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Mark MoxonIn anticipation of June's Econet LAN Party at the National Museum of Computing in Bletchley, I've updated Elite over Econet.It now supports flicker-free graphics, up to 100 players in multiplayer, better server support and more. Game on!For more details and downloads see <a href="https://elite.bbcelite.com/hacks/elite_over_econet.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://elite.bbcelite.com/hacks/elite_over_econet.html</a>For tickets to the LAN Party on 7-8 June, see <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/econet-lan-party-2025-tickets-1244748870379" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/econet-lan-party-2025-tickets-1244748870379</a>And for discussion on Stardot about the event, see <a href="https://www.stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=30405" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=30405</a>See you there!<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/bbcmicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bbcmicro</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrogaming</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/elite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elite</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/econet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#econet</a>

Juan F. RamírezInteresting article about Mastertronic game sales figures:<a href="https://mastertronic.co.uk/mastertronic-collectors-archive-they-sold-millions/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastertronic.co.uk/mastertronic-collectors-archive-they-sold-millions/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zxspectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zxspectrum</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#commodore</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amstrad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amstrad</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/msx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#msx</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bbcmicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bbcmicro</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vic20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vic20</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amiga</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dragon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dragon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#atari</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ibmpc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ibmpc</a>

FREEZE64.com40 years ago, C&VG magazine produced a listings issue with a selection of games to type into your computer. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Commodore64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commodore64</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#C64</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ZXSpectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ZXSpectrum</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VIC20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VIC20</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Dragon32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dragon32</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BBCMicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBCMicro</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AcornElectron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AcornElectron</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TexasTI99A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TexasTI99A</a>

BigEdhere's my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#introduction</a> ... very much into computer history and history of computation, the BBC's Computer Literacy Project, computer museums, assembly language programming, a bit of Basic, running programs in the browser and sometimes running programs from the command line.my one claim to fame is having a bit to do with visual6502.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bbcmicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bbcmicro</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mos6502" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mos6502</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bbcbasic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bbcbasic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/acorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#acorn</a>

electron.gregMy Microvitec CUB monitor is here!!! Sitting on my newly constructed platform for my <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/BBCMicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBCMicro</a>

Mistigris computer artsMistodon: also served as a side with our newly-released Imbibe food-themed e-mag is a tasting flight of other delicious text and semigraphics art - here is a sampling of some tasty <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/teletext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#teletext</a> and <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ASCIIart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ASCIIart</a>, an Xbin and a <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/BBCMicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBCMicro</a> high resolution graphics screen. Check it out at <a href="https://16colo.rs/mag/imbibe01" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://16colo.rs/mag/imbibe01</a>

FediThing 🏳️‍🌈Just found out about a 2009 TV film on retro computing called "Micro Men". It's a sort of comedy-drama about UK computer manufacturers in the 1980s, done on a tiny budget by mixing in archive footage. It works really well!<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH5L-iTIbP8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH5L-iTIbP8</a>There's also a video of some of the real people depicted watching it and commenting on the authenticity:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaonVYOTSsk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaonVYOTSsk</a>cc <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/retrocomputing" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/RetroTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroTech</a> <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/ComputingHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ComputingHistory</a> <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/Computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Computing</a> <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/Acorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Acorn</a> <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/Sinclair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sinclair</a> <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/ZXSpectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ZXSpectrum</a> <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/BBCMicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBCMicro</a>

FREEZE64.com40 years ago this month: COMPUTER & VIDEO GAMES (C&VG) March 1985 Only 95p <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Commodore64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commodore64</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#C64</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Amstrad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Amstrad</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ZXSpectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ZXSpectrum</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BBCmicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBCmicro</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Atari</a>FREEZE64.com <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PassionForTheCommodore64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PassionForTheCommodore64</a>

Mark MoxonNew deep dive: How the Apple II version of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Elite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Elite</a> was developed on a <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BBCMicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBCMicro</a>In which I pick through the clues on the source disk, and try to piece together the original 1986 development pipeline for Apple II Elite.<a href="https://elite.bbcelite.com/deep_dives/developing_apple_ii_elite_on_a_bbc_micro.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://elite.bbcelite.com/deep_dives/developing_apple_ii_elite_on_a_bbc_micro.html</a><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrogaming</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/8bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#8bit</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apple</a>

Mark MoxonOops. In compiling the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Elite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Elite</a> source code family tree, I omitted Elite-A, arguably the poster child for a forking history of Elite.So I've added it to the tree and updated my article. That's better!<a href="https://elite.bbcelite.com/deep_dives/the_elite_source_code_family_tree.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://elite.bbcelite.com/deep_dives/the_elite_source_code_family_tree.html</a><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrogaming</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/8bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#8bit</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/bbcmicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bbcmicro</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/c64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#c64</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apple</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nes</a>

