Category: Computers
The Retro Hour podcast, although it has most of its focus on retro gaming news and interviews, it also covers, from time to time, different technologies from the old days. I guess on could say that one of the advantages of being a very professional and well-known podcast (well-deserved btw) is the ability to attract very important guests, usually figures…
Early this month, FastBASIC 4.6 was released, bringing new support to produce Atari 5200 cartridge images, among other bug fixes and improvements. This version uses a new PC compiler, rewritten to support multiple targets with one binary, you can specify the target with the new option allowing the developer to target the 5200 or the Atari computers. About FastBASIC This…
The MSX Resource Center forum user ‘manimani’ has announced that he is in the final stages of translating the MSX version of Final Fantasy to English. Final Fantasy is probably one of the most famous RPG games. It has been released for virtually all possible platforms since its inception (including versions and weird game variations). The MSX version was released…
Reset64 Magazine has been promoting the Craptastic competitions for many years and has already become a tradition. The 2022 compo has produced many excellent small games for the Commodore 64 since ‘Craptastic’ certainly doesn’t mean crap, although it can! Craptastic can mean ludicrous, bonkers, outrageous, funny, wacky, far out, and silly. The theme simply implies that the compo was just…
The Brazilian magazine Clube MSX is starting this Monday (08/01) the pre-sale of its fifteenth edition. Copies – in Portuguese or English – can now be purchased through the publication’s official website for R$ 32.90 (around US$ 6.50) plus shipping. For international shipments, send an email to contato@clubemsx.com.br. The magazine is planned to start shipping the new issue by the…
Virtual ][ is the best choice for Apple II emulation on Apple computers, and the many users that already own it will be happy to know that version 11 has been released. The most significant change was the addition of Apple IIc emulation. Here are the new features and changes: Added emulation of the Apple //c. Simplified the installation by including,…
One of my favourite past times is flicking through old computer magazines, mainly from the 80s. I am currently looking at BYTE magazine circa 1985. Other than the articles and news from that time, I also like to pay attention to the adverts. I believe this gives me a fascinating view of the history of computers from that time. One…
The summer releases from Teknamic Software have arrived, the Portuguese publisher dedicated to supporting the publication of new games for old platforms, and to reissuing classics as a tribute to their creators and pioneers. With these three new releases, Teknamic has stepped up a notch in terms of the cassette presentation. Instead of the usual paper insert for the cassette…
Updates: 2002-7-9 – Corrected information on the company that originally released NitrOS9 (thanks to L. Curtis Boyle, one of the developers). TL:DNR Put six files in a directory: 68IDE.ide bas11.rom coco3.rom hdblba.rom xroar.conf (which you will make, below) xroar.exe (or xroar.app for Mac) Where “xroar.conf” contains the following text: machine coco3 tv-input rgb machine-cart ide cart-rom hdblba.rom load-hd0 68IDE.ide kbd-translate…
Article originally published on TRS8Bit Newsletter – September 2020. Reproduced here with permission. Author: Ira Goldklang – www.trs-80.com 1. Make sure your volume is set right. With regard to the volume, first listen to the tape and see if it sounds right. If you have a treble control, you probably want maximum treble. Once it sounds good, then you can…
