Author: Paulo Garcia
[youtube FuXE1fHBBGU nolink] Amicast is a new podcast about the Amiga, covering everything about the platform – past and present! For the debut episode, they are bringing an interview with Jan Zahurancik (Workbench distribution AmiKit). Above you can check the promotional video for the podcast. Link: Amicast
If you are up to some C64 fix, C64 Television will be live today Saturday 7th at 8pm US Central on twitch.tv. You can also access previous shows clicking the links on twitch.tv. Link: Twitch.tv
KansasFest will happen from Tuesday, July 14, through Sunday, July 19. It will be the 27th convention bringing together users, programmers, hobbyists, and retrocomputing enthusiasts at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri, for six days and five nights of sessions, demos, announcements, contests, and camaraderie. Registration details and the identity of the keynote speaker are coming very soon. Link: KansasFest…
Apple II Scans has just made available the book The Apple //c Book – Your Complete Guide to Mastering Apple’s Newest Computer by Bill O’Brien. Today’s hobbyist won’t find much new here, as it lacks the technical depth of Gary B. Little’s Inside the Apple IIc, but it’s a well-written, fun beginner’s guide, and worth preserving. To download the book,…
A BBC News featured article shows the boom of collecting retro computers, and how that can become an investment. One of the people interviewed makes a good point when he advises new collectors to narrow down their choices for a particular brand, or even time period. Although it is always nice when I see our hobby featured on mainstream media,…
GoatTracker is a cross-platform tracker written by Lasse Öörni, producing SID chiptune music for the Commodore 64, and released with source code under the GPL. This latest version brings a small update that fixes bugs related to MIDI keyboard support and various other little issues. It’s based on the latest version of the GoatTracker source code, works properly with Retina…
[youtube B-mEvJ_gevw nolink] Kier Kracht has always been a big MSX enthusiast, and back in the 90’s he was always seen carrying a video camera visiting and filming MSX events. He once shared his videos with MSX-Posse who recently published them on their freshly created Youtube channel. Some of the videos I checked have no subtitles, but is still worth…
Relaunch64 is an open source IDE for C64 assembler-coding on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X, and the version 3.3.2 has just been released. The changelog show that the only addition for this update is support for retina displays. Link: Relaunch Website Source Code: Github
According a post on The Commodore Computer Club – USA website, due to personal matters the club is going on a brief hiatus, during which there won’t be any regular meetings. C64 Club members will continue attending various expos and events, staying in contact, and the club website will still be updated with random bits of retro Commodore computer goodness….
Well, it is not really ‘ours’, but the one The Henry Ford bought from the auction at Bonhams’ last year. Kristen Gallerneaux, Curator of Communications and Information Technology at The Henry Ford, wrote an interesting article covering the steps the institute followed to buy that specific machine. To read the full article, follow the link below. Link: The Henry Ford
