. Apparently, we will get the details on this next week.

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Short Circuit @shortcircuit.org.uk · 16/04/2026

Retrofest 2026 is taking shape - we now have an exhibitors list and details for most of the exhibitors, including 13 who'll be new to the event! www.retrofest.uk/whowhat.php We also have a Bluesky list so you can follow them all, past and present, with one easy click - bsky.app/profile/shor...

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Dudley of Yesterzine @yesterzine.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

People will tell you now the Amiga won the 16-bit generation. But the Amiga launch was a disaster and the one you were supposed to buy didn't arrive for 2 years. Here's what really happened. youtu.be/Nv-T7wBHzc0

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Sometimes the loudest voices are wrong.

YouTube video by Yesterzine - The Literal Magazine Show

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RetroBytes(John) @retrobytes.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

I've been making videos once again, as I have a habit of doing. This one is a bit of an epic, in that it's the longest video I've ever made. However, there is an awful lot to cover when doing the full history of the PC. youtu.be/ZOJ73rjNYbc

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The history of the PC: From 8bit to 64bit and everything in-between.

YouTube video by RetroBytes

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RetroBytes(John) @retrobytes.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

New 2nd channel video. It's a follow-up to a main channel video, about using kubernetes to host a number of retro services. At the end of the original video, I added 2 extra nodes but did not have a solution to share storage across the cluster. Well, I now have a solution youtu.be/xTN7-rzgBks?...

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Longhorn: The storage system for my Retro Kubernetes cluster

YouTube video by Retro Bits & Bobs

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RetroBytes(John) @retrobytes.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Well, I did not have this down on my 2026 bingo card. Well done Sam. Is anyone else looking forward to seeing what kit he is going to build for this song? BBC News - Electronic artist and YouTuber Look Mum No Computer to represent UK at Eurovision www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Eurovision 2026: Electronic artist and YouTuber Look Mum No Computer to represent UK in Vienna

The synth artist and Eurovision fan says he finds it

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RetroBytes(John) @retrobytes.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

The date for retrofest 2026 is set, I'll be there. @glasstty.com will be there. Many others will also be there, and you could possibly be there too.

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RetroBytes(John) @retrobytes.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

So I do love S-100 bus early micros, I also like dead pan humour, so as you will no doubt have worked out, I was delighted to see this. youtu.be/gFO5XHTvKG8?...

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The North Star Horizon - It's Finger Lickin' Good!

YouTube video by GlassTTY

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RetroBytes(John) @retrobytes.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

The first festival gig of the year I'm doing has now officially been announced www.holmfirthfestivaloffolk.co.uk

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RetroBytes(John) @retrobytes.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

I always felt like Sega tied one hand behind the Saturn's back, before shoving it out into the market. Luckily we have yesterzine to explore how things went for the Saturn via the medium of one of the big Sega Mags of the time.

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RetroBytes(John) @retrobytes.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

So I apparently released a video this morning, I thought I was going to release it tomorrow morning. Guess I clicked the wrong thing in the scheduler. Its a video about how Intel threw away the potential it had in the mobile CPU market & engaged in a plan that did not work. youtu.be/keAiPEKK05I

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How Intel failed in the mobile market

YouTube video by RetroBytes

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RetroBytes(John) @retrobytes.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

I got to take part in the big red arrow club's christmas quiz this year. It was a lot of fun, Andy (HBR) did a cracking job organising things, with Dave from This Week in Retro as the host giving us all a good laugh. youtu.be/g2nbLUPW_4U?...

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Big Red Arrow Club Gets Festive: Holiday Quiz Challenge

YouTube video by Big Red Arrow Club

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Dudley of Yesterzine @yesterzine.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Available Now, do you need some lovely non-holiday retro YouTube to hide and/or recover from the world with? Would you like it to feel like a real TV channel? With the co-operation of 30+ of the loveliest channels, this is Sub5000 TV. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Sub5000TV 2025 - YouTube

A Virtual TV channel of lovely retro gaming and hardware videos, if disappearing into lovely people being lovely for several hours is something that would be...

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Colin Hoad @colinhoad.com · 23/12/2025

A huge thank you to everyone who has chosen to subscribe to my Acorn nonsense on YouTube, there are 2,250 of you now, for which I feel immensely honoured. Thanks for all the likes, comments and goodwill, all of which keeps me wanting to make more videos. Have a lovely Christmas!

