AcornThings
Richard Leggett’s nostalgic account focussed on all things Acorn Computer. Grew up on the Elk/BBC, worked at Acorn in the 1990s.
@andytuk.bsky.social
Enterprise IT Infrastructure engineer for a charity by day, 8 bit gaming and hardware fan & radio ham by night.
@retrogamermag.bsky.social
This is the official editorial account of Retro Gamer magazine. All posts are from the mag team. For subscription issues please email help@magazinesdirect.com
@jjvdgeer.bsky.social
Dutch guy that got lost in Norway at some point in time. Writing Emergency Central software, listening to prog, drinking craft beer.
@devopslimeyninja.bsky.social
Technology nerd, DevOps and Platform Engineering ninja, maker of things, aerospace and science fiction fan. Los Alamos National Laboratory. Opinions my own.
@ceefaux.bsky.social
The TV listings you never did know that you didn't not need, in glorious teletext several times a day. GSOH. Non-smoker preferred. Ring top bell. Currently posting here and on 'the other place' for the minute.
@archiveriscos.bsky.social
Archive is the magazine for RISC OS users. Published since 1987. Subscribe now to get the latest issue through your door! #riscos #acorn #opensource
@j6wbs.bsky.social
Software Engineer in the UK. Also written iOS games & contributed to open source projects including Groovy. I design Mechanical Puzzles & enjoy Recreational Maths, Card Magic, Electronics and Atari 400 and BBC Micro stuff
@givvygavvygoo.bsky.social
Freelance graphic design & book layout. Programmer, software & web developer. General geek & boffin. RISC OS / Acorn Computers fanatic. Ovation Pro user & writer of customisation and add-on applets - see: https://gavincrawford.me Big user of ArtWorks
@smgdraws.bsky.social
Art Director @Lost in Cult Illustrator ✏️ Apple, The Guardian, Washington Post, Intel, Virgin etc Enjoyer of Videogames and Inventor of the Microtransaction https://linktr.ee/Smgdraws
@jronthecloud.bsky.social
Husband, Dad, Christian, European. Does stuff with cloud. Retro computer/gaming enthusiast. Also @jregel@c.im on Mastodon
@ttxarchaeologist.bsky.social
Jason Robertson (@jaseinblack.bsky.social) presents a curated selection of teletext pages recovered from videotape. Also on Mastodon at @grim_fandango@mas.to and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/teletextarchaeologist
@andrewoyston.bsky.social
IBMi software QA tester, fan of sci-fi, horror, video games (point and click especially), wargaming. Contributor to Fusion, Archive, Pixel Addict, and A Handheld History. Blog: http://tantobieinternettattler.blogspot.com
@tubeula.bsky.social
One time Acorn Developer in the 80s/90s. Lover of all Atari vector graphic games and more besides. Battlezone/Tempest were the most influential for me.
@bbcmicrobot.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy
👾 Runs your toots on an #8bit computer emulator. Amazing what people create in 512 bytes of code! 🟢 Post with #bbcmicrobot to get a reply. Please include […] [bridged from https://mastodon.me.uk/@bbcmicrobot on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
@tynemouthsoftware.co.uk
Making new things for old computers. http://blog.tynemouthsoftware.co.uk/ https://www.tindie.com/stores/tynemouth/ https://www.patreon.com/tynemouthsoftware
@riscos.bsky.social
Running on ARM before it was cool. Retro computing at its finest. †óflå†óflå†óflå†óflå†óflå†óflå†óflå†óflå†óflå†óflå†óflå†óflå†óflå†óflå†óflå†óflå†óflå†óflå
@rougol.bsky.social
The RISC OS User Group Of London holds monthly meetings for fans of RISC OS, Archimedes, ARM, BBC Micro, and other Acorn computers and descendants such as the Raspberry Pi. https://rougol.jellybaby.net/ Posts by Bryan Hogan @helpfuldemon.bsky.social
@retrospecs.bsky.social
A pixel art image processing app for iOS https://8bitartwork.co.uk/ Retrospecs lets you convert images and video clips so they appear as they would on a variety of home computers and consoles from the 70's, 80's and 90's.
@riscosbits.co.uk
RISC OS Computers and Accessories: www.riscosbits.co.uk www.pihard.co.uk www.riscosfast.co.uk
@futurewas8bit.bsky.social
The Future was 8bit, and still is in my house.. C64p, SD2IEC, Penultimate+ Cart, divMMC Future, all sorts. VIC20's rulez. Commodore, Sinclair, BBC, Oric, Dragon www.tfw8b.com www.thefuturewas8bit.com
@electrongreg.bsky.social
Text based games. Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Commodore 64 and much more! Overwhelmed by the horrors of this wretched world, so I hide in my fantasy retro corner.
@dominicpajak.bsky.social
British-American in Silicon Valley. Ex-Arm, Arduino. Embedded AI. WebXR stuff. Computing history. BBC Micro Bot. On mastodon still https://sfba.social/@DominicPajak
@colinhoad.com
Senior Data Engineer at cfc.com Retro coder & gamer (BBC Micro, DOS, Win 9x, Psion, Linux). I run a YouTube channel dedicated to the Beeb and all things Acorn: http://youtube.com/colinhoad Discord: https://discord.gg/zjvSBjG7rw
@kieranhj.bsky.social
Software developer & Engineering Manager. Formerly Rare, Xbox, HoloLens. Now helping invent the future of AI at Google DeepMind by day. Developing retro games & demos by night for BBC Micro & Acorn computers as kieran^Bitshifters. #demoscene
@snuggsy187.bsky.social
6502 retro coder (some BBC Micro, mostly Acorn Electron !), amateur musician and model maker. In need of even more holidays ! http://github.com/Snuggsy187
@markmoxon.bsky.social
Writer, coder, walker, Acorn nut. Back in the day: Editor of Acorn User, Editor of h2g2. I love analysing old code, and my aim is to create the best code disassemblies you have ever seen. Purveyor of Elite/Lander/Revs hacks. https://www.markmoxon.com
@kevedwardsretro.bsky.social
Retired video game programmer. 40+ years developing videogames and software. Creator of games for the BBC Micro, Electron, NES, SNES, PC, XBox, PS3/4, Mobile, Vita, 3DS. I am currently rescuing and archiving old game development disks. LEGO Dev/AFOL.
@negativecharge.bsky.social
Retro-musician, 8-Bit, 6502. Mainly creating music drivers, players and conversion tools from 8 & 16-bit sound chips to the BBC Micro’s SN76489 and Acorn Electron’s ULA. ⎍∧∿⩘
@bsky.app
official Bluesky account (check username👆) Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app