Category: Other News
TOSEC has been updated. TOSEC, or The Old School Emulation Center, is a group of people dedicated to the preservation of games and other programs for home computer and console systems. In this update: 8 new, 131 updated and 7 removed. Website: http://www.tosecdev.org
Jarle Berntsen released an app for the iPad that makes it possible to edit pixels in the same style as on a real Commodore 64. This editor uses single pixels in multi-colour mode instead of the double size pixels in the real Commodore multi-colour mode. You can click on the mailbox to get stuff and tools. Website: https://itunes.apple.com
Jarle Berntsen released an app for the iPad that makes it possible to edit pixels in the same style as on a real Commodore 64. This editor uses single pixels in multi-colour mode instead of the double size pixels in the real Commodore multi-colour mode. You can click on the mailbox to get stuff and tools. Website: https://itunes.apple.com
ParkyNZ released a music player for Andriod. You can use the player to play the following music: Amiga MOD files included .IT .XM and .S3M, C64 SID files and MP3 files. The app has big buttons for easy use in your car and also comes with advanced features for searching for music, artists or albums. Website: https://play.google.com
[youtube pyQNIbKQa_E nolink] At the Play Expo 2014 one of the biggest battles took place. The big question which one is better. Commodore 64 or ZX Spectrum? In this debate for the ZX Spectrum are: John Gibson and Ste Pickford, and in for the Commodore 64: Andy Walker and Jeff Minter. Website: Retro Asylum YouTube Channel
Kicaco has made an Andriod app that shows the world in a retro picture. You can take pictures with your camera and the result will be like a picture on your favourite retro computer. Available computers are: NES, Commodore 64, Commodore VIC20, Atari 2600, Tandy, ZX Spectrum etc. Website: https://play.google.com
To mark the 40th anniversary of the prototype demonstration in Kildall´s backyard tool shed in Pacific Grove in the fall of 1974, the Computer History Museum is pleased to make available, for non-commercial use, the source code of several of the early releases of CP/M. We are releasing scanned printer listings and/or machine-readable source code for four early versions of…
NetSurf is a small but fast web browser for Amiga, RISC OS and Linux. NetSurf supports HTML and CSS: A few examples of the changes in this version are: Many small errors are repaired. There is a new disc cache feature and the support for CSS3 has been extended. Website: http://www.netsurf-browser.org
Mfilos is working on his X500. The X500 is a retro looking computer case designed by Loriano Pagni. The X500 makes it possible to built a modern PC with the looks of the Amiga 500 computers. On Mfilos blog you can see how he built his system, including the Amiga keys on the keyboard. Website: http://www.mfilos.com
We are starting a shared subreddit for Vintage is The New Old and Commodore is Awesome. We found that having an open forum like Reddit for both sites would be more attractive for all our visitors than a traditional forum. On VITNO and CIA Reddit you can post pictures of your retro setup, share videos and links about whatever you…
