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Latest and greatest
- New girl in town… May 19, 2013
- A message to North Korea… April 4, 2013
- Happy Families… April 1, 2013
- Once… gone… March 20, 2013
- Another random box of beauty… March 20, 2013
It’s all about the tweets…
- Ray Manzarek finally broke on through to the other side... :( - 50 minutes ago
- BTW the album is by @solarno who also has a passion for Lego and StarWars youtube.com/watch?v=-X00cg… clearly no end to his talents :) - 1 hour ago
- Yeah I know, I don't normally listen to anything with less than 3 guitars in it, but I can occasionally be sophisticated :) - 1 hour ago
- Have $2 spare? then I suggest you buy this. Some really good tunes that remind me of awesome #retrogaming shmupping shop.soundsofsolarno.com/album/magenta-… - 1 hour ago
- RT @solarno: Let's see... Lego, Star Wars, and new music from Solarno. All combined into one trasty time-lapse video. Wheeee!!!!! http://t… - 3 hours ago
Tag Archives: a500
Happy Families…
There’s definitely nothing better than bringing the whole family together for a nice relaxing long weekend of retro play time Here’s one for the album…
Another random box of beauty…
I love to buy random bulk boxes of “unknown” disks on ebay. It’s great fun trawling through a whole box of surprises. It is even better than Christmas because you actually know that the odds are there will be something … Continue reading
Quick update about the Commodore A1500…
It’s alive…! Looking proper sexy on the official monitor too… Well smart
A week or two in retro heaven…
So here’s just a few things I’ve been up to this past week or so, in between juggling a full time job (don’t you hate it when real life gets in the way of fun!) Firstly, some great times with … Continue reading
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Return of the Commodores…
I’ve been having some great fun with 2 commodore machines lately; the trusty ‘ol C64 and it’s big sister – the Amiga. Here are a few highlights of playtime…
the circle of life…
Another little gap in my collection was plugged today when I received a shiny little A600, for a mere £14.16 delivered – gotta love ebay All of my girlfriends are home
Putty in your hand…
Definitely one of the wackiest platformers you will ever play…
Look at the size of that thing…
Just a quick visual comparison between one of the first real home computers, the ZX81, and one of the last (before the PC took over) – the Amiga A500. amazing that they packed such a massive punch in to the … Continue reading
I was a teenage Manic Miner :)
Couple of pics to share, bringing a tear to my eye This is my family tree… …and how things changed in 30 years… from this… …to this damn…where did the time go!
