The Loud Scots Bloke
@loudscotsbloke.bsky.social
Collector, restorer, programmer of 8bit underdogs and defender of the Mattel Aquarius! Regular columnist of "Templeman's Treasures" in Pixel Addict Magazine - https://loudscotsbloke.itch.io/
To my fellow Scots!! 🏴 Have a great Burn's night the night! 🥃
Fair fa’ your honest, sonsie face,
Great Chieftain o’ the Puddin-race!
Aboon them a’ ye tak your place,
Painch, tripe, or thairm:
Weel are ye wordy of a grace
As lang ‘s my arm.
Fair fa’ your honest, sonsie face,
Great Chieftain o’ the Puddin-race!
Aboon them a’ ye tak your place,
Painch, tripe, or thairm:
Weel are ye wordy of a grace
As lang ‘s my arm.
January 25, 2026 at 11:42 AM
To my fellow Scots!! 🏴 Have a great Burn's night the night! 🥃
Fair fa’ your honest, sonsie face,
Great Chieftain o’ the Puddin-race!
Aboon them a’ ye tak your place,
Painch, tripe, or thairm:
Weel are ye wordy of a grace
As lang ‘s my arm.
Fair fa’ your honest, sonsie face,
Great Chieftain o’ the Puddin-race!
Aboon them a’ ye tak your place,
Painch, tripe, or thairm:
Weel are ye wordy of a grace
As lang ‘s my arm.
Which one would you choose??....
January 21, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Which one would you choose??....
Ok, the build has begun!! Made even more fun by not having any silk screen pointers!! 😳
January 10, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Ok, the build has begun!! Made even more fun by not having any silk screen pointers!! 😳
Right, first machine of 2026... What's on my bench?
January 4, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Right, first machine of 2026... What's on my bench?
Missus back to work today, but I'm off until the 4th.. so decided to redo my tank. I think it's looking great. You don't really get a sense of size on the photo, but it's a 50x25x18 inch tank (385 litre).
December 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Missus back to work today, but I'm off until the 4th.. so decided to redo my tank. I think it's looking great. You don't really get a sense of size on the photo, but it's a 50x25x18 inch tank (385 litre).
I entered this years VCCC 2025. Was much more difficult than previous years. Of course I had to do a wee blue key entry!The goal was to create a snowflake in the shortest amount of code you can. My goal was to get it under 300 bytes. Managed 297,but squeezed it to 272 on my PET
December 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I entered this years VCCC 2025. Was much more difficult than previous years. Of course I had to do a wee blue key entry!The goal was to create a snowflake in the shortest amount of code you can. My goal was to get it under 300 bytes. Managed 297,but squeezed it to 272 on my PET
What do you mean your PAL Apple //c isn't HDMI and in colour???!!! 😎👍💪
December 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
What do you mean your PAL Apple //c isn't HDMI and in colour???!!! 😎👍💪
No fixing tonight... Just fancied some game time. You may be aware that I have a 'thing' for poorly spec'ed / terrible machines, and this is no exception. It's absolutely pants. And I absolutely love it!! Given this distinctive keyboard, it's an easy guess..
December 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
No fixing tonight... Just fancied some game time. You may be aware that I have a 'thing' for poorly spec'ed / terrible machines, and this is no exception. It's absolutely pants. And I absolutely love it!! Given this distinctive keyboard, it's an easy guess..
Can't imagine this will take you long... But here goes... What's on the bench tonight folks?
December 21, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Can't imagine this will take you long... But here goes... What's on the bench tonight folks?
Something I haven't done in a while.. bought a new C64 game. Here we have Sherwood.. and it's absolutely brilliant!!! Playing on a bread bin, with glorious CRT goodness!
December 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Something I haven't done in a while.. bought a new C64 game. Here we have Sherwood.. and it's absolutely brilliant!!! Playing on a bread bin, with glorious CRT goodness!
