Tag: Retro History
It’s Christmas 1982. You just got your very first home video game system and the most powerful one on the market, the ColecoVision. After plugging it and enjoying it for a while you begin to wonder: who is Coleco? Where is it located? Whose vision came to fruition to offer me this console? For the very first time, discover the…
Chicken Lips Radio Episode #008: Amiga 2000HD, Commodore PET 4032, KansasFest Retr0Brite / Javier, WiFi – Commodore 128, CommVex v12 2016, MicroDrive 1541 Emulator- Jim Drew, Habitat, Generation Amiga Pro, Vampire 500, Debugging Tool, Commodore VIC-20: A Visual History Book Kickstarter – Giacomo Veroni, ARMiga , C64C Cases in retro colours, SX-64 JiffyDOS Kernal, Tynemouth Software: Commodore PET Diagnostics 6502 Replacement….
CinnyVision episode 115 has brought a fascinating featured article telling the story about how Amstrad bought Sinclair back in 1986. The report claims to dig deep into the facts, which are not always accurate throughout the Internet with articles based on magazine reports from that time when not all facts have been fully understood, or even publicized. The video also…
Retrocomputaria blog brought to my attention this incredible complete site about CP/M software, Humongous CP/M Software Archives. With this name, you can guess they carry a large collection of software for the CP/M operating system, once dominant OS before the MS-DOS era. They also have software for the TRS-80, CP/M or not. The site is not really new, but since it…
I really enjoy to watch It’s a Pixel Thing! with its light approach and full of interesting information while keeping a comfortable 10 minutes duration. This new episode the show will tell you the amazing story of British developer Imagine Software, its ascent to the stars and spectacular demise! [youtube 6KR0ZnylfLk nolink] Link: It’s a Pixel Thing Youtube Channel
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…
Antic podcast is internationally known for its amazing interviews with who made history in the microcomputer industry. On the last episode, Randy Kindig, Kevin Savetz and Brad Arnold has launched a contest that will run for all month of November. Whoever transcribes the most ANTIC interviews from 11/1/15 to 11/30/15 will win a Defender cartridge for the Atari 400/800/XL/XE computers…
Did you always want to see how is a Apple IIc inside? EEVblog Youtube channel has published today a video showing a Apple IIC teardown. [youtube JsUM-ZcBFE0 nolink] The compact Apple II, released in 1994 is very compact, considering it features a 5 1/4″ floppy, lots of interfaces and the keyboard, all in one unit. David L. Jones actually starts…
Memoirs of a Spectrum Addict is a full length documentary feature film (120-180 minutes, est.) which takes a detailed look at the ZX Spectrum, its history, its developers, its games and its fans. The film will be a unique tribute to the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Memoirs of a Spectrum Addict will have dramatic re-enactments, interviews like you’ve never seen before…
To celebrate 31th anniversary of the Amstrad CPC, Chris “NovaBug” Weatherley has made a 1-hour long video presenting 464 games running on Amstrad CPC. Some great, Some bad, some ugly, but all on the Amstrad. All games featured here are playable on the CPC464, but some may require the additional 64k memory pak and FD1 floppy disk drive. No GX4000…
