Kevin Smallwood announced in the Facebook Apple II Enthusiasts forum that he intends to release the GBBSPro bulletin board system (along with ACOS and other related products) under the GPL. Kevin is the current owner of the GBBSPro product. Tony Diaz has a huge collection of GBBSPro/ACOS material, so in tandem, they will be releasing a literal treasure trove of…
The CFFA 3000 card is probably the most desired modern modern interface for the Apple II computers (][+, //e, //e enh or //gs), and every time a new batch is released, it vanishes in a heartbeat. In an e-mail to interested buyers, Rich Dreher dropped the bombshell that the next run of CFFA 3000 boards will be delayed until November…
C64.com has published an interview with Matt Gray, the great Commodore 64 SID composer (Last Ninja 2)! Matt is also running a Kickstarter campaign “Reformation C64 Track Remakes”, which has reached (and passed) its goal already. You can read the interview following the link below. Link: C64.COM Link: Kickstarted Campaign
I’ve found this link today on Reddit. It is not something you’ve never seen, but it is a well-built single-page photo gallery showing the history of Sinclair computers. For me, the highlights are the ZX82 concepts, and the ZX Spectrum Bluetooth keyboard. If you like, tell us what is your favourite on the comments below. Link: Sinclair Gallery
At this point in the podcast run, we are still in the late 1970’s time frame, and the OSI (Ohio Scientific Challenger) machines fall into that time frame for their release. No vintage computer historical journey would be complete without including these very important machines. As usual, Randy will cover the history, technical specs, peripherals, Web sites, books, emulation and…
Nic from “The Future was 8-bit” is getting ready to release the new batch of Commodore 64 laptops, the C64p. Don’t fool yourself, these machines are not made using Linux and some emulation, but they are actually a C64DTV hardware well assembled on a netbook shell. All of the internals of the donor netbook get scrapped. The original chargers have…
Mike Maginnis, the curator of the Apple II Scans website () has made available all of the issues of the Apple /// related Open Apple Gazette online. The Open Apple Gazette was the newsletter produced by the San Francisco based Apple ///’rs, an Apple /// centric users group. You can download all nine of the issues of the Open Apple…
Matra Corp decided to produce an small batch of some of their games on cartridge: Sex Bomb Bunny, Moskow 2024, Ark-A-Noah, Don’t Cock It Up! plus a new product (Sex Bomb Bunny in Japanese language), with an excellent packaging and colorful cartridge cases. The Matranet site isn’t update with the new games, but you can contact Matra directly and place…
The #msxdev Compo is a MSX software competition in which all sorts of MSX software is allowed. Maybe you prefer utilities over games, or would like to make a kick-ass MSX2+ game? Maybe you want to enter a competition, but haven’t yet because it was limited to MSX1 games? Perhaps you want to use hardware expansions like FM-PAC or Graphics9000?…
Although fighting in the fourth-generation of video game consoles against its 16-bit rivals, the 8-bit CPU of the PC Engine and TurboGrafx-16 packed plenty of punches. While it may not have had the same processing power as the Super Nintendo and Sega Mega Drive, it sure could pull off plenty of visual trickery to stay afloat – something an all…