Some bedtime reading me thinks... Personal Computer World, November 1983. I wonder why I have this particular copy? 😉💙
December 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Some bedtime reading me thinks... Personal Computer World, November 1983. I wonder why I have this particular copy? 😉💙
Ooooo.... New add-on 😎💪
December 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Ooooo.... New add-on 😎💪
Latest repair.. charity shop find. Great wee game!!
November 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Latest repair.. charity shop find. Great wee game!!
That's where it goes, right??
November 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
That's where it goes, right??
On the bench tonight... I hate it when you have a working machine, then put it away for only a few weeks, and when you bring her back out... Screen garbage. So, here we have a nightmare of a machine to work on. Anyone recognise this underpowered oddball??
November 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
On the bench tonight... I hate it when you have a working machine, then put it away for only a few weeks, and when you bring her back out... Screen garbage. So, here we have a nightmare of a machine to work on. Anyone recognise this underpowered oddball??
Ok.. So after discovering that my keyboard no longer worked on my awesome Enterprise at Cambridge last weekend, I opened her up.. Yup.. membrane completely knackered. New one arrived today, and installed!! The Enterprise is back up and running!! Great version of IK+ !!
November 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Ok.. So after discovering that my keyboard no longer worked on my awesome Enterprise at Cambridge last weekend, I opened her up.. Yup.. membrane completely knackered. New one arrived today, and installed!! The Enterprise is back up and running!! Great version of IK+ !!
Playing a great new monochromatic game on my lovely C64C. Tony - Montezuma's Gold. 😎💪
November 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Playing a great new monochromatic game on my lovely C64C. Tony - Montezuma's Gold. 😎💪
Reposted by The Loud Scots Bloke
I have once again created a charity Retro Computer calendar for 2026!! Last year you helped raise £44 for charity by downloading my calendar. Let's try and beat that this year!! 🙏 Thank you!!
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Retro Computer Calendar 2026 by Loudscotsbloke
Retro Computer Calendar 2026
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November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I have once again created a charity Retro Computer calendar for 2026!! Last year you helped raise £44 for charity by downloading my calendar. Let's try and beat that this year!! 🙏 Thank you!!
loudscotsbloke.itch.io/retro-comput...
loudscotsbloke.itch.io/retro-comput...
Had an absolute blast at this year's event! It's so great speaking to members of the public and discussing all things retro computing!! This year I was in the Dev's room with fellow developers who, like me, still write software for computers that are now 40+ years old!!
November 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Had an absolute blast at this year's event! It's so great speaking to members of the public and discussing all things retro computing!! This year I was in the Dev's room with fellow developers who, like me, still write software for computers that are now 40+ years old!!
Absolutely fantastic version... Just having a quick go! 🥚
November 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Absolutely fantastic version... Just having a quick go! 🥚
Right... That's more than enough to take over the world!!! 😳
November 12, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Right... That's more than enough to take over the world!!! 😳
I have once again created a charity Retro Computer calendar for 2026!! Last year you helped raise £44 for charity by downloading my calendar. Let's try and beat that this year!! 🙏 Thank you!!
loudscotsbloke.itch.io/retro-comput...
loudscotsbloke.itch.io/retro-comput...
Retro Computer Calendar 2026 by Loudscotsbloke
Retro Computer Calendar 2026
loudscotsbloke.itch.io
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I have once again created a charity Retro Computer calendar for 2026!! Last year you helped raise £44 for charity by downloading my calendar. Let's try and beat that this year!! 🙏 Thank you!!
loudscotsbloke.itch.io/retro-comput...
loudscotsbloke.itch.io/retro-comput...
On the bench tonight... The answer to life the universe and everything??
November 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
On the bench tonight... The answer to life the universe and everything??
Where indeed!!!? Come and say 'Hello!'
Where else are you going to see an Aquarius II???
Only 2 weeks to go to the Retro Computing Festival! I'll be showing off my Aquarius games,as well as my awesome Aquarius2 and the Aquarius+ I will also have a handful of rare and oddball machines youve never heard of,playing games you never knew existed! tinyurl.com/2025RCF
November 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Where indeed!!!? Come and say 'Hello!'