Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell
@8bitshowandtell.bsky.social
Programming, gaming, collecting, and making videos about 8-bits. Amateur computer detective and historian, gradually finding everything is connected. Commodore is my first love, but there's something interesting about every make and model.
super sketch
May 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
super sketch
I have no idea why a book-and-software combination about the TRS-80 Colour Computer has the Loch Ness Monster with his arm (?) around a kid using a Commodore PET computer, but it was the '80s so I guess it's okay.
April 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I have no idea why a book-and-software combination about the TRS-80 Colour Computer has the Loch Ness Monster with his arm (?) around a kid using a Commodore PET computer, but it was the '80s so I guess it's okay.
My first-ever repair of an iPhone 8 was successful: new screen and battery. The phone was given to me by a friend in case I could fix it, after it went through a snowblower and was later found in the snowbank!
April 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
My first-ever repair of an iPhone 8 was successful: new screen and battery. The phone was given to me by a friend in case I could fix it, after it went through a snowblower and was later found in the snowbank!
"Double" your child's school grades in Mathematics, for use with the Commodore 64.
If your kid had 65% in math before, they'll have 130% after. Math(s)!
If your kid had 65% in math before, they'll have 130% after. Math(s)!
March 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
"Double" your child's school grades in Mathematics, for use with the Commodore 64.
If your kid had 65% in math before, they'll have 130% after. Math(s)!
If your kid had 65% in math before, they'll have 130% after. Math(s)!
"LOAD shift/run" is a variation I have not seen before!
March 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
"LOAD shift/run" is a variation I have not seen before!
Probably the most common Commodore 64 disk ever, some variation of the 1541 Test/Demo diskette shipped with every 1541 disk drive. Which version did you have, if any?
March 25, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Probably the most common Commodore 64 disk ever, some variation of the 1541 Test/Demo diskette shipped with every 1541 disk drive. Which version did you have, if any?
Today my dad gave me an old school exercise book, and on the back are these fun ARITHMETICAL TABLES. I've always loved these super-condensed info charts. And now I can quickly check how many Poles in a Furlong, or Scruples in a Dram.
March 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Today my dad gave me an old school exercise book, and on the back are these fun ARITHMETICAL TABLES. I've always loved these super-condensed info charts. And now I can quickly check how many Poles in a Furlong, or Scruples in a Dram.
You might also like Clowns, Clowns, Clowns, CLOWNS, CLOWNS, Clowns, CLOWNS, Clowns
March 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
You might also like Clowns, Clowns, Clowns, CLOWNS, CLOWNS, Clowns, CLOWNS, Clowns
I think my favourite old-timey sentient AI novel is The Adolescence of P-1 from 1977. I like that the author really tried to ground it all in somewhat plausible computer science, rather than just computer magic.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ado...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ado...
March 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I think my favourite old-timey sentient AI novel is The Adolescence of P-1 from 1977. I like that the author really tried to ground it all in somewhat plausible computer science, rather than just computer magic.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ado...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ado...
Somehow I didn't realize that Dr. Charles Forbin in the excellent Colossus: The Forbin Project was played by the same actor as Victor Newman from The Young and the Restless: Eric Braeden. If you haven't watched Colossus, it's one of the best-ever old-timey computer movies, imo.
March 15, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Somehow I didn't realize that Dr. Charles Forbin in the excellent Colossus: The Forbin Project was played by the same actor as Victor Newman from The Young and the Restless: Eric Braeden. If you haven't watched Colossus, it's one of the best-ever old-timey computer movies, imo.
This JCPenney calculator is actually a rebranded Commodore GL-996R. Nice big chunky keys!
March 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
This JCPenney calculator is actually a rebranded Commodore GL-996R. Nice big chunky keys!
One of my favourite things about old computer game collecting is the notes sometimes included to explain away odd design decisions (or bugs), such as this one for Bazooka Bill for Commodore 64.
March 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
One of my favourite things about old computer game collecting is the notes sometimes included to explain away odd design decisions (or bugs), such as this one for Bazooka Bill for Commodore 64.
Needed to find the wide-angle lens to fit this CPC464 in a single picture. Good news: it powers up!
February 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Needed to find the wide-angle lens to fit this CPC464 in a single picture. Good news: it powers up!
Amazingly, this mittful of connectors is all part of one video cable, and hopefully it's the last thing I need to start using my CPC.
February 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Amazingly, this mittful of connectors is all part of one video cable, and hopefully it's the last thing I need to start using my CPC.
Hi! For my little list of Bad Box Art from companies with usually high standards, SSI's "50 Mission Crush" is a new surprise entry.
February 24, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Hi! For my little list of Bad Box Art from companies with usually high standards, SSI's "50 Mission Crush" is a new surprise entry.