Rod Hull's Avatar

Rod Hull

@futurewas8bit.bsky.social

The Future was 8bit, and still is in my house.. C64p, SD2IEC, Penultimate+ Cart, divMMC Future, all sorts. VIC20's rulez. Commodore, Sinclair, BBC, Oric, Dragon www.tfw8b.com www.thefuturewas8bit.com

3,395 Followers  |  280 Following  |  1,075 Posts  |  Joined: 13.09.2023  |  1.7618

Latest posts by futurewas8bit.bsky.social on Bluesky

6 Random'ish ZX Spectrum Games: Alien Kill, CyberZone, Rainbow Islands, Seahawk, Uridium & Asteroids
YouTube video by Rod Hull 6 Random'ish ZX Spectrum Games: Alien Kill, CyberZone, Rainbow Islands, Seahawk, Uridium & Asteroids

6 Random'ish ZX Spectrum Games: Alien Kill, CyberZone, Rainbow Islands, Seahawk, Uridium & Asteroids
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmhC...
#RetroComputing #RetroGaming #SinclairSpectrum #SinclairZXSpectrum #ZXSpectrum #Speccy #8bit #Phew!

08.12.2025 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Righy'ho. I've finally eating something today. Next up Ann Coffee if asking for my full attention.

10.12.2025 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, that's the fellas! And you'd even find fag buts in the crusty roll dust in the shoot. Coz smoking while shopping was compulsory for anyone over the age of 5. #FACT πŸ˜‰

10.12.2025 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

I'll have a few of those rock hard crusty rolls that have been sitting around in a free standing plastic display tube thing since 1979. Oh and some raisin club bars.. obvs.
ebay.us/m/mejM2r

10.12.2025 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hmm, that VIC64 with 64k and sprites sounds an awful lot like a typo. πŸ™ƒ

10.12.2025 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image Penultimate+3dcr for the Commodore VIC20 - ROM + RAM + SD2IEC + TURBO + WEDGE - www.tfw8b.com

Penultimate+3dcr for the Commodore VIC20 - ROM + RAM + SD2IEC + TURBO + WEDGE - www.tfw8b.com

divMMC Future for Sinclair ZX Spectrums - SD Card interface for .TAP .Z80 files etc - www.tfw8b.com

divMMC Future for Sinclair ZX Spectrums - SD Card interface for .TAP .Z80 files etc - www.tfw8b.com

SD2IEC & Fastload Hybrid Cartridge for Commodore 64 - www.tfw8b.com

SD2IEC & Fastload Hybrid Cartridge for Commodore 64 - www.tfw8b.com

Hmm.. Looking at the calendar, I guess now is the time to say..

If you want something from www.tfw8b.com/shop/ to be delivered before #xmas, you should probably order your #8bit thing via express shipping NOW!

#Commodore64 #CommodoreVIC20 #SinclairSpectrum #AndMore

10.12.2025 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ooooo! That sounds like a plan!

09.12.2025 18:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Nope

09.12.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine

Yeah, good point! I've used archive.org for files in the past!

09.12.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Do u recon I'd be better off going disk only(HXC).. I'm mostly sure I've got a box of Gotek type drives somewhere.

09.12.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I keep meaning to dig one out.. but I really could do with getting one of those M4's is it?.. rather than loading from tape

09.12.2025 01:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
6 Random'ish ZX Spectrum Games: Alien Kill, CyberZone, Rainbow Islands, Seahawk, Uridium & Asteroids
YouTube video by Rod Hull 6 Random'ish ZX Spectrum Games: Alien Kill, CyberZone, Rainbow Islands, Seahawk, Uridium & Asteroids

6 Random'ish ZX Spectrum Games: Alien Kill, CyberZone, Rainbow Islands, Seahawk, Uridium & Asteroids
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmhC...
#RetroComputing #RetroGaming #SinclairSpectrum #SinclairZXSpectrum #ZXSpectrum #Speccy #8bit #Phew!

