Back to our regular program. Still we're enjoying pseudo-autumn in August at 81f/27c. One more day.

Oh look. An acorn I drew. #ArtistsOnMastodon #acorn #drawing

Today 38 years ago a small computer manufacturer in UK launched their new product. The RISC machine became the Acorn Risc Machine and later Advanced Risc Machine -> ARM

It is the most used CPU ever. Intel? Never heard of it...

Finished watching the whole run of #Dectectorists again. What a lovely show. (Streaming on #Acorn in the US if anyone is interested.)

Finally got my hands on one of these babys, wanted one for so long, gorgeous #Acorn #Electron #RetroComputing

Nouveau jouet
C'est un ordinateur Grand-Breton : un #Acorn #Archimedes A3010 , qu'est ce que j'aurais aimé en avoir un à l'époque !
#retrocomputing

Retro computer people, you might be interested in these PeerTube playlists:

ACORN BBC, ELECTRON, ARCHIMEDES
https://fedi.video/w/p/m6ptC81c7dWqt9Skc4hHPb

AMSTRAD CPC
https://fedi.video/w/p/ciiLuybi7qkWyzWy38vTrD

MSX
https://fedi.video/w/p/pfLJRRyNFjbGPhcG6AFdZX

ORIC
https://fedi.video/w/p/9L2WiwAaNsd54ieA5bds6B

cc @retrocomputing

Today's #MothOfTheDay is always a delight to find in the #moth box. The mahoosive...

OAK EGGAR (female)
Lasiocampa quercus

Doesn't feed on #oak - the cocoon is #acorn shaped. Larvae feed on bramble, sallows, sloes, hawthorns

She is one big ball of gorgeous floof!

An attempt was made

It's done! I have just released the Compendium version of #Elite for the #Acorn #Electron.

This massively enhanced version of the original game contains pretty much every feature of #BBCMicro Elite, but on the Electron. Just add 16K of sideways RAM.

Here are the links:

* Play in your browser: https://0xc0de6502.github.io/electroniq/?dfs&autoboot&ram6&disk0=https://elite.bbcelite.com/versions/elite_compendium/elite-compendium-acorn-electron.ssd

* More info about the Electron version: https://elite.bbcelite.com/hacks/elite_compendium_acorn_electron.html

* Download links: https://elite.bbcelite.com/hacks/elite_compendium_downloads.html

* All about the Compendium: https://elite.bbcelite.com/hacks/elite_compendium.html

Right on, Commanders!

The Compendium version of #Acorn #Electron #Elite now has missions - three of them, in fact.

Here's the briefing for the Constrictor mission, backported from the #BBCMicro; I've also ported the Thargoid plans mission, and the Trumbles from the #C64 and #NES.

My new version of #Acorn #Electron #Elite is feature-complete! Now for some testing.

Here's the feature list. It’s big! Big enough that this is effectively a Compendium version of Electron Elite; to sit proudly alongside the #BBCMicro Compendia.

Not long now!

Anyone know any good resources for learning BBC Basic for people who are already programmers/working knowledge of other basic dialects?

The enhanced version of #Acorn #Electron #Elite continues to grow. I've now added the ship hangar, which gets shown when you dock.

This feature was only in the BBC and NES versions, and not the Commodore 64 or Apple II, so that's a one-up for the Elk.

It's #Thargoids Thursday in the enhanced version of #Acorn #Electron #Elite.

Here's me misjumping into witchspace and being ambushed by Thargoid motherships and their Thargon drones.

Electron commanders can now join in the bug-hunt - at last!

(I'm hoping to release this in the next couple of weeks... Coming soon: the ship hangar, missions and energy bombs.)

Enhanced #Elite on the #Acorn #Electron now has 31 different ship types (compared to just 11 in the original).

Here's a little clip showing an encounter with a Krait and a Mamba on the way to the sun.

Coming soon... Thargoids!

This is my summer project. I just a #acorn RiscPC600 :)