Starchip Designs

A 50-something-year-old with a lifelong interest in computers and electronics. Dormant account.

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I forgot it was 50 years since the release of the 6502 last month.

https://t.co/0ZNkY1RiJR

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@Geniustechw 3 channels. BBC1, BBC2, ITV.

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I also did an image for the BC108 transistor, which was very popular in the '80s when I was building circuits as a teenager. (It's on my TeePublic page.)

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Having not uploaded anything new to TeePublic for ages, earlier this year, I created a couple of designs relating to transistors. This one's for the OC71, one of the first transistors I used.

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@rhayadercompute Action Biker and ACE on the C64 take me back to 1985. I remember writing down the location of all the items in Action Biker. And I used the calculator watch that came with ACE to pass the time in the railway station waiting room on my way home from college.

[Rhayader Computers @rhayadercompute]

It's 1985. What game do you remember playing and spending your most time on ?

[Mr. Macintosh @ClassicII_MrMac]

Steve Jobs, Andy Hertzfeld and Bill catching up at the Palo Alto Apple Store original iPhone launch on June 29, 2007.

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Such sad news. RIP Bill Atkinson.

[Mr. Macintosh @ClassicII_MrMac]

Today is a very sad day for the Apple community

Bill Atkinson has died at the age of 74😢

He was Apple employee number 51 and the principal designer and developer of the Lisa GUI. He was also among the first 30 members of the original Apple Macintosh development team. RIP Bill

[Mr. Macintosh @ClassicII_MrMac]

Today is a very sad day for the Apple community

Bill Atkinson has died at the age of 74😢

He was Apple employee number 51 and the principal designer and developer of the Lisa GUI. He was also among the first 30 members of the original Apple Macintosh development team. RIP Bill

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@CommodoreBlog I spent a lot of time playing Action Biker and Colony.
(I just realised those begin with ABC.)

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retweet if your childhood started with a #Commodore computer.

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@CommodoreBlog My second childhood computer was a C64. But I’ll still retweet. 😁
(My first was a 16K ZX Spectrum & I wanted that SID chip!)

[South West Retro Computing Archive @SWRetroComp]

Today’s #RetroTrio offers you the #Commodore #CBM8032, #Atari #600XL and #Amstrad #PC1640. Which will you keep, gift to a friend and delete forever? #RetroComputing #ComputerHistory #RetroGaming #VideoGames

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@SWRetroComp @billysastard1 @r3trogam3boy @Atari_VB_Pod @retrokatg @AmstradEterno Keep Amstrad PC1640. It’s nothing special to most people, but it’s the first PC clone my employer bought me in the ‘80s, after I’d borrowed an IBM XT for a while.
Gift the Commodore.
Bin the Atari.

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@SWRetroComp @ColonelFalcon @gamesyouloved @Nintendork9 @Supmsx @billysastard1 @r3trogam3boy @RetroGamersClub @retrokatg I’ll go for the left hand column. The colour classic was not the best looking or performing, but it brings back memories for me.
And I wouldn’t mind trying a QL.

I’m unfamiliar with the NEO-GEO, but it could be interesting.

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@SWRetroComp @ColonelFalcon @billysastard1 @r3trogam3boy @spectrum48k @retrokatg @CPCGAMINGDEMOS @Atari_VB_Pod @EverythingC64 Bin the Atari 800XL. It's not bad, but it only an incremental improvement over the 800.
Bin the C64C. I'll stick with the original C64.

Gift ZX Spectrum and Dragon 32. (I'll secretly keep my ZX Spectrum.)

Keep CPC464 and Electron because I've never had them.

[Computing History @computermuseum]

At 3pm on 26 April 1985, the world's first commercial #RISC processor powered up... and changed the world.

Join us on Sat 26 April: #SophieWilson, #SteveFurber and other key people will celebrate that iconic moment.

Book ahead - this will be popular! https://t.co/W3uPUjOTtV

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@sir_top_and_hat Thanks! I’ll definitely check out the plus4 version - I didn’t know about that.