Category: Computers

Commodore 64 Scene Sid Show Episode 002, Airing 8pm UK Time Today!

This evening at 8pm UK time, C64 Scene Groups Immortal C64 and Commodore is Awesome join forces to bring you tonight’s two hour Commodore 64 SID Show! We have gathered together all your SID requests via Twitter and Immortal C64 website and will be playing them live via Twitch Stream! As well as requests, we will be playing the latest and greatest…

Commodore 64 Crack Releases by Genesis Project You Don’t Wanna Miss!

You may remember a few days ago we posted an article about some of our favourite Hokuto Force releases, well today we have another treat for you. Genesis Project was founded by The Nasty Ounk, Catman & The Nauseating Timelord in 1986, and are widely known in the C64 scene as one of the best groups out there. Definitely in our top ten :)…

PC History, The 640K Barrier

I love the articles written by Jimmy Maher, the “Digital Antiquarian”! Being also the author of the excellent “The Future was Here – The Commodore Amiga“, Maher has been writing about computer (hardware and software) history for a long time, and you can find them all on his blog. This time around he published one talking about the IBM PC architecture, tackling…

Immortal C64 Podcast Episode 72 Released!

Immortal C64 Episode 72 – Another C64 Games Episode!. Track Listing : Track Number / Start Time / Artist / Track Name / Track Length 01 .. 0:00:30 – Rob Hubbard – Thrust – 6:42 02 .. 0:07:17 – Jonathan Dunn – Operation Wolf – 2:34 03 .. 0:09:55 – Martin Galaway – Rambo First Blood Part II Tune 10…

Lunduke Hour – Using an Apple IIgs in 2017

Bryan Lunduke has published a video showing him challenging himself using an Apple IIgs. He explains that he won’t be using it for 100% of his activities, but for a couple of days during a 2-week spam, mostly to write texts, etc. It is an interesting take since Bryan is not a retro computer enthusiast like the rest of us….

Commodore 64 Scene Sid Show Episode 001, Airing 8pm UK Time Today!

This evening at 8pm UK time, C64 Scene Groups Immortal C64 and Commodore is Awesome join forces to bring you tonight’s two hour Commodore 64 SID Show! Retrograde has gathered together requests via Twitter and Immortal C64 website from all you lovely C64 sceners and will be playing C64 Sids live via Twitch Stream! As well as requests, he will…

Commodore 64 Crack Releases by Hokuto Force You Don’t Wanna Miss!

It’s been a while since we had a look at the latest c64 crack releases from one of our favourite Commodore 64 groups, Hokuto Force. Hokuto Force was founded by The Overkiller way back in 1988 and are one of the most active groups in the c64 scene today, with a huge list of coders, musicians and graphicians creating fantastic releases. We have chosen…

Creating TAP files from AGD using Spectaculator

I thought I would create a quick video on how to generate TAP files from AGD as a few people have asked. Play at full screen so you can see the subtitles.

Basic 10Liners 2017 Results – You won’t believe what can be done in only 10 lines!

The 2017 10Liners contest is over. With 64 entries, this year contest is a staggering success. There are games for Atari, Commodore, MSX, Apple II and Amstrad and the quality of them is really impressive, considering how restrictive is a BASIC program in only 10 lines! But creativity wins! Here is the first 3 on each category: PUR-80 – Maximum of…

Victor Trucco answers questions about the ZX Spectrum Next

As the Kickstarter campaign goes, some backers and potential ones have raised a few technical questions about the ZX Spectrum Next, mostly related to the Wi-Fi, Realtime clock, and the Raspberry PI Zero. To avoid misunderstandings and help people deciding what model to get, Victor Trucco came out on Facebook to answer the most pressing questions. Will old software work…