The Digital Orphanage
@thedigitalorphan.bsky.social
Creating Retro Technology Insight and Entertainment on http://thedigitalorphanage.com
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When the Amiga prototype computer was desperate for an operating system, UK based Dr Tim King saved the day. Get cosy with a cuppa and join me as I talk with Dr Tim King and his wife Jessica and hear about their fascinating time with Amiga and more.
youtu.be/pm-szurM5VY
#Amiga
youtu.be/pm-szurM5VY
#Amiga
Things you never knew existed...
"Manhole Cover Grease"
Today's maintenance job at the museum was to stop some smells coming from a manhole in the basement. The things I do for @museumofcomputing.bsky.social!
"Manhole Cover Grease"
Today's maintenance job at the museum was to stop some smells coming from a manhole in the basement. The things I do for @museumofcomputing.bsky.social!
October 31, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Things you never knew existed...
"Manhole Cover Grease"
Today's maintenance job at the museum was to stop some smells coming from a manhole in the basement. The things I do for @museumofcomputing.bsky.social!
"Manhole Cover Grease"
Today's maintenance job at the museum was to stop some smells coming from a manhole in the basement. The things I do for @museumofcomputing.bsky.social!
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Do you want to support your local computer museum and have fun at Halloween? Come and join us for an evening of spooky gaming on Friday 31st of October!
Purchase your ticket online at the link below
www.zeffy.com/en-GB/ticket...
#Halloween #retrogaming
#Swindon #Computer #Museum
Purchase your ticket online at the link below
www.zeffy.com/en-GB/ticket...
#Halloween #retrogaming
#Swindon #Computer #Museum
October 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Do you want to support your local computer museum and have fun at Halloween? Come and join us for an evening of spooky gaming on Friday 31st of October!
Purchase your ticket online at the link below
www.zeffy.com/en-GB/ticket...
#Halloween #retrogaming
#Swindon #Computer #Museum
Purchase your ticket online at the link below
www.zeffy.com/en-GB/ticket...
#Halloween #retrogaming
#Swindon #Computer #Museum
Amazing to think 1970's computers are still out there doing what they were designed for!
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Viking Orbiter Command Computer Subsystem
YouTube video by decle
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September 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Amazing to think 1970's computers are still out there doing what they were designed for!
youtu.be/3QZPHKBcdhk?...
youtu.be/3QZPHKBcdhk?...
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👻 🧌 Get ready for BYTE NIGHT!!!👻 🧌
Join us for a night of Halloween-themed retro gaming at the Museum of Computing in the Swindon town centre. Enjoy a high score challenge and additional consoles not normally available to play in the museum.
To buy tickets visit: www.zeffy.com/en-GB/ticket...
Join us for a night of Halloween-themed retro gaming at the Museum of Computing in the Swindon town centre. Enjoy a high score challenge and additional consoles not normally available to play in the museum.
To buy tickets visit: www.zeffy.com/en-GB/ticket...
September 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
👻 🧌 Get ready for BYTE NIGHT!!!👻 🧌
Join us for a night of Halloween-themed retro gaming at the Museum of Computing in the Swindon town centre. Enjoy a high score challenge and additional consoles not normally available to play in the museum.
To buy tickets visit: www.zeffy.com/en-GB/ticket...
Join us for a night of Halloween-themed retro gaming at the Museum of Computing in the Swindon town centre. Enjoy a high score challenge and additional consoles not normally available to play in the museum.
To buy tickets visit: www.zeffy.com/en-GB/ticket...
☑️75 litres homebrew cider
☑️Empty bottles
☑️Siphon
☑️Salty snacks
☑️Glass for "QC testing"
☑️Hans Zimmer F1 Movie OST
☑️Zero miles tree to bottle
Cheers! 🍻
How's your Sunday going?
☑️Empty bottles
☑️Siphon
☑️Salty snacks
☑️Glass for "QC testing"
☑️Hans Zimmer F1 Movie OST
☑️Zero miles tree to bottle
Cheers! 🍻
How's your Sunday going?
August 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
☑️75 litres homebrew cider
☑️Empty bottles
☑️Siphon
☑️Salty snacks
☑️Glass for "QC testing"
☑️Hans Zimmer F1 Movie OST
☑️Zero miles tree to bottle
Cheers! 🍻
How's your Sunday going?
☑️Empty bottles
☑️Siphon
☑️Salty snacks
☑️Glass for "QC testing"
☑️Hans Zimmer F1 Movie OST
☑️Zero miles tree to bottle
Cheers! 🍻
How's your Sunday going?
To the World's Greatest 'Hacker'!
Do you know anything about this item? Did you make it or perhaps present it to Kevin Mitnick?
Found in a house clearance warehouse its new owner would love to know more about it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcGH...
#cybersecurity #hacker #hackernews #history
Do you know anything about this item? Did you make it or perhaps present it to Kevin Mitnick?
Found in a house clearance warehouse its new owner would love to know more about it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcGH...
#cybersecurity #hacker #hackernews #history
June 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Mrs TDO never leaves home without a knitting project. Here she's knitting a multi-coloured 'End of life care' blanket for our local hospital. She certainly wasn't expecting to make friends with another knitter at the cave.
A little software assembly taking place in The Cave today…
June 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Mrs TDO never leaves home without a knitting project. Here she's knitting a multi-coloured 'End of life care' blanket for our local hospital. She certainly wasn't expecting to make friends with another knitter at the cave.
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The Museum of Computing would like to thank @shortcircuit.org.uk for organising the amazing RetroFest event in our home town of Swindon. It was a pleasure to collaborate with them and we met so many wonderful visitors and exhibitors. We look forward to supporting next year's event!
