Retro computing (also bus related!).
Retro computing (also bus related!).
Hi all,
I am very much a geek and I'm into retro computing. I have a collection Acorn machines (can anyone remember those at School?) as well as more modern hardware like a Iyonix and Raspberry Pi that run Acorn's RISC OS.
Anyway, it looks like Durham County Council were (and perhaps still are) Acorn/RISC OS users, as they used (and possibly still do) the platform to produce the timetables for their bus stops: https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=23134
(29 Jan 2022, 8:06 pm)solsburian Hi all,
I am very much a geek and I'm into retro computing. I have a collection Acorn machines (can anyone remember those at School?) as well as more modern hardware like a Iyonix and Raspberry Pi that run Acorn's RISC OS.
Anyway, it looks like Durham County Council were (and perhaps still are) Acorn/RISC OS users, as they used (and possibly still do) the platform to produce the timetables for their bus stops: https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=23134
(29 Jan 2022, 8:06 pm)solsburian Hi all,
I am very much a geek and I'm into retro computing. I have a collection Acorn machines (can anyone remember those at School?) as well as more modern hardware like a Iyonix and Raspberry Pi that run Acorn's RISC OS.
Anyway, it looks like Durham County Council were (and perhaps still are) Acorn/RISC OS users, as they used (and possibly still do) the platform to produce the timetables for their bus stops: https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=23134
(29 Jan 2022, 8:13 pm)MurdnunoC Can't remember whether it was a BBC Micro or an Acorn, but I remember playing a text-based Wizard of Oz game at school. Would have been around 1986/87-ish.
t was possibly my first ever experience with using a computer.
(29 Jan 2022, 8:13 pm)MurdnunoC Can't remember whether it was a BBC Micro or an Acorn, but I remember playing a text-based Wizard of Oz game at school. Would have been around 1986/87-ish.
t was possibly my first ever experience with using a computer.
(29 Jan 2022, 8:13 pm)MurdnunoC Can't remember whether it was a BBC Micro or an Acorn, but I remember playing a text-based Wizard of Oz game at school. Would have been around 1986/87-ish.Geordie Racer was my favourite.
t was possibly my first ever experience with using a computer.
(29 Jan 2022, 8:13 pm)MurdnunoC Can't remember whether it was a BBC Micro or an Acorn, but I remember playing a text-based Wizard of Oz game at school. Would have been around 1986/87-ish.Geordie Racer was my favourite.
t was possibly my first ever experience with using a computer.
(29 Jan 2022, 8:23 pm)Andreos1 Geordie Racer was my favourite.
One computer shared between the entire school and we all had to take turns.
Don't think we ever completed it.
https://youtu.be/3Ks4J3e5TaA
(29 Jan 2022, 8:23 pm)Andreos1 Geordie Racer was my favourite.
One computer shared between the entire school and we all had to take turns.
Don't think we ever completed it.
https://youtu.be/3Ks4J3e5TaA
(29 Jan 2022, 10:09 pm)solsburian Sadly I never got to play games like that School.Reminds me of this: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24091393
At one of the Wakefield RISC OS shows, I did have a go of a BBC Domesday Project machine (a BBC Micro, laserdisc player and some other hardware). That was pretty cool.
Also, on a almost retro front, the Ticketer ticket machines Arriva use (I'm not sure about other operators) using Windows CE/Embedded Compact, which is end of life next year. It might also explain why they seem slow and clunky for the drivers to use
(29 Jan 2022, 10:09 pm)solsburian Sadly I never got to play games like that School.Reminds me of this: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24091393
At one of the Wakefield RISC OS shows, I did have a go of a BBC Domesday Project machine (a BBC Micro, laserdisc player and some other hardware). That was pretty cool.
Also, on a almost retro front, the Ticketer ticket machines Arriva use (I'm not sure about other operators) using Windows CE/Embedded Compact, which is end of life next year. It might also explain why they seem slow and clunky for the drivers to use
(29 Jan 2022, 10:09 pm)solsburian Sadly I never got to play games like that School.
At one of the Wakefield RISC OS shows, I did have a go of a BBC Domesday Project machine (a BBC Micro, laserdisc player and some other hardware). That was pretty cool.
Also, on a almost retro front, the Ticketer ticket machines Arriva use (I'm not sure about other operators) using Windows CE/Embedded Compact, which is end of life next year. It might also explain why they seem slow and clunky for the drivers to use
(29 Jan 2022, 10:09 pm)solsburian Sadly I never got to play games like that School.
At one of the Wakefield RISC OS shows, I did have a go of a BBC Domesday Project machine (a BBC Micro, laserdisc player and some other hardware). That was pretty cool.
Also, on a almost retro front, the Ticketer ticket machines Arriva use (I'm not sure about other operators) using Windows CE/Embedded Compact, which is end of life next year. It might also explain why they seem slow and clunky for the drivers to use
Definitely no longer used at DCC, though it looks an interesting piece of kit. Timetables nowadays are generated on a much more modern, cloud based software package.
The Ticketer machines is an interesting one though. Generation 1 Ticketer machines used by many North East independent operators do indeed use Windows CE, often in the menus when you press on a button, or click the date/time on the bottom corner to load the pop up clock, it quickly flashes up the traditional Windows cursor. Newer generation machines, like those used by Arriva and Go North East, run an Android OS but still the same Ticketer software/app. The Android OS versions are much quicker at loading up and are less temperamental.
Some Ticketer machines also have the phase-out of 3G connectivity to deal with, reported in RouteOne:
https://www.route-one.net/features/prepa...r-advises/
(01 Feb 2022, 7:15 am)cainebj Definitely no longer used at DCC, though it looks an interesting piece of kit. Timetables nowadays are generated on a much more modern, cloud based software package.
The Ticketer machines is an interesting one though. Generation 1 Ticketer machines used by many North East independent operators do indeed use Windows CE, often in the menus when you press on a button, or click the date/time on the bottom corner to load the pop up clock, it quickly flashes up the traditional Windows cursor. Newer generation machines, like those used by Arriva and Go North East, run an Android OS but still the same Ticketer software/app. The Android OS versions are much quicker at loading up and are less temperamental.
Some Ticketer machines also have the phase-out of 3G connectivity to deal with, reported in RouteOne:
https://www.route-one.net/features/prepa...r-advises/
(01 Feb 2022, 7:15 am)cainebj Definitely no longer used at DCC, though it looks an interesting piece of kit. Timetables nowadays are generated on a much more modern, cloud based software package.
The Ticketer machines is an interesting one though. Generation 1 Ticketer machines used by many North East independent operators do indeed use Windows CE, often in the menus when you press on a button, or click the date/time on the bottom corner to load the pop up clock, it quickly flashes up the traditional Windows cursor. Newer generation machines, like those used by Arriva and Go North East, run an Android OS but still the same Ticketer software/app. The Android OS versions are much quicker at loading up and are less temperamental.
Some Ticketer machines also have the phase-out of 3G connectivity to deal with, reported in RouteOne:
https://www.route-one.net/features/prepa...r-advises/