In his website, Dave Cheney has built an Apple-1 replica using the Arduino platform: The Apple 1 was essentially a 6502 computer with 4k of RAM and 256 bytes of ROM. The inclusion of a 6821 PIA and a Signetics video encoder meant that the Apple 1 shipped with its own 2400 baud dumb terminal built in. Just supply your…
Brian Picchi, the curator of the Tanru Nomad Computer Museum and author of the 2013 Apple II game Lamb Chops, has released his source code to the public. According to Brian, the game is his first attempt to write something for the Apple II using 6502 assembly, so you shouldn’t expect the most clean code ever. It is a great…
It’s like getting the history of computer history nostalgia, all in one book! All ten issues of the groundbreaking computer history “zine” (newsletter / magazine) Historically Brewed & Classic Computing – in one professionally bound volume. Also includes the personal background story of David Greelish, Publisher and Editor (writer for many of the stories too). The entire run of issues…
Another great review from Retro Games Collector – now about the book The Story of the ZX Spectrum in Pixels. As if in testimony to the ZX Spectrum’s enormous games library spanning decades, the first impression you get from the book is that is jam packed full and certainly has more pages than I had expected, 234 in total. The…
Retro Games Collector website has published an extensive review of the Super Retro Trio console, which plays games from 5 consoles right out of the box (Genesis, Mega Drive, SNES, SFC and NES) – The Trio in the name is more related to the three cartridges slots, I assume :) Pre-unboxing impressions are good, the box shows what looks like…
Inspired by Cinemaware’s upcoming release of the long lost Mega Drive version of It Came From The Desert, one Amiga fan has decided to recreate the ant blasting action in a first person shooter for the Commodore computer. Available as a free download, Did It Come From The Desert is one action packed 3D adventure Amiga gamers don’t want to…
Carlos Pardo, also known as Made in the demoscene world, is an highly-skilled graphist on modern platform that initially started on Amstrad CPC. He gave a great (and long) interview to norecess.cpcscene.net. Indeed, the CPC 6128 was my first computer. All started in 1988, my best friend and neighbor just had a brand new Amstrad 464. The home computing was…
MultiMax is the ultimate cartridge for the (among others) Commodore MAX Machine (also known as Commodore Ultimax) game console. It contains all software titles (a total of 24, many with multiple versions) ever released by Commodore for this machine, selectable from a convenient power-on menu. A reset button is also included so that you do not need to power-cycle your…
MultiMax is the ultimate cartridge for the (among others) Commodore MAX Machine (also known as Commodore Ultimax) game console. It contains all software titles (a total of 24, many with multiple versions) ever released by Commodore for this machine, selectable from a convenient power-on menu. A reset button is also included so that you do not need to power-cycle your…
[youtube _hxdz6c8bHg nolink] Dave tears down the 1983 vintage Apple Lisa, the first graphical user interface machine that pre-dates the Macintosh. Link: EEVBlog
