Tag: Apple Macintosh

Brandon Dominguez recently emailed over details of a new game for PC and Mac called Bebop and Tempo. Bebop and Tempo is a challenging retro arcade platforming game with a focus on skill and competition. Inspired by the many great games on NES, Bebop and Tempo has the music, art, and difficulty to match. Play through a variety of levels…

If you are using Windows, OSX or any Linux graphical interface you are using the product of a groundbreaking project from the early 70’s, the Xerox Alto. The Alto was the first computer designed around a graphical user interface and introduced Ethernet and the laser printer[1] to the world. This article published on Ken Shirriff’s blog talks about the Alto and its impact…

Floppy Emu is a Floppy Drive emulator for the Apple II and Macintosh classic.  It uses a removable SD memory card and custom hardware to mimic an Apple floppy disk and drive, or an Apple hard drive. The Emu behaves exactly like a real disk drive, requiring no special software or drivers. The new rev B brings welcoming new features:…

For any retro computer collector the idea of having 472 different models is like swimming on a pool of coins like Scrooge McDuck. There is one fellow collector from Czech Republic that instead of building his own private pool of money decided to open a museum, specifically an Apple museum. Housed in three buildings in Prague’s old town, the museum has…