SIG: 8-Bit News and Development SIG for news and developments involving [non-Atari] 8-Bit home computers. Mon, 15 Jun 2026 20:34:38 +0000 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 20:34:38 +0000 Atari Owners' Club https://atari-owner.com/club/forums/sig-8-bit-news-and-development.9/ Arcade Game In Basic On My BBC Micro - You Couldn't Do This In The 80s! Sun, 12 Apr 2026 12:02:57 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/arcade-game-in-basic-on-my-bbc-micro-you-couldnt-do-this-in-the-80s.808/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/arcade-game-in-basic-on-my-bbc-micro-you-couldnt-do-this-in-the-80s.808/ invalid@example.com (Andy Barr) Andy Barr
Arcade Game In Basic On My BBC Micro - You Couldn't Do This In The 80s!]]> 3 Christmas 1984: The last hurrah for 8-bit home computers Wed, 01 Jan 2025 10:52:25 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/christmas-1984-the-last-hurrah-for-8-bit-home-computers.771/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/christmas-1984-the-last-hurrah-for-8-bit-home-computers.771/ invalid@example.com (Timothy Kline) Timothy Kline Saturation point, and Nintendo and Sega, were just around the corner

Remember the excitement of leafing through a catalog for home computer bargains? Or perhaps gazing longingly at festive tech displays in Britain's WH Smith (or ComputerLand if you lived Stateside)? Take a step back to 1984 and the last great hurrah of the home computer.

The video game crash of 1983 had already happened in the US, but the UK's home computer market was still buoyant in 1984, even if...

Christmas 1984: The last hurrah for 8-bit home computers]]> 2 Commodore 64 That Launched 42 Years Ago Is Still Being Used Tue, 24 Dec 2024 11:43:44 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/commodore-64-that-launched-42-years-ago-is-still-being-used.769/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/commodore-64-that-launched-42-years-ago-is-still-being-used.769/ invalid@example.com (Timothy Kline) Timothy Kline https://wccftech.com/commodore-64-being-used-in-a-doughnut-shop-42-years-after-its-launch/

From article:

The myth that older hardware lasts longer because companies were focused on making their products durable at the time can be applied to the latest discovery. Even after being 42 years old, a couple of Commodore 64 computers are still being used in a fully operational bakery shop located in Indiana. Some companies are often lambasted for not transitioning to the latest...

Commodore 64 That Launched 42 Years Ago Is Still Being Used]]> 4 The Oric has a new interface and it's a doozy - LOCI is here Tue, 03 Dec 2024 15:12:11 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/the-oric-has-a-new-interface-and-its-a-doozy-loci-is-here.765/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/the-oric-has-a-new-interface-and-its-a-doozy-loci-is-here.765/ invalid@example.com (Vyper68) Vyper68
The Oric has a new interface and it's a doozy - LOCI is here]]> 33 ORIC's old game listing and snapshot are back! Sat, 14 Aug 2021 07:56:59 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/orics-old-game-listing-and-snapshot-are-back.565/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/orics-old-game-listing-and-snapshot-are-back.565/ invalid@example.com (AlexDrito) AlexDrito
https://www.retromagazine.net/nine-hole-golf-oric-basic/]]> 4 Hitachi 3" Disk drive information Oric / Amstrad / Sinclair Wed, 03 Mar 2021 22:24:42 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/hitachi-3-disk-drive-information-oric-amstrad-sinclair.513/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/hitachi-3-disk-drive-information-oric-amstrad-sinclair.513/ invalid@example.com (Graham) Graham
Hitachi 3" Disk drive information Oric / Amstrad / Sinclair - Hitachi 3" Disk drive information Oric / Amstrad / Sinclair

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Hitachi 3" Disk drive information Oric / Amstrad / Sinclair]]> UNO2IEC HOST interface cable Fri, 22 Jan 2021 14:51:57 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/uno2iec-host-interface-cable.471/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/uno2iec-host-interface-cable.471/ invalid@example.com (Andy Barr) Andy Barr
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I've just spotted two of our members involved/name checked in the above project, fellas, ie. AlexDrito and Klyde (Manu).

