The Centre for Computing History

Happy International Women's Day! 👩💜

A lot of early Arm historical artefacts here in @computinghistory.org.uk.

Sell your stuff! Come buy stuff!

Bring 'n' Byte is back this Spring! 💻🌸

📆 Sun 19 April

⏰ Traders can set up from 9am, open to the public from 10am

📩 Contact activities@computinghistory.org.uk if you wish to book a table and sell.

All info here - tinyurl.com/3xhupta2

We’re proud to have local gaming company #NinjaTheory as a Silver Sponsor of this year’s Women in Computing Festival!

We asked some of their team to share who their favourite women in computing are...

Thank you Ninja Theory for supporting the festival and celebrating inspirational women in tech!

Who's coming to DragonFest this year!? I'll be there, showing off some 680x lovelies (as well as a couple of dragons!). Come and say hello, and decide wherever this is the pinnacle of 6809 development in a home computer. Bonus point of you recognise her.
tinyurl.com/DragonF2026

happy reading! 😊

New computing history book! 📚
Voices of a Future Passed tells how the BBC Micro changed the world, with interviews from BBC, Acorn & ARM pioneers.

Author Rob Napier is donating 50p per Amazon sale to UK computer museums. You can also pick up a copy in our museum shop!

🔗 amzn.eu/d/0bauqEgb

Hi! We have copies available in our museum shop ☺️ we’re open all weekend 10-5!

Events for 2026 International Women’s Day schedule lined up Showcase for progress and challenges led by female leaders.

A lovely feature in the Cambridge Independent about our upcoming Discovery Days as part of the Women In Computing Festival! 🎉

Featuring Edwina Dunn, founder of the Female Lead, and co-founder of the Tesco Clubcard!

tinyurl.com/35du2z8h

BTS with our Collection team as they prep our Women In Computing Exhibition! 🤩

The Dragons are back! 🐉

A reminder our next Dragon Meetup is happening on 28 - 29th March!

Entry is on the door at standard admission price (£12 adult).

If you have a Dragon or other 6809 machine you'd like to bring or software you'd like to demonstrate please contact us! tinyurl.com/27dzza4r

Upcoming Events 2026 YouTube video by The Centre for Computing History

Wondering what we're up to this year?

Here's a quick sneak peek at the upcoming events in 2026 here at CCH!

youtu.be/r8DTValIuGc?...

Today marks 40 years of The Legend of Zelda! ✨🎮

Created by Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka, it launched in Japan on Feb 21, 1986, before going global in 1987.

21 mainline titles later, it’s shaped adventure games for four decades. A true gaming icon. 💚✨

#gaminghistory #legendofzelda

Game Developers at Retro Computer Festival 2025 YouTube video by The Centre for Computing History

Have you watched our latest YouTube video?

You may spy yourself in this one as it's our interviews with the brilliant Game Developers from last years Retro Festival!

Watch now 👇
youtu.be/v5CJwTemw-Q?...

This weeks #throwbackthursday has to be the Acorn BBC Master 128 as it celebrates 40 years!

In February 1986, Acorn Computers released the BBC Master 128 microcomputer, the successor to the hugely popular BBC Micro.

Swipe to end for BBC AIV!

#bbcmaster #acorncomputer #computinghistory

Your Sinclair magazine issue 1

Starting a new journey on stream tonight, all the games on Your Sinclair cover tapes starting with issue 1 January 1986. What delights await?? Starting 19:30 BST twitch.tv/rage_again...
11FEB2026

A group of people standing around tables covered with retro computers, monitors, cables and boxed hardware at a computing meetup.

A grey vintage HP 110 portable computer with built-in screen and keyboard open on a table, showing a yellow monochrome display.

An Acorn A3000 computer with red function keys connected to a CRT monitor displaying a retro space game.

A custom Commodore 64 with a wooden mechanical keyboard with glowing red backlighting and exposed electronics behind it.

Busy, brilliant, retro! 🕹️
Our biggest Retro Computer Club meetup yet here at CCH!
Loads of classic machines, hands-on demos & free retro goodies. 💻
Thanks to everyone who came, more fun events coming soon! 🤝

Whilst Tony picked the light pen up, I was more than happy with finding a copy of #AtariArtist there. This was the missing piece from our @computinghistory.org.uk #BringNByteSale #Atari touch pad purchase last year. Been checking eBay since, but only found expensive copies, so well made up 😊

Inside the CCH classroom, people chatting while surrounded by weird and wonderful old computers.

An amazing custom Commodore 64 with a wooden case playing some tunes through red speakers.

Had a great time this morning at @computinghistory.org.uk for the Retro Computer Club, lots of interesting stuff on display including this amazing custom Commodore 64 with a wooden case.

Game Developers at Retro Computer Festival 2025 YouTube video by The Centre for Computing History

Want to learn more about my work on Chords? You can see me along with a host of other fabulous devs being interviewed over on @computinghistory.org.uk YouTube: youtu.be/v5CJwTemw-Q?...
#sega #segagenesis #indiedev #gamedev

Age verification?

I remember when all these were new.

Photo taken at @computinghistory.org.uk

Game Developers at Retro Computer Festival 2025 YouTube video by The Centre for Computing History

All the cool retro developers that were at @computinghistory.org.uk Retro Computer Festival 2025 event, including me.

@onlyretrofans.com
@matteusbeus.bsky.social
@lockfarm.bsky.social
@kevedwardsretro.bsky.social
@breakintoprogram.co.uk
@loudscotsbloke.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5CJ...

Game Developers at Retro Computer Festival 2025 YouTube video by The Centre for Computing History

Here's a great video of the Retro Computer Festival 2025 event that @computinghistory.org.uk hosted last year. Myself, and lots of other game developers were there and you can see what we were showing the visitors!
youtu.be/v5CJwTemw-Q?...

They're back! We're very happy to be hosting this year's Dragon Meetup. You don't have to be a Dragon owner - or even know much about Dragons - to come to this celebration of the classic Welsh home computer. www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/76704/dr...

We’re back! Looking forward to the first meet of the year

I'll be there!

Today is #throwbackthursday and we are celebrating 42 years of the #AppleMacintosh 🍎
Before touchscreens, the cloud, or AI - there was Mac.
128 KB of RAM, one floppy disk, no hard drive… and it still changed everything. 💻
Are you an #Apple convert? Once you go Mac it's hard to go back...

The computer that could do it all - Amiga Addict Magazine Interview YouTube video by The Centre for Computing History

In case you missed it - we have new videos on our YouTube and TikTok channels!

Latest one is our interview with @amigaaddict.bsky.social - we talk all things Amiga!

youtu.be/DPi2pbggNSA?...

Make sure you're following and subscribed 😀

#amiga #computinghistory #retrotech

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Hello all!

Sorry we've been a little quiet on here - ready to get back into it with lots of exciting things coming up this year 😄

Follow along with our other socials and keep an eye on the website for new events!