Mark GardnerPretty amazing that the <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/NES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NES</a>, <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/AppleII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AppleII</a>, <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/BBCMaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBCMaster</a>, and <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/BBCMasterCompact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBCMasterCompact</a> versions of the seminal 3-D space trading and combat video game <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/Elite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Elite</a> all fundamentally base their source code from the <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/Commodore64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commodore64</a> port. (All pre-dated by the <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/BBCMicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBCMicro</a> and <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/AcornElectron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AcornElectron</a> versions, of course.)<a href="https://universeodon.com/@markmoxon/114008400839205726" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://universeodon.com/@markmoxon/114008400839205726</a><a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/Nintendo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nintendo</a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroGaming</a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gaming</a>

Mark MoxonNew: I've analysed the source code for all 9 versions of Elite on the 6502, and I've put together a family tree showing the decade-long forking history of the source.Software archaeology in action! 😀<a href="https://elite.bbcelite.com/deep_dives/the_elite_source_code_family_tree.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://elite.bbcelite.com/deep_dives/the_elite_source_code_family_tree.html</a><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrogaming</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/8bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#8bit</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/bbcmicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bbcmicro</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/c64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#c64</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apple</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nes</a>

FREEZE64.com40 years ago this month: The cover of… COMPUTER & VIDEO GAMES (C&VG) February 1985 Only 95p <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Commodore64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commodore64</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#C64</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ZXSpectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ZXSpectrum</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Amstrad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Amstrad</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BBCmicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBCmicro</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Atari</a>FREEZE64.com <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PassionForTheCommodore64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PassionForTheCommodore64</a>

Stewart RussellWelcome to the BBC Computer Literacy Project — <a href="https://archive.org/details/bbcmicro-welcome" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/bbcmicro-welcome</a>Not sure if anyone really needs a copy of the BBC Welcome tape, but I was given one, so I put the scanned manual, tape audio and UEF emulator tape file on Internet Archive.Not sure if I can get the UEF file to run from the link directly on one of the online emulators.This version of the tape is complete. Others are missing the first program<a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/BBCMicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBCMicro</a> <a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/BBCComputerLiteracyProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBCComputerLiteracyProject</a> <a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternetArchive</a>

Alec MuffettFully documented source code for Elite on the 6502 | … I spent days, weeks playing this <a href="https://alecmuffett.com/article/111102" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://alecmuffett.com/article/111102</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BbcMicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BbcMicro</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ComputerHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ComputerHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/elite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elite</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#games</a>

John ChapmanRemember the really old text adventures from the 1980s? I spent hours puzzling with Castle of Riddles played on a <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/BBCmicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBCmicro</a>. It's now long abandoned - time for an update. I remade it, added more puzzles, graphics and sound. Play it FREE on any browser (even a phone) at <a href="https://jaydax.co.uk/corr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://jaydax.co.uk/corr</a>

alecmFully documented source code for Elite on the 6502 | … I spent days, weeks playing this<blockquote>Fully documented source code for Elite on the BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, Commodore 64, Apple II and NES</blockquote><a href="https://elite.bbcelite.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://elite.bbcelite.com/</a>Via:<a href="https://www.threads.net/@yannlecun/post/DFiQfC2TrxP" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.threads.net/@yannlecun/post/DFiQfC2TrxP</a><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://alecmuffett.com/article/tag/bbc-micro" target="_blank">#BBCMicro</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://alecmuffett.com/article/tag/computer-history" target="_blank">#computerHistory</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://alecmuffett.com/article/tag/elite" target="_blank">#elite</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://alecmuffett.com/article/tag/games" target="_blank">#games</a>

electron.gregConcentrating on finishing/polishing Airline Boss v2 for the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/BBCMicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBCMicro</a>/#AcornElectron.Improved TONS of things and made it bullet proof, even when trying to load incorrect game-save files.Unfortunately the original author has disappeared off the face of the earth so I will hold back on releasing this (and the C64 version) for a bit, even tho he did state Public Domain in the source code. 🤔

Wi-Fi Sheep Tech ChannelPlaying REVS in 2025 on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/8bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#8bit</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bbcmicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bbcmicro</a> & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/c64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#c64</a> New video now live on <a href="http://two.wifisheep.co.uk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">http://two.wifisheep.co.uk</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/V5wrIb7Y-nQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/V5wrIb7Y-nQ</a>

Wi-Fi Sheep Tech ChannelPlaying REVS in 2025 on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/8bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#8bit</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bbcmicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bbcmicro</a> & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/c64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#c64</a> Same game, same corner at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Silverstone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Silverstone</a> Interesting how the BBC version is slightly higher res due to the multi scan screen mode switching being used as apposed the C64 single screen res.

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