Tag: Retro Computing News
Retrocomputing and retro gaming continue to get noticed by major news outlets. First was the New York Times with the article The Impractical but Indisputable Rise of Retrocomputing published on January 8th, and now Wired Magazine, with the article People Still Really Love the Apple II. Wired’s article is a bit more focused on a game that we are all…
The traditional Retro Challenge is happening again throughout the month of April. The contest asks you to “do something interesting with an old computer, and blog about it for a month”. It is a great way to take that old project from the drawer and finish it. It could be a hardware project, a computer restoration, a new application or game,…
Although I believe there is healthy competition among many retro news sites (with some exceptions), I also believe that the retro community is too small for divisions and as for websites, the more the merrier. With some delay, It has come to my attention that the ‘Retro Computing News’ website is closing shop, probably for good. Stuart Williams explains.. Due to…
Finally after 30 years, Pentagram for the ZX Spectrum came to live on the C64, thanks to Rod and Emu game development group. Pentagram, an isometric adventure game was released in 1986 for the ZX Spectrum and MSX by Ultimate Play The Game. The C64 release got a staggering 9.7 score on CSDb, which by itself is an amazing achievement. The current version is…
Retro Innovations has made available the UltiMem VIC-20 Memory Expansion Cartridge that adds more than 8MB of FLASH ROM storage and 1MB of RAM! Here are the specs: 8 (eight) megabytes of VIC-20 programmable FLASH ROM storage. 1 (one) megabyte of yummy RAM storage. A myriad of configuration options, to suit your tastes You want ROM at $2000 and RAM at…
Retrobattlestations subreddit has declared that March is Sinclair month. It is your opportunity to show off your machines. Here is the official announcement: This month we want to see your ZX81 computers, Timex-Sinclair 1000s, and even knock-off clones. But since this is Sinclair Month and not ZX81 Month, we’d also love to see other things made by Sinclair Research or…
Quinn Dunki, host #1 of Open Apple podcast and the woman behind Blondihacks blog, has published an extensive review of the most recent release in the modern storage realm, the Floppy Emu by Steve Chamberlin of Big Mess O’ Wires fame. “The best part of the Floppy Emu is probably its flexibility. It will emulate 5.25″ drives, 3.5″ drives, and Smart Port devices…
TRS-80 is one of the most iconic retro-computers you can think of. The model I or III don’t have high-resolution of fancy sound chips. It doesn’t have even colors! With all these limitations, the TRS-80 computers are still a nice machine capable of many things that you can probably not even dreamed. To me, the TRS-80 Model I is by…
The fist Mockingboard Sound card that can be installed internally in an Apple IIc has been produced by Ian Kim (Apple II Forever). There aren’t many details about the board, but it seems it won’t be available for the general audience anytime soon. According to A2Central, the first batch of cards are going to Ian’s friends with international sales coming…
Sometimes it is hard to come up with a good headline, therefore, some sensationalism had to be used to catch your interest! It was for a good cause if you are interested in retro computer history. The website Big Book of Amiga Hardware has added several pictures and a lot of information of the less-known Amiga of all times, the A2200. It…
