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The Original Version Of Columns For The HP-UX Has Just Been Found

Time Extension about 17 days ago

You can now see the true origins of the popular match-three game.Almost 35 years after it was originally made, the first-ever version of the popular match-three puzzle game Columns has finally been found and documented online.Most people will probably know …

Commodore PET 8032 with graphics keyboard - shipping to EU only - 500EUR

VCFed about 2 months ago

4 DRAM memory chips replaced until PETTEST completed 16 full memory test cycles. "New" CPU and CPU socket, two new filter caps, all from aliexpress. It has some rust over the oscillator cover and inside the case, some dust here and there. Case sa …
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Atari’s Mike Jang

The Arcade Blogger about 3 months ago

Some sad news to report on the blog this week. I got word that long-time Industrial Designer at Atari coin-operated division, Mike Jang, has passed away. I’ve known Mike since 2016, and whilst we never met, he was always on the other end of an em …
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RAM blocks architecture and total RAM amount

Apple Fritter about 4 months ago

Hello, gentlemen! I am devouring the masterpiece Understanding the Apple II by Mr. James Sather and the Apple II Reference Manual as well.So far, so good, but I am stuck on the total amount of RAM available and considered by the system. I am aware that th …
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WHAT TO DO WITH A DEAF/DUMB/DEAD APPLE-1 CPU SECTION

Apple Fritter about 5 months ago

Since my famous IC kits have sold out earlier this year, more and more Apple-1 builders are struggling with getting their APPLE-1 up and running. This post is meant to show a method to at least get a clue where the cuprit is which causes the Apple-1 not to …
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Common capacitor failure? 16k ram card

Apple Fritter about 5 months ago

16k memory ram card, had a capacitor smoke.   I had installed a new Apple II VGA card I had just assembled and was testing the machine.   I had considered leaving the top of the case open while I tested my newly built card but I didn't since I was runn …
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SWTPC GT-6144 Replica for Apple 1

Apple Fritter about 5 months ago

I have been replicating the SWTPC GT-6144 graphic terminal since I saw from Apple1Registry.com that it was one of the peripherals used with Apple 1 and it gives graphical display capability to the computer. It displays graphic by the 6144 dots (64 columns …

IBM PC, PCXT, Tandy 1000 • Tandy sound on Space Quest and odd CGA colors

MISTerFPGA about 5 months ago

Hi, I'm having a heck of a time getting Space Quest to run in Tandy mode on the pcxt core.In the pcxt mode with pcxt31.rom, I can load up my ao486 vhd to access the game directory. The colors are not correct in CGA (they show up as orange, green, etc.) My …
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Videx softswitch fab

Apple Fritter about 6 months ago

Hi all,I'm making my own Videx softswitch. I have the 80 col card in  my ][+ and it works great with a pushbutton A/B switch but I don't have a softswitch. I've seen them on eBay but I think it would be fun to make my own (I etch my own PCBs). I saw a PCB …
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Franklin 80 column card problem

Apple Fritter about 6 months ago

While I was working on trying to get 80 columns on a ][+ with the Ralle Palaveev A2VGA card I ran into a problem with one of my 80 column cards.  I have a Videx and another Videx clone that are working but my Franklin 80 column card (which is Videx compat …
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Scene • WASD vs WAXD?

Lemon64 about 6 months ago

I've been figuring out twin stick keyboard controls for C64, and WAXD+UHMK works well with the keyboard matrix restrictions.What do you think of WAXD instead of WASD? The big advantage is that you can place your thumb on X, so all four direction keys are …
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TWIPY Season, Better Pinball Photos, Corvette Tutorial & MORE – TWIP 11/20/23

This Week in Pinball about 6 months ago

TWIPY Season Begins Break out the celebratory Slim Jims – it’s officially TWIPY season! This week, we officially announced the return of the annual TWIPY Awards, taking place live at the Texas Pinball Festival in M …
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THIS WEEK IN PINBALL – 11/13/23: TWIP Joins Kineticist!

