Author: Paulo Garcia
[youtube PyV8jaih4SA nolink] Ben continues to create an Apple 1 Replica. In the previous episode, he built the core of the Apple 1 – a 6502 computer with a CPU, ROM, RAM, and a few address decoders. Today Ben works to get some input/output going with an updated interface using a Propeller micro-controller. He can test the new interface by…
Arcades are great… and also big – it is not like you can have them all around the house. I know you gonna say: “No need! I have emulators!”, and you are right. But playing arcades using a PC keyboard is just “not right” (or plain heresy for some), so how about building your very own cheap arcade machine ?…
[youtube PmqAFRNZoz8 nolink] The next edition of the Vintage Computer Festival East will happen on April 17th to 19th in Wall, New Jersey, US. The Vintage Computer Festival East is a hands-on, family-friendly celebration of computer history. It offers a book sale, classes, consignment sale, exhibit hall, food, lectures, museum tours, prizes, vendors, workshops, and more. Dozens of exhibits, classes,…
Jan Jones republished her QL Superbasic language as a Kindle e-book, an it is available at Amazon for only £5.14. Published 30 years after the original, this edition has been retyped and reformatted by Jan Jones for today’s technology. Not only does it contain an extremely detailed description of the QL SuperBASIC commands, and an explanation of the structure of…
[youtube -iLsmsr7-24 nolink] Using Kickstarter as a platform to help fund development of an all new 8-bit adventure, Brad Smith has turned to the crowd-sourcing platform to bring Lizard to life. This reptilian platformer spanning countless screens and a nostalgic soundtrack is not only due to hit the Nintendo NES, but also Mac and PC. Brad Smith is a video…
openMSX 0.11.0 -NotOneButDoubleOne- brings you the following important new features: VDP access timing now also for MSX1 modes (corruption with too fast VRAM access will be visible now), implementation of most detailed differences between all used VDP chips and emulation of MegaFlashROM SCC+ SD. On top of that, there are some important (long standing) bug fixes, like the proper implementation…
Another Ultimate II guide posted by Wiebo de Wit on his blog. This time he talks about Ultimate’s cartridge support. Check out the article following the link below. Link: DevDef Blog
Dungeon Hunt a single player game, styled after dungeon crawl type game such as Dungeon Master and Stonekeep. Dungeon Hunt uses a first person perspective display engine to navigate a large detailed 3D maze. Game play is fast and intense with dynamic action and many surprises! Consisting of 12 different dungeons, 15 unique monsters, multiple weapons, power ups and traps,…
[youtube ZXllm5JWWAs nolink] After the portable ZX Spectrum, Ben decides to take on another retro 8-bit computer project and builds an Apple 1 from scratch. He wires the CPU, ROM, and RAM to a PCB and adds some logic gates for memory addressing. With this basic 6502 computer complete, he uses an oscilloscope to take a look at what the…
GGLabs has started selling an 8MB RAM card on eBay called the RAMGS-MAX. Similar to their 4MB RAMGS card offering, this card uses ZIP style DRAMs, making the board extremely compact. Also as before, it appears this card will be open-source. Source: A2Central Link: Ebay
