Thanks Rob your blog brought many happy hours back in recall with me learning to program on a ZX81 and before that a ZX80 with dad complaining I was taking over the TV and messing about!!! he bought me an old set for my room pure bliss Den
On 09/12/2007, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I just wanted to give some feedback on the Museum Of Computing > "Challenge Santa" event and some support for Dianne's idea of an Ubuntu > Geekathon next year at the museum. > > The event was really interesting, there were a fairly good range of > machines laid out with some actually up and running (ranging from a > couple of Spectrum machines up to the Playstation 2 and Gamecube) all > running christmas themed games. I actually quite enjoyed one of the > games on the Spectrum. Dianne showed me around the back room and I was > amazed at the amount of different machines they had. Anything from the > ZX81 up to more recent kit, including some HP and Sun gear. All I could > say was that it was a real nostalga trip. Some of the machines I > remember from when I was younger (much younger) and other machines I've > only read about in magazines (such as the Enterprise 64 and Memotech 512). > > One of the guys I was talking to there (I think it was Simon?) said that > they don't have an original IBM AT or a 286, so if anyone has any such > machines lying around that they don't want I'm sure the museum would > quite happily find a home for them. > > While I was there Dianne mentioned about possibly doing an Ubuntu event > (from what it sounds like, an install/demonstration day). She said that > they have a big hall which could be used with a projector for > demonstrations. I think it would be a great idea. Not only could we > demonstrate and install Ubuntu for visitors, we could also have a play > with some of the old machines. > > For those of you who are interested, I'll post some pictures later up on > my photobucket account so you can get an idea of what sort of machines > they have at the museum. > > I'd also say, if you have any interest in retro machines and you don't > live too far from Swindon (or you're like me, willing to travel - I > travelled up from Torquay) then it would be well worth a visit and I > guarantee you'd see something and say "I remember that" or "I had one of > those". > > Rob > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > -- Dennis B. Holdroyd
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