Category: Hardware
The Commodore 64 is one of the most popular personal computers of all time and has provided millions of ageing adults with great gaming memories of their youth back in the 1980s and early 90s. Retro Games Limited attempts to re-kindle those memories for us by releasing their first mass consumer product, TheC64 Mini. TheC64 Mini is an emulator of…
The 8-Bit-Guy has released his C64 Mini (TheC64) YouTube video review today! The official release is only 3 days away! Many indiegogo backers have started receiving their machines, with lot’s of lovely pictures flooding the Twitter feeds. Never heard of TheC64? It’s a tiny but perfectly formed 50% scale replica of the Commodore 64 computer, featuring high-definition output via HDMI,…
If you are into Commodore machines, especially the Amiga and Commodore 64, then you will more than likely be familiar with MsMadLemon. MsMadLemon (Maddi to her friends), runs an awesome self-named Retro Gaming YouTube channel, featuring some fantastic in-depth videos about Amiga Hardware and Games, Vintage Hi-Fi repair and many other Retro delights! Maddi’s latest video is about the classic…
It was announced on the Apple II Enthusiasts Facebook group that ReactiveMicro has available its Drive/Turbo IDE Controller for only US$75. The ReActiveMicro Drive/Turbo IDE Controller is a Mass Storage Device that once installed in the Apple IIgs or Enhanced IIe acts like a solid-state Hard Drive using Compact Flash Cards. If you have a standard Apple IIe, the company also…
Ultimate 64 is an FPGA-based Commodore 64 implementation that also includes the Ultimate-II+ built-in and has support for real SID chips (two of them!). For the joy of any C64 enthusiast (at least the ones that can understand and accept the FPGA solutions!), Gideon Zweiitzer has published some pictures of the assembly line that is building the first one hundred…
Anyone with at least one foot in the Tandy Color Computer (CoCo) world these days will have already been hearing about something called the Game Master Cartridge (GMC). What is this device? Another whiz-bang flash-in-the-pan hardware announcement with little real utility? Or is this a good and useful product that everyone should acquire for their CoCo collection? Well, as the…
Hopefully you should all be aware of the ZX Spectrum Next by now. The Next is an expanded and updated version of the ZX Spectrum, fully compatible (software and hardware) with the original. You can play any games, demos, use original hardware, you name it. And it also runs new software created more recently to make use of expanded hardware,…
Hot on the heals of the CFFA3000 resuming production, Big Mess O’ Wires has posted an article unveiling the “Yellowstone” disk controller. The Yellowstone is an FPGA-based disk controller for the Apple II, capable of emulating vintage controllers that have become difficult and/or expensive to obtain. In particular, Yellowstone was designed to clone the “LIRON” controller, also known as the…
R&D Automation LLC has announced that a fifth run of the legendary CFFA3000 mass storage adapter for Apple II systems is now underway. Approximately 1000 units will be assembled, with pre-orders expected to open some time in mid-to-late February. The CFFA3000 is Compact-Flash or USB-based mass storage adapter for Apple ][+, Apple //e, and Apple //gs systems which provides floppy…
GadgetUK164 YouTube channel has released a new Amiga CD32 video. Chris takes a look at the TF328 RAM and IDE Expansion from Terrible Fire, Time Gal and The Dream of Rowan by Amiten Software. Check out the video and don’t forget to visit the YouTube channel for more interesting videos! [vsw id=”Y9KDk1OfkYc” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] YouTube: GadgetUK164
