Simon Bond
@bondytech.uk
Ealing. Computer stuff. #RetroComputing to #EndUserComputing and #Cloud. #BBCMicro #RetroGames #ASM #Powershell #Azure #Intune #SCCM #ConfigMgr.
Also... #Poker, #Techno, #BrentfordFC. #BMX. #TheCure. Usually follow back.
Web: https://bondytech.uk
Also... #Poker, #Techno, #BrentfordFC. #BMX. #TheCure. Usually follow back.
Web: https://bondytech.uk
#Poker night, last hand: all-in, cards on their backs. Hero has bullets vs spades—feeling good. Ace hits the flop, easy win! Then a spade on the turn—flush for villain? Not today! River drops and the final bullet fired: four of a kind. From despair to triumph in one card. #4ofakind #Aces
November 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
The #Dragon32. What started as toy co Mettoy became Dragon Data in the early 80s. They produced what is basically a cheap TRS80 using the same Motorola MC6809E processor and MSBasic. Decent kb and good HW support, but crap (mostly green) graphics led to less than stellar adoption.
#RetoComputers
#RetoComputers
November 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The #Dragon32. What started as toy co Mettoy became Dragon Data in the early 80s. They produced what is basically a cheap TRS80 using the same Motorola MC6809E processor and MSBasic. Decent kb and good HW support, but crap (mostly green) graphics led to less than stellar adoption.
#RetoComputers
#RetoComputers
Been a while since a #retro post but I think the 'strad deserves a place. AMS introduced this arguably in the later stages of the 80s boom when sales elsewhere were declining. Sugar seemed to hit a sweet spot, combining all-in function with good graphics and sound. It sold 2m units.
#retrocomputing
#retrocomputing
October 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Been a while since a #retro post but I think the 'strad deserves a place. AMS introduced this arguably in the later stages of the 80s boom when sales elsewhere were declining. Sugar seemed to hit a sweet spot, combining all-in function with good graphics and sound. It sold 2m units.
#retrocomputing
#retrocomputing
Ealing half. Before and after. I don't think the 'after' quite conveys the difficulty this year. I was knackered. Just under 2h but nowhere near what I expected. Next year, more training, less eating b4, and maybe trainers that aren't falling to bits.
#EalingFeeling
#EalingHalf
#EalingFeeling
#EalingHalf
September 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Ealing half. Before and after. I don't think the 'after' quite conveys the difficulty this year. I was knackered. Just under 2h but nowhere near what I expected. Next year, more training, less eating b4, and maybe trainers that aren't falling to bits.
#EalingFeeling
#EalingHalf
#EalingFeeling
#EalingHalf
#Poker night. Final hand and wasn't looking good for the win when villain made a set of cowboys on the turn. Then the ten came making the nut straight. Game over, trophy retained for another month. A good night's work.
September 6, 2025 at 9:02 AM
#Poker night. Final hand and wasn't looking good for the win when villain made a set of cowboys on the turn. Then the ten came making the nut straight. Game over, trophy retained for another month. A good night's work.
Great day out @heritagelive.bsky.social watching the PSBs and Scissor Sisters. Can never quite figure out why the journey takes so long from London given is only around 105m though? Roads the and back are fast enough but time slows down a soon as you hit Norfolk!
August 15, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Great day out @heritagelive.bsky.social watching the PSBs and Scissor Sisters. Can never quite figure out why the journey takes so long from London given is only around 105m though? Roads the and back are fast enough but time slows down a soon as you hit Norfolk!
Kula Shaker's new single is quite good, but the organ bit in the middle is lifted straight from The Door's 'Riders on a Storm'. Practically note for note. Is this even legal? :-)
@kulashaker.bsky.social
#TheDoors
#RidersOnTheStorm
@kulashaker.bsky.social
#TheDoors
#RidersOnTheStorm
August 7, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Kula Shaker's new single is quite good, but the organ bit in the middle is lifted straight from The Door's 'Riders on a Storm'. Practically note for note. Is this even legal? :-)
@kulashaker.bsky.social
#TheDoors
#RidersOnTheStorm
@kulashaker.bsky.social
#TheDoors
#RidersOnTheStorm
July 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
July 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
#ScottishWhiskyTour day 3. Glenfiddich.
July 12, 2025 at 10:24 AM
#ScottishWhiskyTour day 3. Glenfiddich.
July 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Thanks @lepouns.com !
Just received this fantastic album in the post today. Loving it.
#Lepouns
#BelgianPot
Just received this fantastic album in the post today. Loving it.
#Lepouns
#BelgianPot
May 23, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Thanks @lepouns.com !
Just received this fantastic album in the post today. Loving it.
#Lepouns
#BelgianPot
Just received this fantastic album in the post today. Loving it.
#Lepouns
#BelgianPot
This really was the machine that started the computer revolution of today and shares many compatible elements with todays PCs. Difficult to believe these were 8bit although it had 20bits of add space allowing up to 1MB of memory. Running MSBASIC it was an instant success.
#TopTrumps
#RetroComputing
#TopTrumps
#RetroComputing
May 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
This really was the machine that started the computer revolution of today and shares many compatible elements with todays PCs. Difficult to believe these were 8bit although it had 20bits of add space allowing up to 1MB of memory. Running MSBASIC it was an instant success.
#TopTrumps
#RetroComputing
#TopTrumps
#RetroComputing
Oops. Looks like an Easter day trip to see my mum turned out a little more expensive than anticipated after I reversed into her gatepost. 🤬
Anyone know a good bodywork specialist in the Ealing area?
