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Games • Mirrorsoft Look Sharp Mastertronic not in database?

Lemon64 about 8 months ago

Hello friends, I was looking at items I have and I came across something that is not in your database or I am overlooking it. Including pictures (multiple types of games but you will see the two below on the left side in the picture):https://imgur.com/a/ …
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Kirby & the Amazing Mirror Multiplayer Coming To Nintendo Switch Online

Retro Dodo about 8 months ago

Nintendo has just announced the upcoming release of Kirby & the Amazing Mirror for their Nintendo Switch Online Service. You should need very little reason to be excited about a new Kirby game in your library, because… well… it’s …

Is it possible to convert a data cassette to PC readable format for emulator?

Apple Fritter about 8 months ago

Hello! Thanks again for the host of the forum providing this, a place for hobbist to share ideas and ask for help. I have got an apple data cassette from a family friend who has passed away a few years ago. I think it is nothing important but just a memor …
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Scene • cc65/CBM key bindings for PrintTok?

Lemon64 about 8 months ago

Hi! I'm postponing development on PrintTok2 for now to add 128 one-char tokens and more special control codes to PrintTok1. I have a theory on how to handle these: the tokens would be in the range 128-255. This will cause problems with upper-case lette …
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Help & Support • Commodore Plus 4 keycap whitening effort

Lemon64 about 8 months ago

Today, I tried my first effort at keycap whitening on my Plus 4. It came out really nice, with the one exception of the F2/F5 function key still looking dark. Let me just say up front that putting the keycaps and tiny springs back onto the keyboard was no …
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acorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • ABUG SOUTH (in person) 10 to 12 November 2023 (booking thread)

Stardot about 8 months ago

ABUG SouthI am pleased to announce that booking is now open for the next in person ABUG South.This will be the last event that I will be organising (but the events will continue into 2024 and hopefully beyond).VenueThe event will take place from Friday 10 …

Other Mainframe Topics, Off-Topics, FAQs. • Investigating the potential viability related to melding wood together with various ground types for a distinct and effi

zMainframes about 8 months ago

Not long ago, I came onto this wonderful site and was be really motivated by its comprehensive and insightful materials. Each page appeared to provide valuable know-how, making it an incredible reference. I truly believe that my friends and family members …
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Scene • Function 2023 Demo Party Official Results and Downloads

Lemon64 about 8 months ago

https://2023.function.hu/h... Type :Demo PartyDates :8 - 10 September 2023Place : …

archive requests • Searching for missing ... BBC and Archimedes Software

Stardot about 8 months ago

Having been reading through BBC and Archimedes magazines, checking out the software around back then - I had an A5000 but now run RPCEmu - I came across some interesting software reviews.I have looked for in the following places:Archimedes Archive, bbc.nv …
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New Releases • Black BOX v.9 releases

Lemon64 about 8 months ago

I made a copy of The Black Box v.9 cardridge.This is the last and most advanced cartridge of the large "Black Box" family designed and produced in Poland in the 1980s and 1990s by the ROM-BIT company.These cartridges were very popular in Poland at that ti …
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How to track down developers of Uniflex software?

Retro Computing Forum about 8 months ago

I’ve posted a few times on this forum coding on Uniflex for the Tektronix 4404. The BSD socket implementation is done by Network Research Corporation but there are no docs. eg net_ioctl() ? info_open()? I have header files but there are n …

Apple Disk II drives non functional. Q’s about belt replacement.

Apple Fritter about 8 months ago

I recently posted to the IRC and was told that this would be better for the fourm. I have two Disk II drives that power on but can't read. I'd like to restore full function in them. I've heard that there's issues with the belt melting in these old drives …

Wackopac - A new Amiga Demo which came 6th in the Function 2023 game dev comp!

Indie Retro News about 8 months ago

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Sinden Lightgun Review – The Modern Day Lightgun That Works

Retro Dodo about 8 months ago

Incredibly Accurate, Great Customisation ... Lightgun ... …

C64 cartriges

VCFed about 9 months ago

Hi all. Wanted to ask if someone around here knows why some of the utility cartridges of the c64 required some additional logic in order to function? I have the EPYX fastload which has a 74ls07 logic gate in addition to the rom, and an old fast loader call …
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First Look At New AYANEO Flip A Clamshell Windows PC

Retro Dodo about 9 months ago

AYANEO has just dropped the first clear images of their highly anticipated AYANEO Flip handheld device. And it is as beautiful as you might expect. Just last month, we had specs and release info for the AYANEO Kun, a reveal of the New AYANEO Pocket S, …
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New Releases • Release upcoming: EVIL DUNGEON II (C64) - 20.10.2023, Collectors Edition Preorder

Lemon64 about 9 months ago

Hi supporters, adventureres, retro heros and all that I forgot.I've been working hard on a sequel for the past few months and I'm proud to announce that "EVIL DUNGEON II" is about to be released.Release is on Friday, October 20th, 2023 (digital/physical)T …

AdvSkel65 Progress Report: Getting Monitor: Possible Crash on ProDOS OPEN

Apple Fritter about 9 months ago

AttachmentSize ProDOSi module that opens a file1.25 KB Module that passes a file to the OPEN function578 bytes Module that loads a Cubbyhole stub into memory1.01 KB cc65 header that declares the ProDOSi functions1.06 KB Hi!  I can't figu …
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Matt Regan makes his own CPUs (videos)

Retro Computing Forum about 9 months ago

Here’s his latest, an Apple 2 rebuild, using his own TTL-constructed 6502. TTL Apple 2 computer. No 6502 required. (He’s a fan of using EPROMs for function lookup, which cuts the package count a lot, but of course uses lots (and lots) of …

OS/8 Driver Questions and an OS/8 Peculiarity

VCFed about 9 months ago

I am writing down these questions as I read Doug Ingram's OS/8 device driver reference tome (deep respect intended). Doug - Thank you for this very informative and useful document. I plan on preserving it for future reference. If the data field is set t …
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On the Retro Radar for September 2023

Retro Arcadia about 9 months ago

Time for our regular roundup of the mostly (but not strictly) retro-interest games releases on the way for the coming month, with trailers for everything and maybe a few snippets of fascinating information too! All sorts of stuff going on this month, incl …
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Software & Hardware • Action Replay III - Giving Error " Not a Dos Track"

LemonAmiga about 9 months ago

So I'm using to ways to save freeze and save games using SA and SPM commands according to the manual and videos. I have a fully functional disk drive, and brand new fully function floppies that are working with copying games. When saving it doesn't say ok …

General Discussions • Space and Enter not mapping correctly

MISTerFPGA about 9 months ago

I got two 1-button keyboards to function as COIN1 and COIN2. One of them sends a Space keypress and the other sends an Enter keypress:https://www.amazon... lets me map COIN to the one that sends Space but pressing it after that doesn …
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Sony Playstation Portal Handheld Gets Official Name & $199 Price Tag

Retro Dodo about 9 months ago

After several months of eager anticipation, Sony’s upcoming “Project Q” handheld finally gets its official name – the Playstation Portal. I have a feeling my friends at Pimax won’t be too happy about that! [Pimax Portal] Especiall …

8-bit acorn software: other • Acornsoft ISO-Pascal Links

Stardot about 9 months ago

Having long ago used Oracle's PL/SQL, of which the Wikipedia entry says "The designers of PL/SQL modeled its syntax on that of Ada. Both Ada and PL/SQL have Pascal as a common ancestor, and so PL/SQL also resembles Pascal in most aspects", I thought I mig …