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Dr Johnny Blanchard @onlyretrofans.com · 20/12/2025

RE:Enthused has been running for 10 years, in that time i've made the first videos on several machines, cleared up bad information, helped improve emulation, made open-source parts and quit once I came back because of the people who watch my videos, thanks to all of you. www.youtube.com/@reenthused

A white backed image with two logos overlapping and split in half. The text says 10 years of re:enthused, 586 videos, 9500 subs and 390k views

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RetroBytes(John) @retrobytes.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

I made a video, as I occasionally do. This one is about the world of email before we all started using Internet email, in particular company group mail. youtu.be/czpiHZPyxLU

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E-Mail before the Internet

YouTube video by RetroBytes

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Short Circuit @shortcircuit.org.uk · 18/11/2025

We're going to do it all over again! Very excited to announce RetroFest 2026 to be held at Swindon's STEAM museum on the 30th/31st May. If you'd like to exhibit, just full in the form - and if you'd like to come, why not buy a ticket! They also make wonderful Christmas presents :) - retrofest.uk

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RetroBytes(John) @retrobytes.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Next week many of us will all be at CFCH in Cambridge, looking forwards to seeing lots of you there. Apparently however they are almost out of tickets, so if you don't have one yet and you fancy going it might be a good to buy one.

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RetroBytes(John) @retrobytes.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Only 2 weeks to go until many of us will be in Cambridge talking about old games and the machines that ran them. For me I'll be spending most the weekend talking about one of the earliest beginnings of computer games, and you thought mainframes where all about business.

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RetroBytes(John) @retrobytes.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

This video has taken a long time for me to put together. However I think it might be the first time a Kubernetes cluster has been used to provide file/print services to a BBC micro using Econet. youtu.be/-Hs55amrFW0?...

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Because we can: Retro Stuff on Kubernetes

YouTube video by RetroBytes

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RetroBytes(John) @retrobytes.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Creating a new NetwareVM has proved a little bit more tricky than initially I hoped. I wanted todo a fresh install of Netware 6.5 as I wanted to see what the last version of netware was like. However it's an awkward OS driver wise, as it support some more modern hardware, but 3rd party vendors where

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The Centre for Computing History @computinghistory.org.uk · 15/09/2025

It's just two months to go to the Retro Computer Computer Festival! Expect to see micros and consoles from the 70s, 80s and 90s running the very best of vintage and modern games. Tickets are selling fast, so grab yours here - www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/74558/re...

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Dr Johnny Blanchard @onlyretrofans.com · 13/09/2025

It seems there's a new thing on YouTube where you can hype any video withing 7 days of it's release, so if you wouldn't mind giving it a try on my last video it might help me out and please share, cheers #RetroComputing youtu.be/T_zFVDuRcIM

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J'adore l'ordinateur: The Thomson MO6

YouTube video by Re:Enthused

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RetroBytes(John) @retrobytes.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Exciting things happening in the world of pdp.

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Lars Brinkhoff @larsbrinkhoff.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

A new book about the PiDP-10, and what you can do with it. www.qsl.net/zl3dw/PiDP-1...

Cover of the book PiDP-10 "a mainframe in my living room" by Andrew Barron.

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RetroBytes(John) @retrobytes.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Just finished my final calling gig as part of Whitby Folk Week, I am wiped out, but very happy. I've had a great set of bands I got to work with, Out of Hand, Banter, and Tenpenny bit, all putting in great performances. The fact we ended on a 48bar jib version of the NextGen theme made me v happy.

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RetroBytes(John) @retrobytes.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Great first night in whtiby, ready enjoyed tonight ceilidh, really looking forward to tomorrow night's gig.

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RetroBytes(John) @retrobytes.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

An incredible video from Matt, it makes you appreciate the effort that went in to making somthing we saw as a relatively cheap commodity item at the time.

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Dr Johnny Blanchard @onlyretrofans.com · 25/07/2025

We’re almost halfway to our total in our campaign for our short #SciFi #film #InTheAlgorithmWeTrust. The film is based in a near future dystopian UK where the governments use of AI has gone too far Back us and/or share the campaign to help get our film made www.indiegogo.com/projects/in-...

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In the algorithm we trust

A short sci-fi dark comedy about a near future dystopian world. | Check out 'In the algorithm we trust' on Indiegogo.

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Dr Johnny Blanchard @onlyretrofans.com · 24/07/2025

Just 2 days left in our campaign to raise funds for our short #SciFi #film #InTheAlgorithmWeTrust. The film is based in a near future dystopian UK where the governments use of AI has gone too far Back us and/or share the campaign to help get our film made www.indiegogo.com/projects/in-...

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In the algorithm we trust

A short sci-fi dark comedy about a near future dystopian world. | Check out 'In the algorithm we trust' on Indiegogo.

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