Welcome to the GTIA podcast Episode 3
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Getting nostalgic. Music courtesy of the HVSC - Commodore 64 music for the masses! Comments can be phoned to 206-203-GTIA (4842) or e-mail/voice messages to podcast@gtia.com.
Just what everyone needs, an Atari 2600 running Macintosh OS X :-).
Here’s a neat little collection of Nintendo Entertainment System Commercials.
Here are two lucky grandsons, James and Charlie, who are getting their own arcade cabinet.
Although it requires a certain USB->Serial adapter, Sio2OSX looks like a nifty solution to storage needs for your Atari 8-bit computer:
Sio2OSX is a peripheral emulator for the Atari 8-bit computers that allows the Atari computer to use an OSX based Macintosh as a disk drive, a cassette drive, and a printer. Sio2OSX peforms functions similar to APE or SIO2PC on Windows based computers.
I’ve been salivating over his laptop since I first saw it. This video of it in action makes me want it even more!
Before the invention of the transistor, there were relays. And now a computer built entirely out of relays, Harry Porter’s Relay Computer.
Relays make a click when they switch, and I wonder how loud this machine is when calculating!
KFest 2006, which bills itself as Summer Camp for Geeks, will take place July 18th through the 21st at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri.
What’s KFest, you ask? Well, it’s an annual gathering of Apple II and Macintosh junkies. People who get a kick out of driving old hardware to do surprising things, or who simply have a nostalgia for the good old days of computing. We have sessions in which we learn new ways to use our older gear, as well as ways to take advantage of the latest technology.
From Google Video, a full screen demo:
Color video running at 30 frames per second, with audio, on an original 4.77MHz 8088 IBM PC Model 5150 with 640K RAM, CGA video, 10MB drive, and Sound Blaster Pro.
No tricks, this is for real! This kind of speed is only achievable using text mode (!) and 8088 assembler.
Programmer: Jim Leonard
(*Updated: I forgot to include the link to the video!*)
Over at Game Endings at GameRevolution.com, you can see the endings of some of your favorite console games. Finally I get to see the ending of Aladdin!