More can be read in the FREE pdf of Retrogames magazine - Year 2 - Issue 5 available over here, so just thought I'd whet your appetites:...

UNO2IEC HOST interface cable]]> 14 FREE PDF Speccy Lurvers - 30pages of Crash from Fusion Mon, 11 Jan 2021 10:42:39 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/free-pdf-speccy-lurvers-30pages-of-crash-from-fusion.436/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/free-pdf-speccy-lurvers-30pages-of-crash-from-fusion.436/ invalid@example.com (Andy Barr) Andy Barr
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Free sampler issue available here -

https://fusionretrobooks.com/products/pdf-crash-30-page-sampler-issue

This company come highly recommended from our mate, Vyper Richie, who has sent me vouchers and gifts from these guys before and they are very very good presentation and value for money-wise and full of interesting content.

What are you waiting...

FREE PDF Speccy Lurvers - 30pages of Crash from Fusion]]> 2 8bit news for Graham Sat, 26 Dec 2020 20:04:07 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/8bit-news-for-graham.427/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/8bit-news-for-graham.427/ invalid@example.com (Andy Barr) Andy Barr
Buddy, if you still want one of these specimens -

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I acquired a non working but lovely example condition-wise ORIC ATMOS and Rich did his usual.... hmmm, wonder why it won't boot? Baz,...

8bit news for Graham]]> 11 Complete BBC Micro Games Archive Sat, 10 Oct 2020 17:01:08 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/complete-bbc-micro-games-archive.356/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/complete-bbc-micro-games-archive.356/ invalid@example.com (Timothy Kline) Timothy Kline winning a contract from the BBC, Acorn Computers released the 8-bit BBC Micro computer. This was used in most schools in the UK, and many of us who were at school during this time remember the computer fondly.

Over the last few years we have been lovingly restoring some BBC Micro games from the 1980s...

Complete BBC Micro Games Archive]]> 3 Atari Pong Mini Cab.. Mon, 07 Sep 2020 01:06:47 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/atari-pong-mini-cab.330/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/atari-pong-mini-cab.330/ invalid@example.com (Robofruit) Robofruit

It runs on 4 x AA or a micro USB B adapter which is cool.


Atari Pong Mini Cab..]]> 2 The Triumphant March of the 6502 Elektor 2006 Thu, 30 Jul 2020 23:10:47 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/the-triumphant-march-of-the-6502-elektor-2006.304/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/the-triumphant-march-of-the-6502-elektor-2006.304/ invalid@example.com (Graham) Graham
Didn't seem the right place for a Blog, covers all possible Resource interest doesn’t fit Media, and I can't create an Article !]]> 4 CRASH 2021 Annual on Kickstarter Mon, 27 Jul 2020 03:24:17 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/crash-2021-annual-on-kickstarter.301/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/crash-2021-annual-on-kickstarter.301/ invalid@example.com (Vyper68) Vyper68 Cumulus: SD card peripheral for Oric-1 and Atmos computers Wed, 08 Jul 2020 11:00:19 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/cumulus-sd-card-peripheral-for-oric-1-and-atmos-computers.287/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/cumulus-sd-card-peripheral-for-oric-1-and-atmos-computers.287/ invalid@example.com (Timothy Kline) Timothy Kline
Cumulus: SD card peripheral for Oric-1 and Atmos computers - Cumulus is an SD card peripheral for Oric-1 and Oric Atmos computers

Cumulus: SD card peripheral for Oric-1 and Atmos computers]]> It’s Raining Brand-new Commodore 64s Wed, 17 Jun 2020 08:52:31 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/it%E2%80%99s-raining-brand-new-commodore-64s.262/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/it%E2%80%99s-raining-brand-new-commodore-64s.262/ invalid@example.com (Timothy Kline) Timothy Kline
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March 12, 2019

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There’s never been a better time to build your own Commodore 64,...

