On this page you will find site updates, or pictures of retro gear I've just bought or I have found on display while out in the wild.
If I bought it, it will get an entry in the museum soon
13/04/2025 - Retro Bristol got it going on
An unplanned visit to Retro Bristol yields some surprising finds
Acetronic MPU 1000
Grandstand Video Entertainment Computer (Fairchild Channel F)
25/03/2025 - Computer based animated 404 Not Found Error screens are back
After what seems like a lifetime, I've completely rewritten my custom 404 error screens I had on my old site, fixed some of the issues they had, like incorrect aspect ratios and missing cursors. Then installed them on this site
There is an Amiga Guru Meditation error. The C64, C128, Plus 4, Vic 20, and Spectrum boot and cassette loading animations, and finally a Windows style Blue Screen of Death
Random 404 Not Found Error
I still haven't worked out how to stop the Facebook browser increasing the text size and breaking the effect though. I'll probably need to query the browser and use PHP to change the font sizes served to the browser. Oh joy!
11/03/2025 - Bored and unsupervised
I had some time off over my birthday, so installed an old hard disc in the Medion to see what it was all about, and found it was all about being a low powered PC. But now it has Linux Mint installed, and it's at my parents house, so I can remote in and mess with it
Medion PC MT14
06/03/2025 - Someone's been on Vinted again
It's been a while, but I found the Binatone and mini NES on Vinted and the "untested" Xbox was free to collector on Facebook Marketplace
Binatone TV Master Mk4+2
Minigame Entertainment System
Microsoft Xbox 360
15/02/2025 - Post Valentine's day treat
Found both of these in Nerdz Nook in Bridgwater, total cost £15
Quick Gun Turbo
Nintendo NES Zapper
14/02/2025 - Valentine's day treat
Binatones version of the PC-50x range of Pong consoles is all mine now
Binatone Superstar
11/02/2025 - Amstrad Modu-Modu-Modulator
A £4 Vinted find, convert your CPC from a nice crisp video display from the dedicated monitor... To RF
Amstrad Module MP1
05/02/2025 - Oblong Video Master Super Score with Rifle
An Ebay find, there was two of them available, if you're quick
Videomaster Superscore
28/01/2025 - Finally figured out how to do comments
Am I mad? Yes, but the dedicated museum pages now have comments enabled, and yes I know all about "FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING"! So there!
No subscribing to Disqus for me
25/01/2025 - Massive (mostly) behind the scenes site update
I've been doing a lot of work on this site, mainly to do with the Nav bar at the bottom of the screen, it now has menus that pop up, give them a try
09/01/2025 - Another day, another Grandstand
Another Vinted find, missing the battery cover. Seems to be the same as the Grandstand Cartridge in a different case
Grandstand Colour Programmable
08/01/2025 - Short Rainbow
My lovely better half has again alerted me to retro hardware which was for sale on FB Marketplace
Atari 2600 Jr
06/01/2025 - Share to Facebook, Threads, Reddit, and Copy URL features now enabled
They are in the Share menu at the bottom of every page, please use them
05/01/2025 - Best. Game. Ever.
I replayed Super Mario World over the Christmas and New Year holidays, I finished it but with only 94 exits complete, so now I need to go through each level again to find what I missed
04/01/2025 - Easter eggs
They are starting to creep in here, can you find one?
Clue: If you visit the dark side often enough, you may find one of the museum's resident kitties...
9 - STOP statement, 77:1