Category: Computers
If you CRT is dying fast, and the options to connect your Amiga to a modern monitor are not easy to come around, you should take a look at the A520HD, the HDTV equivalent of the classic Commodore A520 TV modulator. Instead of encoding the Amiga video signal to a low-quality composite output it converts the RGB output to a high-quality…
Tynemouth Software has been developing an expansion cartridge for the Commodore VIC-20, adding RAM and ROM expansion selectable by dipswitches. There is a new update from the previous prototype, expanding it by adding 4 pins to each of the chips. The RAM is upgraded from a 62256 (32Kx8) to a 621024 (128Kx8), and the ROM from 27C512 (64Kx8) to 27C040…
Hosted by the Glenside Color Computer Club, CoCoFEST! is an annual festival centered around the Radio Shack Color Computer and other 6809-based hardware and operating systems, bringing together retro computing enthusiasts from around the globe. The organizers want to make clear that other 8-bit computers and operating systems are also welcome! The event will happen on April 23 and 24,…
Immortal C64 Episode 61 – A new remix approaches!. Track Listing : Track Number / Start Time / Artist / Track Name / Track Length 01 .. 0:00:30 – Jason Page – Sanxion Remix – 5:22 02 .. 0:05:47 – Alexander Wiklund – SEC T 2013 – 1:37 03 .. 0:07:30 – Jonathan Dunn – Typhoon – 3:36 04 …..
Retro Commodore has published a high-resolution scan of the Amiga User Interface Style Guide. “The purpose of this book is to describe how the user interface of a standard Amiga application should look and operate. It is intended to be read by current Amiga developers as well as developers who are considering writing and/or designing application software for the Amiga.” It…
A new great remix tune from Jason Page, this time from Sanxion. Need I say more? nahhhh, go have a listen :) https://soundcloud.com/noothermedicine/sanxion-remix-c64-on-sid/comment-266907610
The Amiga-oriented website Obligement is calling all the Amiga gamers to vote on their favourite games of 2015. It includes games forAmigaOS 68k, AmigaOS 4.x, MorphOS and AROS. It is a great opportunity for all of us to go through the list and maybe find a new game that we didn’t know before. Top 3 games of each systems (AmigaOS 68k,…
Yes, you read it right. Amstrad, MSX and Enterprise can get a modern multitask operating system and it actually works very well. SymbOS is a graphical user interface (GUI) based multitasking operating system for Z80 based supported home computers. SymbOS provides true multitasking and a complete windows like GUI. It supports up to 1024KB Ram for data and code execution…
Retrofan from Forum64 once more contacted us to let us know that a new video featuring Bomb Jack DX beta 2 is available on YouTube and you can watch it here. It looks simply awesome! There are a lot of improvements since our last post on last September. The current version has 4 out of 5 backgrounds almost complete, the p-coin can…
This show is a continuation of the on-going series about the TI-99/4A computer. In the last couple of episodes, Randy Kindig had TI-99 fans Jim Fetzner and Mark Wills on the show and interviewed them about their experiences with the TI-99 and then they covered the history of the machine. In this show, Randy has a new co-host, Mike Brent,…