It’s Raining Brand-new Commodore 64s]]> Oric Atmos and Oric 1 Graphics and Machine Code Techniques Mon, 18 May 2020 14:17:11 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/oric-atmos-and-oric-1-graphics-and-machine-code-techniques.228/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/oric-atmos-and-oric-1-graphics-and-machine-code-techniques.228/ invalid@example.com (Timothy Kline) Timothy Kline
Oric Atmos and Oric 1 Graphics and Machine Code Techniques - It is a very technical guide to the Oric-1 and the later Atmos...

Oric Atmos and Oric 1 Graphics and Machine Code Techniques]]> 1 Developing Software on ORIC Microcomputers Mon, 18 May 2020 10:29:15 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/developing-software-on-oric-microcomputers.227/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/developing-software-on-oric-microcomputers.227/ invalid@example.com (Timothy Kline) Timothy Kline
Developing Software on ORIC Microcomputers - by François Revol At: FOSDEM 2018 Room: AW1.121 Scheduled start: 2018-02-04 14:05:00+01

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Developing Software on ORIC Microcomputers]]> Nice Slice of Robofruit pie... Sun, 17 May 2020 13:20:13 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/nice-slice-of-robofruit-pie.224/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/nice-slice-of-robofruit-pie.224/ invalid@example.com (Robofruit) Robofruit
https://zxrenew.co.uk/OMNI-128HQ-LAPTOP-Original-Speccy-Colours-pre-Order-p135842057

So I was trimming a plastic housing for the screen and slipped with the Stanley knife. Slashed across my thigh, an inch deep and four across. So after a trip to A&E and 4 stitches I am back home.

Such is my dedication to the cause, I will post pics (of...

Nice Slice of Robofruit pie...]]> 4 Muso's Oric Site Sat, 14 Mar 2020 18:49:01 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/musos-oric-site.128/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/musos-oric-site.128/ invalid@example.com (Timothy Kline) Timothy Kline
Muso's Oric Site - A site dedicated to the Oric Atmos and Oric-1 computers.

Read more about this resource...]]> TOSEC: Tangerine Oric 1 and Atmos Sat, 07 Mar 2020 18:37:27 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/tosec-tangerine-oric-1-and-atmos.108/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/tosec-tangerine-oric-1-and-atmos.108/ invalid@example.com (Timothy Kline) Timothy Kline
TOSEC: Tangerine Oric 1 and Atmos - TOSEC for Tangerine Oric 1 and Atmos

TOSEC: Tangerine Oric 1 and Atmos]]> 5 Oric International Sat, 07 Mar 2020 12:12:55 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/oric-international.118/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/oric-international.118/ invalid@example.com (Timothy Kline) Timothy Kline
Oric International - The site with everything for Oric Owners

Read more about this resource...]]> Articles about Oric Books and Software Sat, 07 Mar 2020 12:09:13 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/articles-about-oric-books-and-software.117/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/articles-about-oric-books-and-software.117/ invalid@example.com (Timothy Kline) Timothy Kline
Articles about Oric Books and Software - Articles about Oric Books and Software

Read more about this resource...]]> Reference Compilation for Oric Computers Sat, 07 Mar 2020 12:05:07 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/reference-compilation-for-oric-computers.116/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/reference-compilation-for-oric-computers.116/ invalid@example.com (Timothy Kline) Timothy Kline
Reference Compilation for Oric Computers - Compilation of books, articles, et al for Oric

Read more about this resource...]]> Eight Bit Magazine Issue 7 - out now Sun, 23 Feb 2020 18:28:14 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/eight-bit-magazine-issue-7-out-now.93/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/eight-bit-magazine-issue-7-out-now.93/ invalid@example.com (Andy Barr) Andy Barr

Featuring news / articles on the following systems:

- The collectors guide to the BBC Micro
- Titans of 8-Bits
- MSX Hunting in Japan
- Pineapple Amstrad

According to the blurb -

THE MAGAZINE FOR COLLECTORS AND USERS OF EIGHT BIT COMPUTERS ...
Eight Bit Magazine will celebrate early eight bit microcomputers from the 1970's to the early 90's. While most publications cover only the gaming aspect of such computers...

Eight Bit Magazine Issue 7 - out now]]>