This week on TWiR we talk about snooping through old hard drives, what treasures can they contain? The BBC Micro is 40 and the people that know all about it are getting back together for a special event. Rest in Peace Mr. Dotman, the creator of Pac Man, Hiroshi Ono, has died. How Mini is Too Mini? Is this new Thumby just too small?All this plus our community question of the week on This Week in Retro!https://www.wired.co.uk/article/vintage-computers-datahttps://www.tnmoc.org/events/2021/11/30/experts-reunited-for-the-40th-anniversary-of-the-bbc-microhttps://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/legendary-namco-pixel-artist-hiroshi-mr-dotman-ono-has-died/https://metro.co.uk/2021/10/19/worlds-smallest-video-games-console-is-the-size-of-your-thumb-15449845/?ito=article.desktop.share.top.link🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing!https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro☕Or just buy us a coffee!https://ko-fi.com/thisweekinretro🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/Story Links:Follow your hosts!Twitter:https://twitter.com/rmcretrohttps://twitter.com/amigosretroYoutubehttps://youtube.com/rmcretrohttps://www.youtube.com/amigosretrogamingTwitchhttps://www.twitch.tv/amigosretrogamingSubscribe to the audio version of the show!📻 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-retro/id1526487568?uo=4📻 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2OPQ3cADaB92E9SpRdTe5y📻 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yZjQ5ODlmOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw📻 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2f4989f8/podcast/rss📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFMx-JitepTttWc-ABHhu8A/📻 All other services: https://anchor.fm/thisweekinretroThis Week in Retro is a weekly roundup of the hottest stories from the world of retro gaming and computing, voted on by you, the listener! Hosted by Neil from RMC and John Shawler from Amigos Retro Gaming.Episode 57 Credits:"Acorn BBC Micro" image used on thumbnail by Simon Inns is licensed under CC BY 2.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/Background was removed.