Tag: News
Retro Computing Roundtable Episode 98 is out. One of the things we like to do with old computers is program them. With modern computers, running editors and emulators, we can do some things a lot easier than we could when dealing directly with the classic machines. Do you have any favorite tools and tips for doing this sort of thing?…
[youtube o-zzW-2mWQI nolink] Technobytes shows us a teaser video of their new accelerator card for the Apple II. For now, the card is not available for purchase, and it is still being tested. Source: Apple II Enthusiasts Facebook Group
Review by Stuart Johns – http://www.myacornelectron.com(the Gotek Floppy Drive Emulator for the Amiga 500) Anybody who knows me knows that my comfort zone when it comes to vintage computing is the Acorn Electron – I have always had one and have tried to keep up with the changes and the new hardware and software that comes along (even in 2015!)…
WinUAE 3100b16 has been released. WinUAE is without a doubt the best Amiga emulation available to date and if used alongside Classic Workbench and WHDLoad you can get a really great Amiga hard drive experience like in the picture above. Changes– Automatic resize used horizontal zoom value for both horizontal and vertical. – Replaced half-integer scaling options with separate select…
[youtube 2xPAjOGHj2Y nolink] Modern storage devices is the dream of every retro-computer user, and users of Amstrad CPC are not out of the party, thanks to the C4CPC Flash Cartridge. Using a microSD card slot and USB port for loading games, the C4CPC slots into either a GX4000, CPC464 Plus, or 6128 Plus systems as if it was a standard…
[youtube oAz_q0AhXW0 nolink] Great News for all you Commodore 64 fans! Hackersoft will be releasing their future crazy hack releases via Commodore is Awesome! This means that you will be able to download Vinny’s very latest releases here ‘Exclusively’ on CIA! The first release from Hackersoft/CiA is called Rent-a-cop which was originally a game made in 2012 by Achim Volkers….
[youtube 72awbPA_a38 nolink] New Commodore 64 casing, New Commodore 64 motherboard. Acquiring a sexy brand new Commodore 64 computer for 2015 is becoming a reality it seems, but wait something is still missing? Yes the keyboard, the old one will look a bit pants with all the other new parts right? Well don’t worry the final puzzle piece can be…
As you may have noticed on the World of Spectrum website, the forums have been unavailable for some time now, but fear not as there is a temporary forum available and is already pretty active considering it hasn’t been up for very long. I stumbled upon a couple of speccy games there which are defintly worth a play. First up…
Individual Computers states that “the first C64 Reloaded boards have passed our quality control”. C64 Reloaded is a modern implementation of a C64, using the original components of the machine. They were able to build a small quantity equipped with new-old-stock chips, meaning old components that were never used or installed anywhere. The only used component is the video chip….
We reported back in January the BASIC 10Liners 2015 Contest, and at that time we thought we would have plenty of time to participate, right? Wrong! The contest has ended last April 11th, and the results are already online. In the PUR category (max. 120 characters per logical line, abbreviations are allowed) these are the top 10: 1. Carrera 3D2….
