Author: Paulo Garcia
The version 2.60 of the Atari emulator Altirra has been released. These are the main feaures/changes since 2.50 (from the Atariage forum thread): UI: New full-screen UI (double click on the left side), new device tree UI, new firmware image UI, and improved high DPI support. Support for rotating disk images between drives and quick-cycling input maps from the keyboard. Display:…
This new version is mainly a bug fix, but there are some minor new features. Improvements in v3.2.2: Import binary file as disassembly. Set sprite scratch pad background colour. Keyboard short cuts for collapsing/expanding regions. Bugs Fixed: Assembler: Generate to disk image. BASIC: Improved syntax highlighting. Wrong case used when commenting certain lines. Commenting blank lines. General: Menu and/or tool…
A new version of the Apple II transfer utility has been released, fixing a bug that happens with computers equipped with native RS-232C. New functionality: * [Audio] Client sends test stream of data for volume tuning on host side * [Server] Text bootstrapping data is packed more densely for faster transfer Bug fixes: * Server and client agree on more…
[youtube W5VC1s-bbw8 nolink] GM (Video Game Music) is a sound logging format for many machines and sound chips. It logs the commands sent to the sound chips, resulting in files much smaller than mp3s, and more importantly, files that can be played by the sound chips on our MSX computers. VGMPlay for MSX 1.0 has been released supporting all sound…
Subreddit Retrobattlestations is calling all interested BASIC programmers out there to port the BASIC program ‘Space War’ to all possible platforms. The current code is available on GitHub for Apple II and HP 3000. The BASIC Week 4 is from March 21 to March 29, and to participate you have to port it to any retro computer using BASIC, and…
The ‘Amp Hours Electronics Podcast’ has published an interview with Chuck Peddle, an American electrical engineer best known as the main designer of the MOS Technology 6502 microprocessor; the KIM-1 SBC; and its successor the Commodore PET personal computer, both based on the 6502. To listen to the intervew, and read a nice summary about it, follow the link below….
The ‘Amp Hours Electronics Podcast’ has published an interview with Chuck Peddle, an American electrical engineer best known as the main designer of the MOS Technology 6502 microprocessor; the KIM-1 SBC; and its successor the Commodore PET personal computer, both based on the 6502. To listen to the intervew, and read a nice summary about it, follow the link below….
Chris Torrence, on Apple II Enthusiasts Facebook group has announced today that “Assembly Lines: The Complete Book” is now available as a FREE PDF on Open Library and the Internet Archive. Thanks goes out to Roger Wagner for releasing the book under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-ShareAlike 2.0 license, making it possible to post it online. If you still prefer…
Atariage user Apemaster has announced a new memory card game called RETRORY, based on officially released Atari VCS 2600 games. He highlights on his post that the game is a physical game, not a video-game! Differently of traditional memory card games, Retrory doesn’t have “pairs”. Instead, a “pair” consists of two different images from the same game, which is a…
This time around, Lavandeira goes through the basics of a C program, aiming people that never programmed using the language. Reading through the text, I was gladly surprise how he explained basic concepts and syntax structures. Even if you are not interested on MSX programming, but want to learn a bit more about C language, I strongly recommend this article….
