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Arcadian
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 Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:26 am |
Joined: Fri Nov 24, 2000 1:16 pm
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Well, Fusion '08 was good, Byte Back '09 was great ... and now we're only a couple of months away from the first of this year's Retro Computer Museum events.  The event takes place Sunday May 31st 2009 at Swannington Institute (which is near Coalville in Leicestershire), runs from 10:30am - 5:30pm and is being organised by Andy Spencer & crew. Adult tickets are priced at just £4.50 (if purchased before May 15th) whilst the cost for kids under 16 is £1.00 per ticket. Entrance for under 5's is free. BBC/Electron Homebrew Specialists Retro Software have already been assigned a table and Andy will have other Acorn micros on display (such as the BBC Micro, Electron and Atom); all of which will be fully-loaded with games!  So if you'd like to come along, don't hang around - please use the Paypal 'Donate' facility on the RCM homepage to order your ticket(s) asap! Of course, there'll be zillions of other computers/consoles at the event; if you want more info about the other systems then you should keep an eye on this forum on the RCM Messageboard. And for photographs/feedback about last year's RCM Event, have a looksy here. Once again I'll be using this forum to record who will be attending from within our community, so if you buy ticket(s) for RCM please post in this thread to let me know. Cheers, Dave. Eventual Attendees:Arcadian (Dave Moore) Tom Walker Dave Footitt Woody.Cool (Duncan Woodward) AndyT31 (Andy Taylor) SirMorris (Charlie Robson) Zeem (Alex Taylor) StarshipUK (Steve Perry) Prime (Phill Harvey-Smith) Richard Gellman [BBC Micro Mailing List] Kish Tailor [BBC Micro Mailing List] AndyRCM (Andy Spencer) [Event Organiser!]
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Samwise
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Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:45 pm |
Joined: Mon Mar 14, 2005 10:13 pm
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I've bought my ticket ...  Sam.
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Dave Footitt
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Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 9:00 am |
Joined: Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:31 am
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Location: Abandoned Uranium Workings
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Tickets arrived last week! Will see you there Dave, don't forget my Mountain Panic and Nightshade posters 
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Arcadian
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Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 9:43 am |
Joined: Fri Nov 24, 2000 1:16 pm
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Nice one Andy, have updated me list ... let us know when you get your ticket (unless you're buying on the door?!)
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Samwise
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Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 5:46 pm |
Joined: Mon Mar 14, 2005 10:13 pm
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I'm gutted to admit I'm going to miss this one ... I have to work this weekend.  Bit of a waste of a ticket ... ! D'oh. Sam.
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Dave Footitt
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Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 7:25 pm |
Joined: Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:31 am
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Location: Abandoned Uranium Workings
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Just got back, had a good time as usual. The venue was a little smaller than other places, but Dave had still managed to secure us a "little room" we could use as a base, which was nice. Had a go on an some strange old systems as well as the usual assortment of Amstrad, Amiga, Vectrex, NeoGeo and Beebs! Met up with Dave, Tom, 'sirmorris' and Phil (?) off the mailing list I also picked my leads up, a nightshade poster, a copy of Zap, and some mountain panic posters. Well done Dave, a pint is in order at the July codefest  Cheers Dave
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woody.cool
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Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 1:25 pm |
Joined: Mon Mar 23, 2009 1:14 pm
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I had an awesome time (like I usually do)
It was a great event, lots of different and interesting machines as well as plenty of decent people.
I did crap at the games decathlon (organised by Mat 'witchfinder') but there's no surprise there ... none of the games were 'my type of game'
I went home with more than I came with ..... usually the way.
So yeah, all in all, a decent way to spend what would otherwise have been a boring Sunday.
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Arcadian
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Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 3:52 pm |
Joined: Fri Nov 24, 2000 1:16 pm
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sorvad wrote: Take some pics everyone Bit late I know but here a few pics from the 'Acorn' room: Attachment:
File comment: Zap!, Krystal Connection & Mountain Panic being played at the RCM Open Day, May 2009
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File comment: BBC Master with SID chip, playing C64 Music tracks!