08.12.2025 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image Post image Post image Post image

Ben Heck did one like that One Million years ago. But with a 4:3 IIRC..

Eaak and it turns out I did my valiant (c64p) 10 long years ago!

08.12.2025 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow, that's aces!

07.12.2025 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Signed photo of grotbags

Signed photo of grotbags

Signed photo of grotbags. Shame no real Rod Hull as that would have been a good Christmas present. @futurewas8bit.bsky.social

07.12.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
ChinnyVision - Ep 571 - Copter 271, The Last Commercial GX4000 Game
YouTube video by ChinnyVision - The Retro Game Review Channel ChinnyVision - Ep 571 - Copter 271, The Last Commercial GX4000 Game

NEW VIDEO: Copter 271 is an Amstrad GX4000 exclusive title released in September 1991. So only a year late from when they might have actually sold some copies. youtu.be/Yf7bAjDB90M

07.12.2025 12:47 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image Post image Post image Post image

New blog post - "Can I Add Games to the Penultimate Cartridge?"
blog.tynemouthsoftware.co.uk/2025/12/can-...
(quick answer is yes, that's why we made the PU+3)

07.12.2025 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
JellyLoad Optical Interface board

JellyLoad Optical Interface board

JellyLoad hardware repository updated to include manufacturing document packs ready to go.

github.com/StefanoGaivo...

07.12.2025 09:58 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Procomm Plus was my go-to for years.. But I think I ended the DOS days with Terminate?

06.12.2025 07:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Headache tells me that's enough of those for this evening.

But an caffeine & big bags of drugs.. and maybe later I might record something VIC20'y for da'tubes.

05.12.2025 23:13 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

At the very least! But it is amazing how many VIC20 things I've sold over the years. Probably coz it's the best 8bit #FACT 😎

05.12.2025 22:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

Smug mode enabled πŸ˜‰

05.12.2025 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image Post image Post image

Since I got home from work. I have been mostly building..
One Million Penultimate+3dcr cables!
www.tfw8b.com/product/penu...
#VIC20 #CommodoreVIC20 #Commodore
#AsSeenOnYoutube πŸ˜‰

05.12.2025 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
05.12.2025 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Lolz! 🀣

05.12.2025 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Burn it with fire!

05.12.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
This page showcases the Commodore collection, featuring computers (Commodore 64 and VIC-20) and a range of peripherals such as printers, monitors, and disk drives. The page emphasizes the high resolution graphics and various capabilities of the products.

(+1520 four colour printer/plotter
1525 dot matrix tractor feed printer
1526 dot matrix tractor feed printer
1530 c2n cassette
1541 single disk drive
1701 colour video monitor
Commodore 64
and With Complete Starter Pack)

This page showcases the Commodore collection, featuring computers (Commodore 64 and VIC-20) and a range of peripherals such as printers, monitors, and disk drives. The page emphasizes the high resolution graphics and various capabilities of the products. (+1520 four colour printer/plotter 1525 dot matrix tractor feed printer 1526 dot matrix tractor feed printer 1530 c2n cassette 1541 single disk drive 1701 colour video monitor Commodore 64 and With Complete Starter Pack)

#Christmas 1983: Computers & Peripherals and VIC 20 Starter Packs from Greens of Debenhams

(+Commodore 64; 1701 colour video monitor; 1525 dot matrix tractor feed printer; 1526 dot matrix tractor feed printer; 1541 single disk drive; 1520 four colour printer/plotter, and more)

04.12.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Good stuff! You'll love it! πŸ₯°

04.12.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Great video.

Thanks Robin.

Throbin.

Oh. wait, no, that sounds wrong.

04.12.2025 09:50 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, it looks that way. Probably the latter.. I don't tend to check in on social as much as I used too. Same seems to go for many of the 'retro' people I know. And as for xhitter. Yeah, I think it's just bots and shouty people left.

04.12.2025 02:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

@futurewas8bit is following 20 prominent accounts