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A tour of the UK's Vintage Computer Festival

A tour of the UK's Vintage Computer Festival

...camera) was actually made by Sinclair itself. In 1986, Sinclair folded and Amstrad bought the rights to the name and the technology, subsequently producing the... Read more

22 June, 2010 by Rupert Goodwins
Trite but right: Dull IT that made it big

Trite but right: Dull IT that made it big

The Amstrad PCW 8256When it launched in September 1985, the unglitzy Amstrad PCW 8256... Read more

11 December, 2010 by Matthew Broersma

Lord Sugar trial tweet was censored by court

Amstrad and Viglen founder Alan Sugar was ordered by a judge to take... Read more

27 May, 2011

The ZX Spectrum: Birthday memories

It may have been startlingly modern once, but at 30, the Sinclair Spectrum is as close in time to the world's first... Read more

23 April, 2012

Remembering Jack Tramiel, father of the Commodore 64

Jack Tramiel, who has died aged 83, was a remarkable man, especially in the context of the computer industry. Those of... Read more

12 April, 2012

Happy 30th birthday, IBM PC (and clicky keyboard)

It's 30 years since IBM launched the IBM Personal Computer, setting a standard for business computing that is still... Read more

12 August, 2011

The Weekly Round-Up: Antique mobiles, robot librarians and the iPhone 5

...the loft: several VCRs, a large number of broken modems and an Amstrad CPC464, among other gizmos of yesteryear. However, for those of you who... Read more

3 June, 2011 by The Round-Up

Who do we invite to the UK's tech dinner with Obama?

...invited to a similar dinner in the UK. Perhaps Lord Alan Sugar (Amstrad) and Uncle (now Sir) Clive Sinclair, plus venture capitalist Hermann Hauser, co... Read more

18 February, 2011
Barbarian - The Death Sword HD 1.1

Barbarian - The Death Sword HD 1.1

The Ultimate Warrior is back Barbarian, the cult game first released on Amstrad CPC in 1987 under the name Death Sword (Epyx), is making a... Read more

19 March, 2012
Barbarian - The Death Sword 1.0

Barbarian - The Death Sword 1.0

The Ultimate Warrior is back Barbarian, the cult game first released on Amstrad CPC in 1987 under the name Death Sword (Epyx), is making a... Read more

27 February, 2012
Rod Land : A Fairy Tale 1.0.4

Rod Land : A Fairy Tale 1.0.4

...90 Jaleco series. First developed for arcadecabinet, it has been released on Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Commodore Amiga,Nintendo Nes and GameBoy. This... Read more

21 January, 2012
Oh Wolves Christmas 1.0.0

Oh Wolves Christmas 1.0.0

...effects very Christmas.Based on the classic game "Oh mummy" for the Amstrad CPC 464. Comes to Android "Oh Wolves Chritsmas".Turn around to open... Read more

8 December, 2011
Nether Earth 1.2

Nether Earth 1.2

...strategy games taking place in real time. It was released for the Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 in 1987. It was published in... Read more

19 October, 2011
Modizer 1.4

Modizer 1.4

...player which allows you to listen to computers and consoles music (C64, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Amiga, PC, GB, GBA, NES, SNES, SMS, Genesis/Megadrive... Read more

12 October, 2011
Giana Sisters HD 1.5

Giana Sisters HD 1.5

...idols die then legends are born ! As in this case. C64, Amiga, Amstrad and Atari ST Gamer honor GIANA SISTERS and an original game with... Read more

1 October, 2011

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yeah! all we want free software

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Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

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Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

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