Author: Paulo Garcia

Limited Translucent Atari Jaguar Console Case and Carts Available

The guys behind the new Retro VGC are doing a limited run of Jag Console Case and Carts. It is very important for the interested people to know that the Translucent Jag orders have to be in by this Monday morning 8:00 AM pacific time USA. Console shell is $45 delivered in USA and $8 for carts. International add $15…

3.14.15 – ∏ Day Fun Fact: ENIAC was the first computer to calculate the number

This year we have the most Pi day of all Pi days you can get in a life time (unless you gonna be around 3.14.2115!). Retrocomputaria, the Brazilian retro computer podcast and blog made us remember the that ENIAC was the first computer that calculates the PI number back in 1949. At that time, John von Neumann and his crew…

Digital Archeology -Don Worth’s 'Beneath Apple DOS' original text files recovered

‘Beneath Apple DOS’ is considered one of the most important publications for the Apple II for providing deep information about Apple’s DOS. Mike Maginnis, maintainer of 6502lane.net and Apple II Scans has made the original text files public, with the help of the original author, Don Worth. In a 6502lane’s article he tells us a bit about the process he…

Relearning MSX #17: Command line parameters, redirection and pipes

Javi Lavandeira is back with his series of articles teaching MSX development using C language. This time he will show how to compile a program that actually does something, introducing the concepts of: Command line parameters Input/output redirection Pipes Link: Lavandeira’s Blog

Computer History Museum in California Will Also Have Amiga 30th Anniversary Event

If Amsterdam was too far for your budget, maybe Mountain View, CA is more affordable! The Computer History Museum will hold on next July 25th & 26th an event to celebrate the 30 years of the Commodore Amiga. Additional details of the event will be unveiled in the upcoming months. If you are interested in attending, exhibiting or volunteering, please…

Computer History Museum Will Have Amiga 30th Anniversary Event

The Computer History Museum will hold on next July 25th & 26th an event to celebrate the 30 years of the Commodore Amiga. Additional details of the event will be unveiled in the upcoming months. If you are interested in attending, exhibiting or volunteering, please feel free to contact the Museum via email contact@amiga30.com, and also check the website below…

AMIGA30 – Amsterdam 2015 – An unprecedented feast of Amiga history

On next June 27th 2015, it will happen an event celebrating 30 years of Amiga, at The Lighthouse in Amsterdam. The organizers are promising “.. the usual food and drinks, guests, switched-on Amigas, a free disk imaging service by the KryoFlux team, a fair, a raffle, and some interesting surprises…” Some of the guest lined up for the event: Dave…

Windows Remake of MSX 'Knightmare' is Now Available

[youtube RahrXhQBzW0 nolink] If you liked to watch Banjo’s Video about MSX ‘Knightmare’, you might like to play its remake on your modern PC. Demon Games is releasing ‘Knightmare, the Legend Revives’ for Windows, and as a free download! If you are not sold to the idea yet (what’s the problem with you!?), you can also watch the trailer above….

Beagle Bros Legacy – Our Programs Are Fun To Use

Jeff Atwood, co-founder of Stack Exchange posted an article telling about his early experience with Beagle Bros software and how that influenced how he thinks about software today. “Playing with the Beagle Bros quirky Apple II floppies in middle school and high school, and the smorgasboard of oddball hobbyist ephemera collected on them, was a rite of passage for me…”…

Relearning MSX #16: Roadmap

It’s been almost one month since Javi’s last article, but now he’s back with the 16th part of “Relearning MSX” with a non-technical article, explaining what are his plans from this point forward with this series of articles. First of all, he says that he will be posting updates every Friday, and the next articles will be covering ‘Introduction to…