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A regular discussion of archaic technology, with purpose ...
A regular discussion of archaic technology, with purpose ...
=== Purpose ===
We will, as a group and with interest, attempt to bring abandoned computers to life, for new reasons.  Anything interesting we can do with an old computer, we will try to do it.
If you've got something you wanna demo - AWESOME!  Let us Demo our still-working, ±30 year old systems!


We will meet at MetaLab to discuss, review, remember, re-write, revive, a bit of love for retro- computing;  we will see what sort of answers we come up with for questions such as: what we can do with old computers; why we should do things with old computers; who has a new, old computer, to demonstrate; who has an old, old computer to demonstrate; what can a computer do, old and new?
We will meet at MetaLab to discuss, review, remember, re-write, revive, a bit of love for retro- computing;  we will see what sort of answers we come up with for questions such as: what we can do with old computers; why we should do things with old computers; who has a new, old computer, to demonstrate; who has an old, old computer to demonstrate; what can a computer do, old and new?
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Among other platforms, we might demonstrate the following systems:
Among other platforms, we might demonstrate the following systems:


* Oric-1/Atmos
* [http://oric.org Oric-1/Atmos]
* Atari
* [Atari http://atariage.com/index.php]
* Commodore
* [Commodore http://www.ffd2.com/fridge/chacking/]
* Spectrum
* [Spectrum http://www.worldofspectrum.org]
* Amstrad
* [Amstrad http://cpcwiki.eu/]
* Dragon
* [Dragon http://archive.worldofdragon.org/index.php?title=Main_Page]
* 80286,80386,80486
* [SGI http://nekochan.net/]
* Z80
* [Amiga https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDfIkXf3uzA]
* 6502
* MIPS
* SGI
* Amiga (might not qualify for "the users have moved on, i.e. stopped using the platform") [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDfIkXf3uzA :-)]
** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_500 Amiga 500] with a brand new [https://icomp.de/shop-icomp/en/produkt-details/product/ACA500plus.html ACA500plus] instead of my old and trusty [http://scacom.bplaced.net/Collection/590/590.php A590] external 20MB SCSI harddisk
* 68k
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Z88 Cambridge Z88]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Z88 Cambridge Z88]
* 80286,80386,80486,Z80,6502,MIPS,68k


If you've got something you wanna demo - AWESOME! - we'll add it to the list!
We will, as a group and with interest, attempt to bring abandoned computers to life, for new reasons.  Anything interesting we can do with an old computer.


=== When? ===
=== When? ===