You ever used an acorn whistle or have any idea what I'm referring to?

No one I've ever shown it to IRL has ever seen or heard of it. Is this some lost #Southern #Appalachian #folk wisdom?

#TVAC #Acorn #Appalachia

Hundreds of #ACORN members — a community-based mass-membership union of working class people — occupy and shut down UK's conference of bailiffs and debt collectors! 😍 ✊

https://acorntheunion.org.uk/acorn-members-shut-down-conference-in-bailiff-action/

#BailiffFreeBritain

Hundreds of #ACORN members — a community-based mass-membership union of working class people — occupy and shut down UK's conference of bailiffs and debt collectors! 😍 ✊

https://acorntheunion.org.uk/acorn-members-shut-down-conference-in-bailiff-action/

#BailiffFreeBritain

Today 38 years ago a small computer manufacturer in UK launched their new product. The RISC machine became the Acorn Risc Machine and later Advanced Risc Machine -> ARM

It is the most used CPU ever. Intel? Never heard of it...

#acorn #AcornComputers#ARM#CPU #retrocomputing #computerhistory

My new version of #Acorn#Electron#Elite is feature-complete! Now for some testing.

Here's the feature list. It’s big! Big enough that this is effectively a Compendium version of Electron Elite; to sit proudly alongside the #BBCMicro Compendia. 🫡

Not long now!

#retrogaming #retrocomputing #8bit

My new version of #Acorn#Electron#Elite is feature-complete! Now for some testing.

Here's the feature list. It’s big! Big enough that this is effectively a Compendium version of Electron Elite; to sit proudly alongside the #BBCMicro Compendia. 🫡

Not long now!

#retrogaming #retrocomputing #8bit