June 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The Museum of Computing would like to thank @shortcircuit.org.uk for organising the amazing RetroFest event in our home town of Swindon. It was a pleasure to collaborate with them and we met so many wonderful visitors and exhibitors. We look forward to supporting next year's event!
I'll be at #RetroFest both days with my @museumofcomputing.bsky.social hat on! Be sure to stop by the museum stand and have a chat and don't forget the Museum of Computing is open that day too and only a 20 minute walk away through the town centre!
Isambard Kingdom Brunel would like to remind you that it's just TWO WEEKS until RetroFest! retrofest.uk
May 18, 2025 at 8:55 AM
I'll be at #RetroFest both days with my @museumofcomputing.bsky.social hat on! Be sure to stop by the museum stand and have a chat and don't forget the Museum of Computing is open that day too and only a 20 minute walk away through the town centre!
Music WITHIN the Star Wars universe that's great to listen to... it's about time.
youtu.be/6E7gfpGql7w?...
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NIAMOS | Season 2 Club MIX | Andor OST Cover Chandrila Wedding, Mon Mothma Dance Music #andorseason2
YouTube video by Jeremy Brauns Music
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April 25, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Music WITHIN the Star Wars universe that's great to listen to... it's about time.
youtu.be/6E7gfpGql7w?...
youtu.be/6E7gfpGql7w?...
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Oh wow, it's exactly 2 months until RetroFest 2025 in Swindon! If you want to read more about who's coming, take a look at www.retrofest.uk/whowhat.php and if you actually want to see some of them, take a look here! www.youtube.com/@shortcircui...
March 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Oh wow, it's exactly 2 months until RetroFest 2025 in Swindon! If you want to read more about who's coming, take a look at www.retrofest.uk/whowhat.php and if you actually want to see some of them, take a look here! www.youtube.com/@shortcircui...
A few more checks needed but a new LOPT has fixed this Atari ST monitor for @museumofcomputing.bsky.social
The HR STVDST-01 TV simulator is a useful tool for confirming the old LOPT was faulty before replacing it. The old LOPT has a strange bulge which could be from a winding breaking down.
The HR STVDST-01 TV simulator is a useful tool for confirming the old LOPT was faulty before replacing it. The old LOPT has a strange bulge which could be from a winding breaking down.
March 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
A few more checks needed but a new LOPT has fixed this Atari ST monitor for @museumofcomputing.bsky.social
The HR STVDST-01 TV simulator is a useful tool for confirming the old LOPT was faulty before replacing it. The old LOPT has a strange bulge which could be from a winding breaking down.
The HR STVDST-01 TV simulator is a useful tool for confirming the old LOPT was faulty before replacing it. The old LOPT has a strange bulge which could be from a winding breaking down.
Reposted by The Digital Orphanage
💻🕹 HALF-TERM TAKEOVER! 🎮👾
This week our brilliant work experience students are being given the keys to the museum and will be in charge all week!
Thanks to the students the museum will be open all week: 9.30am to 5pm Tuesday to Saturday.
#halfterm #computing #museum #retrogaming #Swindon
This week our brilliant work experience students are being given the keys to the museum and will be in charge all week!
Thanks to the students the museum will be open all week: 9.30am to 5pm Tuesday to Saturday.
#halfterm #computing #museum #retrogaming #Swindon
February 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM
💻🕹 HALF-TERM TAKEOVER! 🎮👾
This week our brilliant work experience students are being given the keys to the museum and will be in charge all week!
Thanks to the students the museum will be open all week: 9.30am to 5pm Tuesday to Saturday.
#halfterm #computing #museum #retrogaming #Swindon
This week our brilliant work experience students are being given the keys to the museum and will be in charge all week!
Thanks to the students the museum will be open all week: 9.30am to 5pm Tuesday to Saturday.
#halfterm #computing #museum #retrogaming #Swindon
Any Retro YouTubers in the UK want a unique project for their channel? 😂
January 28, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Any Retro YouTubers in the UK want a unique project for their channel? 😂
If you see this, post a bridge!
December 5, 2024 at 1:31 PM
If you see this, post a bridge!
The new Jaguar is kind of making me nostalgic for pre-texture-mapped, gouraud-shaded games.
December 3, 2024 at 5:47 PM
The new Jaguar is kind of making me nostalgic for pre-texture-mapped, gouraud-shaded games.
When the Amiga prototype computer was desperate for an operating system, UK based Dr Tim King saved the day. Get cosy with a cuppa and join me as I talk with Dr Tim King and his wife Jessica and hear about their fascinating time with Amiga and more.
youtu.be/pm-szurM5VY
#Amiga
youtu.be/pm-szurM5VY
#Amiga
November 14, 2024 at 6:49 PM
When the Amiga prototype computer was desperate for an operating system, UK based Dr Tim King saved the day. Get cosy with a cuppa and join me as I talk with Dr Tim King and his wife Jessica and hear about their fascinating time with Amiga and more.
youtu.be/pm-szurM5VY
#Amiga
youtu.be/pm-szurM5VY
#Amiga
Hello everyone!
I've joined the mass migration for some blue-sky thinking!
I've joined the mass migration for some blue-sky thinking!
a flock of butterflies flying in a blue sky with sci-fiwise written on the bottom
ALT: a flock of butterflies flying in a blue sky with sci-fiwise written on the bottom
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November 14, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Hello everyone!
I've joined the mass migration for some blue-sky thinking!
I've joined the mass migration for some blue-sky thinking!