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Your Commodore 64 memories
144 months ago
Did you have a Commodore 64 when it was released 30 years ago? Do you still have it? Do you still use it?
It would be great to hear your memories of this brilliant 8 bit computer. Please leave a comment below, and I will compile them all together at the end of this week. If you wish, you can also email me at andy@retrocomputers.eu
I look forward to hearing your stories!
Happy birthday to the Commodore 64 – 30 years young.
04 months ago
by Andy
in Andys Retro Computers
Taken from the excellent article at The Register : The Commodore 64 is 30
Commodore took the wraps off the Commodore 64, one of two immediate follow-ups to its popular Vic-20 home computer, 30 years ago this week.
The 64 made its public debut at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), though it wouldn’t go into production until later in the year before going on sale in the US market in August. It didn’t make it across the Atlantic until late Autumn.
The original 'breadbox' Commodore 64 design Source: Wikimedia
You can read the rest of the article at The Register : The Commodore 64 is 30
Telecommunications services for the 1990s
15 months ago
by Andy
in Andys Retro Computers
Found this great video via YouTube.
Made in 1969 at the Post Office Research Station, Dollis Hill, this eight minute film attempts to predict what the future of communications may be like.
Have a Helping of 8-bit Holiday Cheer!
05 months ago
by Andy
in Andys Retro Computers
Here is a great post I found the other day on BYTECellar about various old demos about the Christmas Holidays.
I’ve been a computer guy for a long time now, but I’ve been enjoying Christmas even longer.
I got my first computer, a TI-99/4A, on Christmas morning, 1982. I was 10 years old, and from that Christmas on, it was games and hardware I wanted Santa to leave me under the tree. On through my teenage years, part of my ritual for getting into the Christmas spirit and enjoying the holidays was downloading and watching Christmas demos on whatever system I had at the time (and every platform out there had a few of them).
Enjoying these demos is a personal tradition that I had, sadly, long left behind until last Christmas when I was inspired to seek out one of the demos I remember best, Audio Light’s 1985 musical slideshow for the Atari ST. With the help of an emulator, I captured it to share online with readers.
Here, a year later, I recently brought it up and watched it run through it’s pixellated images and 3-voice musical holiday greeting. As I watched, it occurred to me that it might be nice to gather a few of the other demos I remember from those good ole’ days and present them here, in order to perhaps share some of the holiday cheer that they used to inspire within me.
The following list of demos ranges across a number of platforms of olde. I’ll start with the Atari ST demo I presented last year. Happy holidays, and I hope you enjoy the shows!
Read the full artice at Have a Helping of 8-bit Holiday Cheer!
Acorn RISC PC Games – Doom II and Cannon Fodder
06 months ago
by Andy
in Andys Retro Computers
2 short videos showing Doom II and Cannon Fodder playing on the Acorn RISC PC 700 with a StrongARM CPU.
The RISC PC doesn’t have native OPL3 type audio, so there is no music for Doom II – but you can play audio from a audio CD if you wish. However, Cannon Fodder uses PCM audio, so you do have some music. Audio is quite similar to the Commodore Amiga.
Retro Computers Google+ page
06 months ago
by Andy
in Andys Retro Computers
www.retrocomputers.eu now has its own page on Google+.
Goto the Retro Computers Google+ page here or use the G+ icon at the top of this page. See you there!
