What retro things have you done today?

Kurgen said:
Its one game where the electron version is actually decent, and one of the best (along with BBC). I had a quick look on some random games that i used to play, and some are so bad, and just so slow. Anything by Acornsoft, program power / micropower. and a few from superior generally ran well.
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Just had a look online and the ones I remember playing on our Acorn Electron are Chuckie Egg, Cybertron Mission, Bug Eyes, Bug Blaster, Starship Command, Hopper, Swag, Vindaloo, Rig Attack.....
 
Duke said:
So after the initial cleaning of these speakers I wanted to fix the smudge mark on the right speaker:

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It seems the only way to remove the grille is to prise off a corner with a screwdriver then gradually level it out. You can then fix the dent you make in the grille afterwards before pushing it back into place.

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It was quite dirty inside so gave them a wipe down carefully.

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Then sprayed the grilles (before/after):

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I only had bright white so thought I'd give it a go and see as ideally you want a sort of light grey/beige colour but didn't have any to hand. It actually turned out okay, its not as bright/mismatched as the final photo shows although a little retro brighting of the case would help a bit, not worth the time fiddling with though.

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A random follow up but my speakers made an appearance on RMC's latest video - nice to see them in use :)

 
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ryu said:
When I see stacks of old pc cases, I always lookout for one of my old computers.
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Yes same I'd like to get the case of my first PC sometime, even if it was an Escom.

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I'm 99% sure its that one, even though its different to the advert at the time.
 
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