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MicroSynth (BBC Micro) for iPhone/iPad by Pixelh8
01 year ago
by Andy
in Andys Retro Computers
You can now play BBC Micro sounds on your iPhone or iPad with this new app! The description on the iTunes page says the following about this app.
MicroSynth is exactly that, a tiny synth based on a wonderful Micro Computer which is now on the verge of being 30 years old! All of the sounds you hear are actual samples taken from one of my real Micros and all of the sounds were also programmed by me. I hope you you enjoy making music with this MicroSynth.
I downloaded this app and gave it a go last night. MicroSynth is dead easy to use. Even I can use it and I cant even play the keyboard! Sounds are well sampled and sound just right. Lets hope that Pixelh8 releases more similar apps like this. I would love to see a Amstrad CPC version! Everyone else has done the C64, so it would be nice to hear the AY-3-8912 sound chip.
You can download your copy from iTunes. Or take a look at Pixelh8′s website here.
The Nintendo NAS (NES)
103 years ago
by Andy
in Andys Retro Computers
Here it is – the Nintendo NAS! (NAS = Network Attached Storage)
The Nintendo NAS contains the following hardware.
- CV860A Motherboard with onboard Via Eden C3 at 800Mhz
- 512 Mb RAM
- 400Gb 3.5″ IDE Hard disk.
- 3 * 100MB Lan connections
The LEDs on the front panel indicate power, disk activity and LAN activity. The power button turns the NAS on (funny that!) The reset button is not connected.
I’ve not put a CDROM drive inside the unit that utilises the cartridge flap on the front. Ive mounted the hard drive behind it instead.
This is the back of the NAS. Its not the best dremmel work, but it will do for now. I’m planning to tidy it up a bit in the future. Im sure a piece of fine sandpaper would do the trick.
This picture shows the inside of the NAS.
The plan was to install FreeNAS, but I’ve now decided to put Ubuntu server on instead. I can then put a Apache web server installation on it and publish its website to the internet. I will put a guest book system on it, so visitors can sigh the log. Keep an eye on http://nintendonas.retrocomputers.eu . I should have the site live by the new year.