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Arcadian
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Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:00 pm |
Joined: Fri Nov 24, 2000 1:16 pm
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Sure have! And to your left I believe that's Jason Fitzpatrick (of the Centre for Computing History) playing ZAP! and our very own 'sirmorris' (Charlie Robson) playing Mountain Panic on the right. Oh, and congrats to Tom Walker and Martin Barr for the Beeb w/ Sid chip 'invention' - a good number of visitors were truly gobsmacked by what they saw (and heard!). I really should have recorded some video, though ... The same BBC Master was also used to demonstrate White Light - Tom's new shootemup for the Beeb (and maybe one day the Electron too?). This game also made use of BeebSID (can I call it that?) ... incredible stuff!
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Arcadian
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Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:26 pm |
Joined: Fri Nov 24, 2000 1:16 pm
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Ok, some more pics ... Attachment:
File comment: Another pic of the Retro Software table
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File comment: Krystal Connection (this kid must've spent 20 mins+ on it, which was pleasantly surprising!)
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File comment: ZAP! being played by Jason Fitzpatrick, who bought copy #0001 of the Tape + Disc versions
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File comment: Electron w/ GoMMC (thanks to Dave x 2 [pictured] for setting it up and GregC for the phone support!)
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File comment: Another Atom, in the [prototype] black casing ... talk about R@RE! (thanks to Clive for bringing it!)
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I also took about 15 photos from the main room, but I think I'll post these to the RCM forum instead. Anyway, it was a nice little event and I had a great time - many thanks to AndyRCM for organising it, and to everybody from STH who came along!
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sorvad
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Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:01 pm |
Joined: Wed Aug 24, 2005 1:13 pm
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Wish I'd gone, looks great And that SID chip Master, amazing !!
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TomWalker
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Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:36 pm |
Joined: Fri Jan 14, 2005 4:56 pm
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It should be pointed out that the GoMMC Electron had a lot of help from Greg (over the phone!).
Also the SID BBC, the speakers there weren't actually plugged in, everyone was just imagining the music.
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Arcadian
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Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 8:18 pm |
Joined: Fri Nov 24, 2000 1:16 pm
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TomWalker wrote: It should be pointed out that the GoMMC Electron had a lot of help from Greg (over the phone!). Indeed (caption updated!). Edit: and for the benefit of anyone who doesn't know Tom (and therefore, isn't familiar with his dry sense of humour!) I thought I better clarify that his SID chip in a Beeb* was 100% genuine and for-real (as everybody at RCM will attest to!). * or rather, outside of a Beeb ... it's the little black box you can see at the front of the Master
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MartinB
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Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:32 pm |
Joined: Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:04 pm
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Hey Tom Have you seen these RCM forum posts about people's favourite bits... Quote: For me, I absolutely loved the BBC Micro with the SID chip in it ..... I thought that was awesome, a technological masterpiece Quote: BBC with SID chip - a technical marvel! Quote: BBC with the SID sound chip in to...HOW!!! Quote: ...the BBC with SID chip was one of those 'what the hell' moments... Come on, let's pack our prams with our toys and head off to play on the RCM forums, we are sooooo wasted here....  Martin 
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sorvad
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Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:40 am |
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sorvad wrote: And that SID chip Master, amazing !! To quote oneself And I wasn't even there
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MartinB
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Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 8:03 am |
Joined: Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:04 pm
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Oops!, how very remiss of me - sorry Steve  Tom! - unpack the pram, we're staying after all Martin
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andyt31
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Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 10:59 am |
Joined: Wed Nov 21, 2007 2:16 pm
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Arcadian wrote: And to your left I believe that's Jason Fitzpatrick (of the Centre for Computing History) playing ZAP! and our very own 'sirmorris' (Charlie Robson) playing Mountain Panic on the right.
Yup, thats Jason.
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