Lissa

Today marks the Hackspace’s birthday.

Fourteen years ago on an Autumn Wednesday evening, following online discussions and a few meetings in the Black Swan, members met up in Guppy’s Enterprise Club – a space we would inhabit weekly for the next three years and ten months, to the day.

In recent years, we’ve held birthday celebrations for members and friends, and this year was no exception; we had a little party in the space.  There were friends, there were snacks, there was drinking.  No power…

It’s been a while, so I figured I’d try to bore some of you with some old computer stuff.  Who knows, maybe someone will find this either useful or interesting

I rescued a bunch of old consoles and computers from my parents’ place last time I was over, among them a Spectrum +3 (yes, I know, it’s really an Amstrad…) with a bunch of 3″ disks, tapes, and a Cheetah 125+ joystick.

Cheetah 125+ joystick

The joystick needed some work doing, and while I was on with that I took a look at its autofire,…

As we’ve all been told to stay home for the time being, open nights will not be taking place.

We’ll still be maintaining our online presence, so please drop by our discord for a chat, or post on the Google group.