Tag: Retro Hardware

The 128RM (the 128 remastered) Coming Soon!

The 128RM is a new Commodore 128 board that will fit inside the Commodore 64C housing. Very little is known about the board, with only a few prototype pictures shown on the German forum, Forum64. The creator (TheDuckSun) explains there are some modifications like: SD2IEC, VIC/VDC output switcher, Control Port switcher, 8bit colour ram, as well as 6-36VDC input voltage,…

MsMadLemon’s C64Ultimate II+ Multi-Part Video Series! Part 4 Floppy Disk and Tape Backup and Restoration

MsMadLemon has recently uploaded part 4 of her C64Ultimate II+ Multi-Part Video Series. In this new video Maddi explores backup and restoration of real floppy disks and cassette games using the 1541 Ultimate II+ Cartridge by Gideon’s Logic Architectures. Games featured in this video are The Bear Essentials and the classic Arkanoid! [vsw id=”33yiIUptpnE” source=”youtube” width=”525″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”]YouTube: MsMadLemon

MsMadLemon’s C64Ultimate II+ Multi-Part Video Series! (Part 3)

Last week I shared an interesting post about Amiga YouTuber MsMadLemon. Following up from that post, today I am happy to announce that part three of the “C64 Ultimate II+ Series” is up and available for everyone to enjoy. In the video Maddi explores the 1541 Ultimate II+ Cartridge by Gideon’s Logic Architectures, and the FPGA SID, as well as…

MsMadLemon’s C64Ultimate II+ Multi-Part Video Series!

If you are into Commodore machines, especially the Amiga and Commodore 64, then you will more than likely be familiar with MsMadLemon. MsMadLemon (Maddi to her friends), runs an awesome self-named Retro Gaming YouTube channel, featuring some fantastic in-depth videos about Amiga Hardware and Games, Vintage Hi-Fi repair and many other Retro delights! Maddi’s latest video is about the classic…

Commodore 128 Complete Restoration and Board Repair.

The 8-Bit Guy takes a look at a Commodore 128 that he bought on craigslist in terrible shape. He then completely restores it to ‘as new’ condition! Check out the video below. [youtube wLp6bzG9exk nolink] YouTube Channel: The 8-Bit Guy

New hardware brings more RAM for your VIC-20 than you can imagine

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…

New accelerator board Vampire II makes the Amiga 600 fly!

The Vampire II is the newest and the fastest accelerator available for your Amiga 600. It will sit on top of your original CPU and take full control of your Amiga. According to the developers of the board, the board is faster than an Amiga 1200 with a 68060 accelerator running at 80MHz. If you are concerned about the heat,…