RetroFest setup is progressing nicely! We've now sold out for Saturday but there's still plenty left for Sunday. See you all this weekend! Retrofest.uk

It's just one week to go! It's getting full, though. We have more tickets available for Sunday, and it’ll be almost exactly* the same wonderful exhibitors. If you’re just coming one day, please consider coming Sunday, to ensure everyone gets to come to our event! www.retrofest.uk/tickets.php

Isambard Kingdom Brunel would like to remind you that it's just TWO WEEKS until RetroFest! retrofest.uk

Well, THIS is exciting. It's probably France's rarest micro - and it's coming to RetroFest! It's a Matra Alice 8000 and it belongs to @retrokrazy.bsky.social - come and see this (and much, much more) in just over two weeks! (31st May / 1st June, tickets here - www.retrofest.uk/tickets.php)

It's only FOUR WEEKS to go until RetroFest. Our exhibitors are slaving away to get their machines ready - and what better way to test them than displaying our logo! Tickets are selling fast, so we recommend buy one in advance if you can - www.retrofest.uk/tickets.php

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...

" ... but, when startled, it soon returned to the safety of the trees and blended into the undergrowth, becoming almost invisible ..."

(David Attenborough voice) "It's very rare to spot a Commodore PET in the wild, as they are normally masters of camouflage. However, this older PET, quietly feeding among the trees, hadn't spotted our cameraman ..."

And here's the witchcraft used for this - an HDMI to composite video convertor plugged into a small UHF transmitter. Range was just a couple feet, but enough for the Panasonic to tune into!

We had hoped to show this on the Sinclair TV1B, but it was hard to get a good reception AND photograph the mini CRT well ...

Now we can watch TV from anywhere in the shop ... www.youtube.com/@shortcircui...

It's time to sit down with a cup of tea here at ShortCircuit and see what's on TV ... www.youtube.com/@shortcircui...

We are VERY excited to announce our first major retro event - RetroFest 2025, to be held at STEAM, the GWR museum in Swindon on 31st May / 1st June. Over 40 exhibitors will be bringing a vast range of computers from the 70s, 80s and 90s. More info - retrofest.uk

If only it were always this tidy ...