This Week in Pinball about 6 months ago

This Week in Pinball Joins Kineticist Hi. Colin here for a special edition of This Week in Pinball.  The TLDR of it is this: TWIP is joining Kineticist. Read on for a personal story and a brief Q&A about what comes ne …
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Celebrating British Bingo: A Vintage Game with Roots in Probability

Retromash about 6 months ago

The game of bingo, called Housey-Housey in the times gone by, became popular in the UK following the Betting and Gaming Act of 1960. As a piece of physical retro gaming, it continues to drive troves of people toward its speciality – a probabilistic g …
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THIS WEEK IN PINBALL – 11/6/23: Elton John Gameplay, Iron Maiden Tutorial, Brian Eddy Interview & MORE

This Week in Pinball about 7 months ago

New Elton John Gameplay Video This week, Jersey Jack released a new gameplay video for their latest game, Elton John. It’s a pre-recorded video, so a little different from a livestream approach. However, for those who pay c …

8-bit acorn software: other • SIMP Generator

Stardot about 7 months ago

Whilst archiving some Wordwise Plus programs my brain clicked and remembered a program I used to use BITD. I acquired a paper-based jargon creator called SIMP. This had four columns of phrases numbered 1 to 4. To create jargon one took a phrase at random …
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THIS WEEK IN PINBALL – 10/30/23: Larry DeMar Interview, David Van Es Interview, Ninja Eclipse Reaction & MORE

This Week in Pinball about 7 months ago

LoserKid Interviews Larry DeMar The “Godfather of modern code” gave a very rare interview to Josh Roop with LoserKid Pinball Podcast. He talks at length about his career in pinball and video games working on all-time great g …
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Chit Chat • Uzebox - open source 8 bit console - kits now available!

Lemon64 about 7 months ago

The Uzebox is a fully open source, retro minimalist games console, heavily inspired by the NES and SNES and is still having new games written for it almost 15 years after its introduction. It has a spec inbetween the two original Nintendo consoles but is …

Pinball Expo 2023: Stern Pinball Factory Tour

Pinball Magazine about 7 months ago

As described in Pinball Magazine’s Pinball Expo 2023 report, Stern Pinball hosted the annual Pinball Expo factory tour in their new facility in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. Pinball Expo attendees were driven to the factory in schoolbusses that picked …
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Pinball Expo 2023 Report

Pinball Magazine about 7 months ago

Pinball Expo is the world’s longest running annual pinball event, and also one of the biggest is size and number of visitors. The 2023 edition has a record number of vendors on the show floor where amongst everything else several new pinball machines …

PET newbie questions about wimodem

VCFed about 8 months ago

I have a PET 8032 which I restored over the last year with a lot of help from members of this forum. I haven't had much chance to use it because until recently I didn't have a place to set it up. I have a petdisk and wimodem for it. I was trying to get t …
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Rediscovering Castle Master on Atari ST

Retro Arcadia about 8 months ago

Being lucky enough to have pretty much lived my life in parallel to the entire history of video games, I’ve also been lucky enough to have been blown away over and over again by every leap they’ve ever made, even if the height seems to have got a bit …
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Sony PlayStation Vita Hub

How To Retro about 8 months ago

Sony PlayStation Vita The PlayStation Vita was officially launched in December 2011 in Japan. The PS Vita boasts a 5-inch OLED multi-touch capacitive touchscreen, dual analog sticks, and a rear touchpad, offering a unique gameplay experience. PS …
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Sony PlayStation Vita Hub

How To Retro about 8 months ago

Sony PlayStation Vita The PlayStation Vita was officially launched in December 2011 in Japan. The PS Vita boasts a 5-inch OLED multi-touch capacitive touchscreen, dual analog sticks, and a rear touchpad, offering a unique gameplay experience. …
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Sony PlayStation 3 Hub

How To Retro about 8 months ago

Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) The PlayStation 3, commonly known as the PS3, is the third in the series of PlayStation consoles, aside from being a huge success, it is also well-known for being one of the earlier ways to get access to Blu-Ray movies with …