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@kevintoms.bsky.social Sep 26, 2026, 8:09 PM

The Speccy is back - and it comes with Football Manager 2 🙂

https://retrogames.biz/products/thespectrum/

#KevinToms #FootballManager #ClassicGame #FootballGame #ManagerGame #RetroGames #UKGames #UKRetro #ZXSpectrum #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers

@kevintoms.bsky.social Sep 26, 2026, 11:44 AM

The QL is best remembered as a technologically robust machine that nevertheless did not appeal to the market it was expected to tap into.

#KevinToms #SinclairQL #SinclairComputers #80sComputers #UKmicrocomputers #homecomputers #microcomputers #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers

@kevintoms.bsky.social Sep 25, 2026, 11:50 AM

An iconic adventure writing system: THE QUILL!

#KevinToms #Gilsoft #TheQuill #TheIllustrator #AdventureSystem #AdventureWriter #TextBasedAdventureGame #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #UKComputers #UKRetro

An ad for The Quill adventure writer system, made by Gilsoft.

@kevintoms.bsky.social Sep 24, 2026, 11:39 AM

The "Rubber-Keyed Wonder" changed the British computer industry - and its consumer market - forever!

#KevinToms #ZXSpectrum #SinclairComputers #80sComputers #UKmicrocomputers #homecomputers #microcomputers #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers

@kevintoms.bsky.social Sep 23, 2026, 11:57 AM

How many of you remember seeing "The Terminal Man" comic strips on some of the games magazines of the 80s?

#KevinToms #TheTerminalMan #CRASHMagazine #RetroMagazine #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #RetroPC #UKComputers #UKRetro

A page from the July 1987 issue of CRASH! magazine, dedicated to "The Terminal Man" comic strip series.

@kevintoms.bsky.social Sep 22, 2026, 11:54 AM

The ZX81 improved on the ZX80's weak points, resulting in a wonderful machine, more popular than its predecessor.

#KevinToms #ZX81 #SinclairComputers #80sComputers #UKmicrocomputers #homecomputers #microcomputers #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers

@kevintoms.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 11:39 AM

Did you ever attend one of these shows?

#KevinToms #Commodore #C64 #C128 #ComputerShow #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #UKComputers #UKRetro

An ad for the 6th Commodore Computer Show happening on June 1985.

@oldtechadverts.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 11:00 AM

NZ Bits and Bytes November 1983

#retrocomputing #80scomputers

@kevintoms.bsky.social Sep 20, 2026, 11:50 AM

The microcomputer that pioneered what is arguably the most iconic British computer series in history: the ZX80!

📷 Ilias Gainutdinov
#KevinToms #ZX80 #SinclairComputers #80sComputers #UKmicrocomputers #homecomputers #microcomputers #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers

@kevintoms.bsky.social Sep 19, 2026, 11:43 AM

"Could YOU be a Software Star?" 🙂

#KevinToms #SoftwareStar #AddictiveGames #RetroGame #UKGame #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #UKComputers #UKRetro

An ad of the Software Star video game by Kevin Toms, as seen on the June 1985 issue of Crash! magazine.

@kevintoms.bsky.social Sep 18, 2026, 11:48 AM

How many of you used a Nimbus in the past?

#KevinToms #RMNimbus #ResearchMachines #80sComputers #UKmicrocomputers #homecomputers #microcomputers #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers

@kevintoms.bsky.social Sep 17, 2026, 11:52 AM

Another throwback to something you could find on almost every issue of every game magazine back in the day: MAPS 🗺️

#KevinToms #DunDarach #DunDarachMap #GameMap #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #UKComputers #UKRetro

A level map for the Dun Darach video game.

@kevintoms.bsky.social Sep 16, 2026, 11:47 AM

The LINK 480Z was a 1982 microcomputer developed by Research Machines Ltd.

📷 Marcin Wichary
#KevinToms #LINK480Z #ResearchMachines #80sComputers #UKmicrocomputers #homecomputers #microcomputers #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers

@kevintoms.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 11:42 AM

Known as "The Last of the 8-bit Computers," the SAM Coupé was an outstanding system, yet outdated right from the start.

#KevinToms #SAMCoupe #MilesGordonTechnologies #MGT #80sComputers #UKmicrocomputers #homecomputers #microcomputers #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers

A photo of the 1989 SAM Coupé 8-bit computer by Miles Gordon Technologies (MGT).

@oldtechadverts.bsky.social Sep 14, 2026, 11:00 PM

NZ Bits and Bytes November 1983

#retrocomputing #80scomputers

@kevintoms.bsky.social Sep 14, 2026, 11:45 AM

Ah, the good old days when game magazines were around, with some actually decent printouts for you to try and have fun with. 🙂

#KevinToms #Sheepdog #GameMagazine #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #UKComputers #UKRetro

A printout of the Sheepdog game written in BASIC.

@kevintoms.bsky.social Sep 13, 2026, 11:55 AM

Memotech entered the computer market in 1983 with the MTX series - the MTX500 and MTX512.

#KevinToms #Memotech #MTX500 #MTX512 #RS128 #80sComputers #UKmicrocomputers #homecomputers #microcomputers #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers

A photo of the Memotech MTX 512 microcomputer.

@kevintoms.bsky.social Sep 12, 2026, 8:09 PM

The Speccy is back - and it comes with Football Manager 2 🙂

https://retrogames.biz/products/thespectrum/

#KevinToms #FootballManager #ClassicGame #FootballGame #ManagerGame #RetroGames #UKGames #UKRetro #ZXSpectrum #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers

@kevintoms.bsky.social Sep 12, 2026, 11:57 AM

How many of you played Grand Prix Circuit?

#KevinToms #GrandPrixCircuit #RacingGame #RetroGame #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #PersonalComputer #RetroPC #UKComputers #UKRetro

A full-page ad of the Grand Prix Circuit game published by Accolade Inc. for Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum computers, as seen on Sinclair User magazine.

@oldtechadverts.bsky.social Sep 12, 2026, 4:00 AM

Ht to @CharlesHawn66 for sharing these awesome adverts

#retrocomputing #80scomputers