Category: Hardware
If you’re looking to repair almost anything, iFixit is THE place to go for almost every resource you’d need. Joerg wraps up Scene World’s Right to Repair Month [obnoxious air horn] with iFixit’s Kelsea Weber and Kay-Kay Clapp, where they talk about the amazing resource that iFixit provides to those who want to repair their stuff, and why having the…
Retro Games Ltd has just announced that the full-size TheC64 will be available next December 2019 and can be already pre-ordered from selected retailers for £109.99. This time around, TheC64 is a fully featured home computer featuring our beloved bread bin form factor, but prepared for the 21st century, including HDMI output compatible with PAL and NTSC. TheC64 features three…
Robert Jaeger, the developer of the amazing Montezuma’s Revenge, has shared some photos and a video of his latest project: an arcade machine running his classic creation. This is something I wanted to build just for fun, for my game room and the fans! Using a standard mail order cabinet, the arcade machine is powered by an “old laptop” running…
Disclaimer: I have a long-standing affiliation with Cloud-9, a prominent hardware vendor in the Color Computer community. My commentary here is based partly, but not solely, on experiences with that affiliation. Introduction Manufacturing hardware goods in the vintage computing marketplace is often, if not always, a labor of love. For those who take on the work of melding new technology…
RetroShop has been secretly working on an official case for MiSTer FPGA. The new case will allow enclosing the MiSTer board as well as the Terasic DE10-nano. The case is made of FR4 (a composite material composed of woven fiberglass cloth with an epoxy resin binder that is flame resistant) and it was designed by Alexey Melnikov, who also designed…
Ricardo Quesada has launched an interesting product: The Unijoysticle™ 2, an adapter that allows the use of modern game controllers, like the ones used on an Xbox One or PS4, on your retro computer It supports multiple controllers (for one or two players), and there is also a new “enhanced mode” that allows you to control the two joysticks from…
Ricardo Saraiva posted on RetroShop Facebook Page another special offer for those interested in a MiSTer board. The offer is a special bundle called MiSTer Razor XL Edition Bundle, including XSRAM, Wakefield-Vette Heatshink and Boxed Noctua Fan. All boards are 100% assembled and tested. There are only 100 units available for 79,90€ with FREE Worldwide Shipping (with tracking). The sale will happen…
It is another freezing Canadian morning and there is nothing better to warm us up than good news (and a hot cup of coffee, of course!) As I was drinking that coffee and reading my emails, there was another update from Henrique Olifiers regarding the most-wanted (and waited) retro-computer project in the past few years! The ZX Spectrum Next keyboard…
John Linville posted on RetroChallenge website an early call for potential participants of the upcoming Retro Challenge that will officially start next March. The basic rule of the contest is “do something interesting with an old computer, and blog about it for a month”. It is the ultimate remedy for all of us, procrastinators! John asks for the participants to…
Ricardo Saraiva has announced today a 1-week special sale of the very desirable MISTer FPGA board IO5.5 Blue Board Edition (the latest version). He has made available 50 units of the board, fully assembled with the fan included for only 34,90€, down from the regular price of 45,00€. Some details taken from the MISTer Facebook Group: – This sale ends…
