» A Word on Akalabeth and Chronology The Digital Antiquarian edit / delete

An example of referencing problems in games history. One for AG0700 next year.

to ag0700 games history research retrocomputing ... on 04 December 2011

How Many Left? edit / delete

Count cars registered in the UK by model. Apparently I'm one of a couple of thousand Golf II CL 4+E drivers left -- something like 10% of the number there were when I bought it.

to car history ... on 03 December 2011

Presidential Recordings Program—Miller Center edit / delete

The complete released recordings from Nixon, Kennedy, et al. Very interesting.

to audio history recording us ... on 07 October 2011

ttf2011's Channel - YouTube edit / delete

Documentaries to do with the history of broadcasting -- e.g. the Trade Test films.

to broadcasting history radio tv video ... on 06 September 2011

Dewi's Railway, Trains & Trams Page edit / delete

I was wondering what London's trams looked like. (And chasing links to find that Dundee used to have a fairly extensive tram system...)

to history retrotech train tram transport ... on 23 August 2011

Milton Keynes Museum edit / delete

Should I ever make it to Bletchley Park, apparently this museum's telephony exhibits are also worth seeing...

to history milton-keynes museums telephony travel ... on 23 August 2011

BITnet Relay HomePage edit / delete

Why IRC is called that, and why the commands work that way. I never knew.

to chat history irc retrocomputing ... on 25 June 2011

MI6 edit / delete

The Voluntary Interceptors.

to history radio ww2 ... on 04 June 2011

Telehack edit / delete

Puzzle game built as a reproduction of the Internet in the mid-80s, complete with dialup links. The author's done some neat work by harvesting Usenet archives for machines and accounts (it looks like, anyway) -- "more /etc/passwd" on "ukc" looks quite plausible.

to amusements games history retrocomputing ... on 01 May 2011

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