RefreFest 2025 – The Unofficial Advert
31st May 1st June at the Great Western Railway museum STEAM in Swindon. See https://retrofest.uk for full details The post RefreFest 2025 The Unofficial Advert appeared first on GlassTTY .
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Emulating an MFM Drive
I recently swapped out my aging Rodime R201 5Mb MFM hard disk from my Gemini MFB-2 CP/M machine, for the The post Emulating an MFM Drive appeared first on GlassTTY .
Public Files
Due to the large amount of files in this section, they are hosted on a Proton secure drive. There is The post Public Files appeared first on GlassTTY .
Building an Acorn System 3
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The Nascom Experience
An entertaining look at what it’s like to be owned by a Nascom computer. With special thanks to members of the Nascom User Group. The post The Nascom Experience appeared first on GlassTTY .
The TELSTAR Viewdata System
The TELSTAR videotex system provides a viewdata/videotext platform similar to those that were prevalent during the 1980s such as Prestel. The aim of the system is to provide a Viewdata experience for anyone who is interested in how things 'used to be'. Services in the past typically provided access via the public switched telephone network (PSTN) connection and this is indeed how Telstar works,…
Using Minitel Terminals with Telstar
a Minitel Terminal, switches in a final translation layer at the point of rendering a frame. This translation layer converts Prestel type frames (CEPT3) to Minitel type frames (CEPT2), it should be a simple process but alas, it is not. Telstar is a CEPT3 Prestel like system and cannot host CEPT2 type Minitel frames, it simply converts CEPT3 frames to CEPT2 frames on the fly at the point of…
Hosting Frames on Telstar
Are you a Teletext Artist? do you run retro computing events? Why not become an Information Provider (IP) on Telstar and publish your frames for all to see. The post Hosting Frames on Telstar appeared first on GlassTTY .
Telstar Viewdata Client
To experience Telstar properly it needs to be accessed by a microcomputer or Viewdata Terminal from the 1980s. However, for a simple way to get started, the Telstar Viewdata Client can be used. The Telstar Viewdata client is available for Mac, Linux and Windows and has no dependencies, It allows access to viewdata systems through either a direct TCP/IP connection or via a Modem connected to a…
ZX81 Controls a Nuclear Power Plant
This video is a ‘tongue in cheek’ look at controlling a nuclear power plant with a ZX81 and is inspired by the marketing of the time. The post ZX81 Controls a Nuclear Power Plant appeared first on GlassTTY .