Author: Paulo Garcia
After several years of quiet bit-rot, CiderPress and NuLib2 have received some new updates NuLib is a disk and file archive program, similar in principle to PKZIP, and CiderPress provides the features that Apple II enthusiasts need to manage their disk and file archives. Open them, view their contents, and copy files between them. There are other programs that provide…
The Dr Dobb’s Journal hasn’t been printed for a while, and now, with sadness, I learned that even the website is closing down. On a long editorial, Andrew Binstock has confirmed that the website is not generating revenue like it was used to do, despite the big number of visitors. In one word, revenue. Four years ago, when I came…
While we failed to report the release of the episode 7 talking about the Apple II, we are back on track to tell you that the good folks from The History of Personal Computing podcast just released the episode 8, and this time it is all about the TRS-80 Model I. The companion website also has an extensive article about…
The multi-format magazine Commodore Free just released its issue #84. Some of the articles are: CRL Lost in Time – A history of the British Company CRL Interview with CRL`s Founder Clem Chambers Game Reviews Much more! Source: Commodore is Awesome Link: CommmodoreFree
The multi-format magazine Commodore Free just released its issue #84. Some of the articles are: CRL Lost in Time – A history of the British Company CRL Interview with CRL`s Founder Clem Chambers Game Reviews Much more! Link: CommmodoreFree
Another great featured article discussing the Cart Wars has been published by Retro Collect. The cartridge was a medium capable of feats that pushed the consoles of the 8-64 bit era well beyond their limits. Packed with graphics chips, battery backups and even camera lenses, the evolution of the cartridge is a truly formidable tale and one that is often…
Retro Collect website has published a short review of the book “Push Start – The Art of Video Games”. “The team have obviously paid close attention to which games to include (and the titles they’ve chosen are presented so well that even the simplest art looks stunning) and the comprehension of the modern titles present is pleasantly surprising. The Last…
[youtube Y-CV41sEGQk nolink] Amstrad Action Issue 60 – The GX4000 is Unleashed… “Novabug” is releasing the first episode in a series of videos highlighting an issue of Amstrad Action magazine from the late 80’s and early 90’s. He discusses and passes comment on the headlining articles of the time of publish, predictions and general progress of gaming on the Amstrad…
Kai Magazine has published in its Facebook page the first screenshots of the “until now” rumoured port of “The Secret of Monkey Island” for the MSX2. According to MSXBlog, the game will use the Screen 5 mode with 16 colours, which can be seen on the screenshots. Source: MSX Blog
Sunrise Foundation, known to supply the best hardware peripherals for the MSX will close its doors after more than 20 years of operation. According to the Nowind announcement, deliverability issues were caused by unexpected lack of time for managing the activities of the Sunrise foundation. This is not likely to change soon, which made Sunrise conclude that the time has…
