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  • Bob Pape Part 1 R-Type, Computers and programming

    Bob Pape is a computer game coder that came into prominence in the 8 bit world with his conversion of the Irem coin-op R-type to the humble ZX Spectrum.

    Around ten years ago he wrote an account of how he made the game and described a less than glamourous world of coding that surrounded it in 'It's Behind You' 

    This book is available on www.bizzley.com for free and is highly recommended.

    Part one of this interview, or chat covers Bobs background, the computers he used and other industries he worked in. 

    Subjects discussed - R-type- ZX Spectrum, TRS 80, Dragon 32 and many more!

    I hope you enjoy, please do leave feedback in the usual places.

     

     

     

     

    1 hr 14 min
  • Ceefax is still alive in 2024 - Nathan Dane

    At 23:32:19 BST on 23 October 2012, Schoolboy Nathan Dane witnessed the close down of BBC's teletext service CEEFAX. The following years a pursuit to revive the abandoned service was realised with NMS CEEFAX, a fully working and up to date teletext service that can be used by anyone with an internet connection. Nathan's endeavours were now a national talking point from Radio Two, The press including The Guardian & TV's BBC One Breakfast wanting to find out more.


    Join me in conversation with the inventor and curator, the man himself, Nathan Dane who explains how he done it and what he has in mind next for the 50 year old medium.

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    57 min
  • teletext People - Matti Rämö Finland’s Teletext

    In this episode, I speak with the man in charge of Finland's YLE teletext service. He explains how he got into the industry, his battles with Nokia and the challenges for teletext in the future.


    Thanks to Dan Farrimond, who cleaned up this recording and provided the edits. There are some audio issues but not as many thanks to Mr Yak who, in my opinion is a wizard to get this to you.

     

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    32 min
  • Count Binface on Ceefax & Kempston joysticks

    I had the absolute pleasure of speaking with the extra terrestrial political force of nature that is his Excellency Count Binface. We discussed Ceefax, ZX Spectrum and less important subjects including Boris Johnson, Sadiq Khan & Teressa May.

    What does the future hold for Sigma nine's political big Beast?

     

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    30 min
  • the Max Headroom incident - Whitney Merrill

    It's Max Headroom month! One November evening in 1987 local Chicago TV was invaded by a masked Max Headroom impersonator. For the following 37 years the question of who and why persist.

    Now well past a statute of limitations and the advantage hive mind of the internet we are still no closer to the definitive, but we do have theories!

    Whitney Merrill is a Hacktivist, info security champion and Head of Global Privacy and data Governance at Asansa. She also makes the coolest Pins on her etsy.

    Being brought up in Chicago and immersed in Hack culture she is the perfect guest to have with me in this show.

    We talk about hacking, the direction of security and of course Max!

    THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE

    Find out more about Whitney at

    whitneymerrill.com

    her shop at https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TheGarbageFile

    contact on X @wbm312 or .Bsky.social.com

     

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    37 min
  • Ricardo Autobahn - The Cuban Boys

    Ricardo speaks to me about the CubanBoys  ,teletext, Eurovision and the Poundshop boys. Being championed by Radio One DJ's Jo Wiley and John Peel catapulted Ricardo and his band mates into superstardom when they were spotted by EMI records. Ricardo also speaks about his fascination with the Top 40 and his ZX Spectrum Coding career.

    The Peel Sessions are now available on preciousrecordingsoflondon.com - Please consider buying Sam Tan from poundshopboys.bandcamp.com as the proceeds go to local Charities.

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    37 min
  • Joe Banks - Disinformation, Poet of Noise
    Joe Banks, producer of the art project Disinformation, has been working with Very Low Frequency (VLF) radio since the mid nineteen-nineties. His installations have been exhibited and performed worldwide and been shown on national TV & radio stations including Sky TV and BBC Radio Four. His challenging investigations into Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP) demonstrate the mind’s conscious and unconscious working in a conflicting synergy.

    In this episode Joe speaks to me and my excellent co-host and inspiration, Leila Johnston about how early experiences propelled him towards the sonic voyage of the Disinformation project, his family and future projects.
     

    Warning- this show does contain some loud noises, headphone users beware!

    This show contains the following extracts, in appearance order:


    0'50: “National Grid” by Disinformation 1996 to 1999

    1'20: Hari Kunzru on Sky TV 1999

    5'24: “Electric Skies” Channel 4 “Equinox” 1994

    6'50: “Stargate” by Disinformation 1996

    13'00: “National Grid” by Disinformation, live in Moscow 28 Sept 2000 *

    20'34: “Kwaidan, Part 3” by Disinformation 2002 (from the “Sense & Data Perception” CD 2005)

    30'41: “Sine Wave Speech - Psychoacoustics Demonstration” by Disinformation 19 July 2014

    42'50: “Martelsham Heath” by Disinformation, exhibited at Domo Baal gallery Nov 2017

    50'33: “Language [as] Meta Technology” by Disinformation Nov 2018, remixed July 2021

    1'10'50: “Sound Mirrors” aka “Blackout” soundtrack by Disinformation 1997

    * “National Grid - Live in Moscow” features saxophonists Mike Walter and Andy Knight

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    1 hr 24 min
  • Sofa Club live reportage

    Dan Farrimond and myself reflect on the Chunky Fringe live show, with Jamie Nemeth and Jason Robertson.

    The Audio was provided by Dan from his live stream that you can see with pictures on his YouTube channel.

    Thanks again to @grimfandango and Jamie Nemeth and his awesome twitch channel.

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    1 hr 34 min
  • Teletext Sofa Club Live at Harrow Arts Centre

    This is a live show hosted by myself and Dan Farrimond during Chunky Fringe, the teletext expo that took place at the same venue and day as the Digi Live 30 show held by Mr Biffo.

    We speak to Jason & Rich from What's wrong with Wolfie? Podcast as well as teletext movers and Shakers Jason Robertson, Steve Horsley and Chris Bell.

    The recording was kindly made by 

    Ash Versus of Under Consoletation: The GamesMaster Retrospective Podcast, get him at one of the following:

    https://twitter.com/underconsolepod

    https://www.instagram.com/under.console

    https://www.threads.net/@under.console

    https://twitch.tv/underconsolepod

     

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    1 hr 10 min
  • Stuart Ashen on being Ashens

    Stuart Ashen is a Actor, Screen writer, comedian and critic. He has near 1.6 million YouTube subscribers and 600 million views.

    I also got his name wrong in the intro, we discuss where it all started and the possible future trends as well as the challenges faced when running a large YouTube Channel.

    Stuart gives me his thoughts on social media the recent name change of twitter to X.

     

    Music is from Mr Nissness (.bandcamp.com)

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    53 min

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Podcasts about Peoples relationships with technology, teletext, old Arcades and whatever else.