Category: Retro Computing History
Mini vMac for iOS is a classic Macintosh (Mac Plus, Mac II or Mac 128K) emulator that runs on any iOS device (version 9 and up). The project is being around since 2016, but now anyone can enjoy it. Since Apple never allow emulators to be available on the official App Store, Jesús A. Álvarez has released the complete project with…
The long-running TRS8Bit newsletter has a special treat for its readers: a special edition containing a compilation of all BASIC one-liners published throughout the years. The free “package” contains a PDF with the articles that brought the one-liners and a DSK image with all of them ready to run! (although I personally think you should try to type at least…
In the beginning of 2018 Simon Vergauwen acquired the complete Amiga Floppy Disk collection of BS1 (Bamiga Sector One). They gathered this software +25 years ago swapping with other groups, by downloading, etc.. For all these years they sat on a member’s attic waiting to see the daylight again and here they are. They are stored in +-75 boxes, an…
Now available as free PDF downloads (registration required), Justin Castle’s books. 101 Amiga Games That Influenced The Gaming Industry Lemmings – The Ports Download 101 Amiga: issuu.com Download Lemmings: issuu.com Mirror: jaysretro.blogspot.co.uk
Back in the early 90s, when I was still living in Brazil and starting my career in IT, I remember to work on a minicomputer called DigiRede that would take several serial terminals and used MUMPS operating system/language. As the time passed, I changed jobs and only worked on PCs. Not long ago I started to remember them and wondered what…
AMIGArama is a weekly podcast about the classic line of Commodore Amiga computers, covering games, utilities and more! Episode 11, Batman the Movie. Ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight? Amiga Ireland Meetup Dizzytorrent for Amiga Commodore Creative Competition Download: AMIGArama_Episode_11_Batman_the_Movie.mp3 Website: amigarama.podbean.com YouTube: Lorfarius
Way back in May 2015 we announced a new game port called Duck Out (2D side-scrolling beat’em up). Duck Out was first released for the MSX and ZX Spectrum in 1989 by Dro Soft. The player controls a cartoon duck with a frying pan, who escapes from a restaurant and heads to the local park to meet his date with…
The Arcade Blogger has the best arcade coverage and articles out there; I give you that! And with no surprise, they have published another great one for our enjoyment. This time, Tony came all the way from England to visit the new Miami Pinball Museum and posted an extensive story about it, with plenty of pictures that will make the…
FREEZE64 is a home-grown, A5 professionally printed, full colour, gloss, Commodore 64 gaming, cheat and coding fanzine, which you can buy and have sent to you wherever you are in the world. This beautiful fanzine is created by none other than Vinny Mainolfi (C64 Endings/Hackersoft) and has been going now since August 2016. So far there are 15 issues. Each…
Today I want to look back on the premier magazine for the Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer: The Rainbow. But before that, a bit of backstory… Oldies but goodies There are many in the retro computing world that are, for all practical purposes, computer hipsters: too young to have ever owned an 8-bit home computer, but enjoying immersing themselves in…
