Tag: Internet Archive
The Internet Archive keeps updating its game collection very often with small additions on many of the “retro” platforms but this time they exceeded our expectations releasing 2,500 MS-DOS games at once “ranging from tiny recent independent productions to long-forgotten big-name releases from decades ago“, as stated in the announcement post. They also warn that not all games are performing…
I love the Internet Archive and all the tools they provide us to view/download their digital collection, but sometimes I found the interface a bit overwhelming if you want to browse about such a broad subject and are not looking for something specific. Coming to your help, the Internet Archive invited the podcaster and Atari historian, Kevin Savetz to write…
As the precursor to the both the VIC-20 and C64, the Commodore PET (Personal Electronic Transactor) was launched in 1977, and was one of the first truly personal computers aimed at the home market, as well as making inroads into business and education sectors. And now, thanks to it’s on-going mission to archive and preserve the history of humankind in…
You may know that Information technology pioneer Ted Nelson coined the term “hypertext”, but did you know that he also got a TON of junk mail? Throughout his life and career, he made a habit if checking reader service cards — those cards you could send in to get more information from vendors and advertisers — and received thousands of…
The Internet Archive has been allowing everybody to enjoy directly in their browser window many applications and games for the Apple II, MS-DOS, Windows 3.x, and some consoles like the Atari. Today, the Archive has announced the availability of Software Library: Macintosh, a collection of applications and games running on the early Macintosh models, like that 128K, 512K, Plus, etc. As expected,…
Cult of Mac has published this article talking about Jason Scott’s quest to find and archive all software ever published for the Apple II. Jason works for the retro computer enthusiast’s best friend, the Internet Archive. Although it is something that many people have been doing over this years, it is reassuring that the Internet Archive has someone dedicated to such task. “I tell…
Episode 62 of the Open Apple podcast has been released: This month on Open Apple, we sit down with Mark Pilgrim, one of the most active software preservationists in the Apple II community. Mark has been spending his free time working on Passport, an automated cracking tool. It automatically detects and defeats copy protection schemes on Apple II disks, producing copyable…
With all the buzz about Windows 10, its awesomeness and its problems you may be thinking to change to another OS. To help you with that task comes the Internet Archive! Today the non-profit organization has released almost a thousand Windows 3.1 programs that can run directly on your browser. The new collection includes games, utilities and business software – the jewel of the…
ANTIC, the Atari 8-bit podcast is having a campaign this weekend, trying to reach USD10,000 in donations for the Internet Archive. The campaign runs from noon PST 12/12 through noon 12/20). Here is what you can do, and what you can get: If you donate >= US$50 and forward the podcast crew a receipt for your donation, they’ll send you…
Star Raiders is one of the most pleased games released for the Atari 8-bit machines. Created by Doug Neubauer, it was released in cartridge form by Atari in 1979. It was big news last week (yeah, I know, I am late) that Kevin Savetz had received the full source code listing of Star Raiders, and he was about to scan…
