The Cassiopei now supports VIC-20’s that have a memory expansion. The menu program does a small analysis regarding the load-ability of the selected program and relocates the BASIC program where possible. The firmware update is now available (v20141018.hex), a menu program and a user manual. Website: http://jderogee.tripod.com
Amigakit made a kit to install a Compact Flash hard drive in your A1200. The kit includes a IDE to CF adaptor, a plastic rear trapdoor back plate with Compact Flash cut-out and a IDE cable. You can also order a 4 GB Compact Flash hard drive with a complete OS installation. Website: http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com
After the success of the first batch of the Furia card, the developer decided to make another batch. The Furia EC020 is an accelerator card for Amiga 600 with a Motorola MC68EC020 CPU, Motorola MC68882/40 FPU and 9.5 MB of fast memory. The Furia makes the Amiga over 10 times faster than the original Amiga 600. http://retroami.com.pl
Mastertronic Chronicles is a blog of witchfinder dedicated to the Mastertronic games for the Commodore 64. The most recent reviews are: Kentilla (1986), Fist II: The Legend Continues (1989), Kickstart 2 (1987), Hacker II: The Doomsday Papers (1989), Kane 2 (1988), Dan Dare II (1989), Space Walk (1984) and UCM: Ultimate Combat Mission (1988). Website: http://retrounlim.com/mastertronic/
Jack is a multi-purpose program for AmigaOS, AROS and MorphOS. Features: Preferences, Screen snapshot, Knowledge Base, Image editor, Music player, Slideshow, File-management, Auto-updates, etc. Changes in this version: Latest version of MUI Royale. Check for AISS installation and improvements for the installer script. Website: http://www.os4depot.net
Codetapper’s Amiga Retro Site had a interview with Ricardo Puerto. Ricardo Puerto programmed the Amiga game Risky Woods. He used a new technique to create a smooth scrolling 16 colour parallax layer behind the action. You can read all bout the game Risky Woods in the interview. Website: http://www.codetapper.com
On the web page Flashtro.com you can see many cracker intro’s with your browser. The original intros from the Amiga, Atari-ST, Dreamcast, PC, Playstation etc. are converted to Flash. The most recent flashtro’s are: Rebels – Trilogy Intro, Skid Row – Tom Landry Football, Hoodlum – Impossible Mission 2025, Shoot – BBS Intro, Infect – Flashback, Tribe & Unique –…
As informed by us here, the chat that was supposed to discuss the future of World of Spectrum happened and important decisions were made to ensure the future of the site. WoS forum’s user, karingal graciously posted a great summary of what was discussed and the plans made. Below you can read the main points: Martijn married his beloved 9 months…
Martijn Van der Heide, founder of World of Spectrum, has decided to step out and stop working on his website. Today, on November 17th, he’s holding a chat, inviting everybody to help him to decide the future of the website and other matters. The chat will start around 18:00 GMT+1. Ask Google what time is that for you! Link: World…
This episode features Atari Calculator, originally released in 1981. This calculator for the Atari 8 bit line of computers was intended or release on cartridge in 1979 but was released on disk nearly 2 years later in 1981. The Inverse ATASCII blog was created to support the podcast of the same name. The podcast discusses productivity software, hardware that supports…
