{"id":12,"date":"2023-10-09T15:08:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T15:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retrorendezvous.org\/index.php\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T08:46:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T08:46:34","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/retrorendezvous.org\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n
\n

I set up RetroRendezvous to meet like minded Acorn machine owners<\/strong> and to document my re-acquaintance with the BBC B Microcomputer<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To do that I’ve set up a monthly event at the Falkirk business hub providing an informal gathering space for BBC B and Acorn machine owners. Other retro machine owners would also be welcome!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This website also includes a blog to encourage me (!) to document my re-learning of the BBC B Micro in terms of it’s capabilities and coding in BBC B Basic and possibly a bit of 6502 assembly language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The microcomputer revolution in the 1980s and especially the BBC B heavily influenced my youth and later careers in I.T. support and software development – I’m grateful to have lived in a time when personal computing got started! It was an exciting time because it was an era where individuals could interact with computers in a way that was previously unimaginable. I ended up in these I.T. related jobs:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n