Anyone know a good bodywork specialist in the Ealing area?
April 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Oops. Looks like an Easter day trip to see my mum turned out a little more expensive than anticipated after I reversed into her gatepost. 🤬
Anyone know a good bodywork specialist in the Ealing area?
Anyone know a good bodywork specialist in the Ealing area?
Launched in 1977 the #AppleII was a pioneering personal computer. It featured color graphics, 8 expansion slots, and had popular games, ed & business software, most notably VisiCalc. Its design and versatility significantly influenced the early personal computer industry.
#TopTrumps
#RetroComputing
#TopTrumps
#RetroComputing
April 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Launched in 1977 the #AppleII was a pioneering personal computer. It featured color graphics, 8 expansion slots, and had popular games, ed & business software, most notably VisiCalc. Its design and versatility significantly influenced the early personal computer industry.
#TopTrumps
#RetroComputing
#TopTrumps
#RetroComputing
With all this Trump nonsense about, today's 'Top Trump' is the #Altair8800. This is to commemorate a week in which Bill Gates released the source code for Altair 8800 BASIC to celebrate #50years of #MSFT. This is the code MSFT was founded on.
www.gatesnotes.com/microsoft-or...
#Retrocomputing
#BASIC
www.gatesnotes.com/microsoft-or...
#Retrocomputing
#BASIC
April 4, 2025 at 7:35 AM
With all this Trump nonsense about, today's 'Top Trump' is the #Altair8800. This is to commemorate a week in which Bill Gates released the source code for Altair 8800 BASIC to celebrate #50years of #MSFT. This is the code MSFT was founded on.
www.gatesnotes.com/microsoft-or...
#Retrocomputing
#BASIC
www.gatesnotes.com/microsoft-or...
#Retrocomputing
#BASIC
4 of a kind on poker night and the 'croc of cash' (ok technically an alligator, but the name doesn't scan as well).
#Poker
#4ofakind
#texasholdem
#Poker
#4ofakind
#texasholdem
March 22, 2025 at 8:39 AM
4 of a kind on poker night and the 'croc of cash' (ok technically an alligator, but the name doesn't scan as well).
#Poker
#4ofakind
#texasholdem
#Poker
#4ofakind
#texasholdem
The #RobotronKC87. One of the first names to trip off the tongue from the 8-bit era :-)
What can I say? Not much other than it's kind of the German equivalent to the BBC Micro for it's education use, but not as good and Z80-based.
I'll leave it to YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvp0...
#TopTrumps
What can I say? Not much other than it's kind of the German equivalent to the BBC Micro for it's education use, but not as good and Z80-based.
I'll leave it to YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvp0...
#TopTrumps
March 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The #RobotronKC87. One of the first names to trip off the tongue from the 8-bit era :-)
What can I say? Not much other than it's kind of the German equivalent to the BBC Micro for it's education use, but not as good and Z80-based.
I'll leave it to YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvp0...
#TopTrumps
What can I say? Not much other than it's kind of the German equivalent to the BBC Micro for it's education use, but not as good and Z80-based.
I'll leave it to YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvp0...
#TopTrumps
The #Oric1 sold around 160K units in the UK in 1983 & could be considered to be on the periphery of the popular crowd without ever quite getting there. 6502-based, it was a decent machine which supported teletext graphics and the Prestel adapter. The #OricAtmos was a worthy successor too.
#TopTrumps
#TopTrumps
March 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The #Oric1 sold around 160K units in the UK in 1983 & could be considered to be on the periphery of the popular crowd without ever quite getting there. 6502-based, it was a decent machine which supported teletext graphics and the Prestel adapter. The #OricAtmos was a worthy successor too.
#TopTrumps
#TopTrumps
God bless Charles DeGaulle airport in Paris! Haven't seen airport entertainment like this for years. Or, for that matter, anywhere else.
#arcade
#charlesdegaulle
#retrocomputing
#arcade
#charlesdegaulle
#retrocomputing
February 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
God bless Charles DeGaulle airport in Paris! Haven't seen airport entertainment like this for years. Or, for that matter, anywhere else.
#arcade
#charlesdegaulle
#retrocomputing
#arcade
#charlesdegaulle
#retrocomputing
During the mid 80's just before the 16bit AtariST/Amiga era, a whole load of Japanese manufacturers got together and made their own machines but with a common architectue/OS calling them 'MSX'. This ensured games and software compatibility on all models.
Decent spec too.
#TopTrumps
#RetroComputers
Decent spec too.
#TopTrumps
#RetroComputers
February 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
During the mid 80's just before the 16bit AtariST/Amiga era, a whole load of Japanese manufacturers got together and made their own machines but with a common architectue/OS calling them 'MSX'. This ensured games and software compatibility on all models.
Decent spec too.
#TopTrumps
#RetroComputers
Decent spec too.
#TopTrumps
#RetroComputers
The Exidy Sorcerer. Not a machine that trips off the tongue when gassing about #retrocomputing but this was fairly adv for it's day, sporting a Z80 with a built in machine code monitor and a 2.1 MHz CPU. Popular in Europe, esp Holland, it ran MS-BASIC from a cartridge. $895 at release.
#TopTrumps
#TopTrumps
February 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The Exidy Sorcerer. Not a machine that trips off the tongue when gassing about #retrocomputing but this was fairly adv for it's day, sporting a Z80 with a built in machine code monitor and a 2.1 MHz CPU. Popular in Europe, esp Holland, it ran MS-BASIC from a cartridge. $895 at release.
#TopTrumps
#TopTrumps