Colin Hoad

Acorn Hobbyist

Hello! I'm Colin and I make videos about my love of all things Acorn - the BBC Micro, BBC Master, Acorn Electron and all the games and software these mighty machines are capable of running.

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Latest From Colin Hoad

Jul 09, 2025

My exciting announcement at the National Museum of Computing!

Less than a month since the Econet LAN Party, I've returned to the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park... and this time with a very special personal announcement!I strongly encourage you to visit, especially if you've never been before - hopefully my video will have given you a very brief taster of what's on offer, but you really need to see it to get the full experience. Visit https://

Econet LAN Party 2025

Last weekend I made a trip to the National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) to attend two back-to-back days of Econet glory! This was my first ever Econet LAN party and it was ace. I got to experience what it's like having a large roomful of Acorns all networked together, playing competitive Elite, bidding on machines I don't really need and enjoying some first class talks from the likes of Rob "Networ

Econet In A Nutshell - Part 1

Econet In A Nutshell - Part 1First in a two-part video series exploring the wonderful world of Econet, Acorn's very own network.In this video I'll be taking a look at the history of Econet, what it is, how it works, what you need to run it and what you can actually do with it once it's up and running.I've been helped a lot in this video by a number of people, but I'd like to especially thank IanS

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