Martin

@martinburch.com

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Data research and computer history

A computer screen displaying a text adventure in the EMF arcade
An arm in a checked long sleeve shirt, black and white pattern
A van advertising Dreamland Beds, at wholesale prices
A paper cup with GWR written on it
A cordless phone with a sign in the background which says “powered sockets for laptops and phones between seats “
A gigaset DECT phone in front of a t-shirt with a joystick and the words "KEEP IT CLASSIC"
A field of grain with flowers in the foreground and a clear blue sky
A copy of a magazine and a refreshing cold beverage under a shade tree with a sunny lawn in the background
A person standing next to an old microcomputer system.
A person holds a large optical disc
I’m looking at myself through the screen of a professional video camera
A close up view of the corner of a hardback book showing page 91 and some text with a small green insect
The title page of a book called “Electronic Dreams” open on a blue table with a mug of tea
A promotional clock for Digital Equipment Corporation showing the slogan “a solution at the end of every RAINBOW”
An old computer terminal and keyboard showing an animal guessing game
The outside of a passenger train carriage reading “Network SouthEast”
A tomato sliced in half sitting on a wooden tabletop in a sunbeam
An animated screenshot showing a webpage describing a song popularity quiz, with a big START GAME button
A screenshot contextualising the retracted infographic within the paper.
A screenshot of the original Quibbles game showing 3 green creatures running across brown tracks and three player characters with stats.
daisies overlooking a riverside path at the Oxford Botanic Garden (where i can usually be found, tbh) with a tree on the opposite bank and a green cricket field beyond, under a cloudy sky
A view from Sandia Peak from the tram
A little sachet reading “i am fully compostable”
A round sign reading “I’m not for sale”attached to a bed at a shop
A bottle of cleaning spray reads no scrub technology
A vase of daffodils in a sunny window overlooking green grass, a dark hedge, sunlit brick buildings and blue cloudless sky.
A Vectrex home game console and some personal computers
Gameplay of the text adventure Zork on a Commodore PC
Box for the text adventure game Zork in front of a late-80s PC
An old modem with blinking red lights is plugged into an old Apple Macintosh PowerBook in a darkened room. The sound of dial up.
A mug which says no probllama, and has an illustration of a 🦙
A rural landscape of green fields as seen from a train window on a sunny summer afternoon