Tag Archive | "computers"

Mighty Time Lord computing

Monday, December 7, 2009

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The Cynical C blog points us towards this set of classic adverts from the early days of personal computing with Tom Baker’s Doctor and Lalla Ward’s Romana selling us the latest in digital technology (hey, anyone remember the ‘paperless office’ promises of the early and mid 80s?). I’d completely forgotten about these, they were probably [...]

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Elite, 25 years on

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

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For those of us of a certain age it will be hard to believe its been 25 years since Elite first appeared in the nascent computer game market on the old BBC Micro. The starship trading and combat game, created by a couple of students in the mid 80s, revolutionised video gaming with its 3D [...]

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