Terry Stewart (Tez)

The Amstrad 6128. The final model I acquired to complete my classic computer journey. youtu.be/T14izU3WPrU?si…

@vmisev Thanks!

@classiccomputNZ Hey, welcome back! :D Very interesting, well done video, thanks for sharing!

After a seven-year hiatus, I've decided to show off another of my rest-home residents. Unlike me, they don't seem to age 😀 youtu.be/Zhyfz8SUkHg

@RosaleaBarker Haha. Thanks. Yea, I loved that dog avatar! BTW, I've just finished part 2 and added new pics to part 1, so check the link again to see those additions. Part 2 is linked from part 1

@classiccomputNZ Fascinating! Will share with the instructor I had for the History of Video Games course I did here at University of Hawaii earlier this year. Also, cheeky bugger choosing that particular dog for your avatar! lol

Part of my life was spent as a Penguin and Cartoon Dog so why not write about it.. classic-computers.org.nz/blog/2022-12-1…

Interesting video. It's Twitter related but I imagine lots of platforms contain legacy systems held together by bits of string and glue which work, but are a complete mystery to current programmers/developers. Risky going forward I'm sure... youtu.be/TUbU-Zy29i0

@melswal @lizardb0y @rad_dav @IanMaverick @MikeBorthwick I haven't played with these ones Melanie.

Twitter hive mind: who has experience working with VZ200 disks? We have some we'd like to image, but Applesauce & Kryoflux don't recognise them. Any tips or pointers much appreciated! #RetroComputing @classiccomputNZ @lizardb0y @rad_dav @ianmaverick @MikeBorthwick

This was not your standard disk alignment problem, but I think we got to the bottom of it (see article at classic-computers.org.nz/blog/2022-09-0…)

Selling Internationally while at the same time avoiding e-Bay. We will see how it goes. classic-computers.org.nz/temp-model1-L1…

@melswal @Foone Yes, I've washed dirty disks a number of times with great success BUT if the hub ring ever comes off (which is always possible), it's almost impossible to get the data off even if the ring is re-glued. Tolerances are too fine.

@Foone I suspect @classiccomputNZ has done this more than once, having seen pics of disks he's washed?

@eviantus On no. I gotta go watch it now!

@melswal @MikeBorthwick Well done Mike!

For my #retrocomputing followers, @MikeBorthwick's recently passed Masters thesis on the Exidy Sorcerer is now online and available to read at the Swinburne Research Bank: researchbank.swinburne.edu.au/file/8dfec9e5-… We also co-authored a #gamehistory chapter, linked here: researchbank.swinburne.edu.au/items/9163e45d…

@Mr_Lurch Haha. Thanks!

@classiccomputNZ Whoo! Personal Income Tax!! (Kidding, always great to have a single place to find Sys80 software)

Added some newly-found software to the Dick Smith System 80 site. See the latest update notice here. classic-computers.org.nz/system-80/what…

Sunday was a good day... classic-computers.org.nz/blog/2021-10-2…

@BinaryDinosaurs Very cool. These are extremely rare. Hope you can fix it.

@Devilish_Design Dave do you mind if I add that photo to the System-80 archive site? Here somewhere #expansion" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">classic-computers.org.nz/system-80/hard…

Here's a slightly interesting S100 board. Contains 32k of dynamic RAM but it wasn't intended for use in an Altair, IMSAI, etc but for an EACA Video Genie with it's optional S100 expansion box.

@OzRetrocomp @Mr_Lurch Yes I think that figure came from Dick Smith himself when I interviewed him for the website content. Or it could have been mentioned in an advertisement at one stage. One of those two. The former I think. Hard to remember now given it was 20 years ago!

@Mr_Lurch @classiccomputNZ Looks like @classiccomputNZ already has! Over 13k according to this. classic-computers.org.nz/system-80/hard…

Heading home for some love.

@BinaryDinosaurs Yes the System 80. Introduced me to the world of computing and I never looked back!

@harrymccracken I was there and yes it was exciting!

For some of us, this screen was once incredibly exciting, but if you weren’t there, you probably won’t understand why. (Note: In recent times, Scott Adams has graciously allowed people to share his old games.)