Announcements Archives - Paleotronic Magazine http://paleotronic.com/category/announcements/ Electronics, Computing and Videogame History! Mon, 22 Apr 2019 02:15:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 http://paleotronic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/cropped-keyicon-1-32x32.png Announcements Archives - Paleotronic Magazine http://paleotronic.com/category/announcements/ 32 32 146320098 microM8 Update: Experimental GUI and control API http://paleotronic.com/2019/04/21/microm8-update-experimental-gui-and-control-api/ http://paleotronic.com/2019/04/21/microm8-update-experimental-gui-and-control-api/#respond Sun, 21 Apr 2019 04:30:33 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=4184 Recently we’ve had requests from users for both an API (an interface for controlling our microM8 Apple II emulator externally) and a GUI (a graphical user-interface native to the host operating system). The lack of [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2019/04/21/microm8-update-experimental-gui-and-control-api/feed/ 0 4184 microM8 Update: Super Hi-Res (SHR) support http://paleotronic.com/2019/03/11/microm8-update-super-hi-res-shr-support-1-2/ http://paleotronic.com/2019/03/11/microm8-update-super-hi-res-shr-support-1-2/#respond Mon, 11 Mar 2019 13:42:05 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=3648 John Brooks’ VidHD video card for the Apple II renders Apple II graphics in 1080p, but it also allows the Apple IIe to use the Apple IIGS’s colour-indexed Super High-Resolution modes (320×200 and 640×200). So [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2019/03/11/microm8-update-super-hi-res-shr-support-1-2/feed/ 0 3648 Issue 5 Update: Creative Computing http://paleotronic.com/2019/03/06/issue-5-update-creative-computing/ http://paleotronic.com/2019/03/06/issue-5-update-creative-computing/#respond Wed, 06 Mar 2019 05:04:55 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=3571 In order to free up some time to organise GORF, the release of issue 5 has been delayed until Q2 2019. In the meanwhile, here’s some of what we’re working on for the next issue: [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2019/03/06/issue-5-update-creative-computing/feed/ 0 3571 GORF: The Great Oz Retro-Technology Festival http://paleotronic.com/2019/02/12/gorf-the-great-oz-retro-technology-festival/ http://paleotronic.com/2019/02/12/gorf-the-great-oz-retro-technology-festival/#respond Tue, 12 Feb 2019 01:06:30 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=3390 Spend four days enjoying the company of other retro-technology enthusiasts at GORF: the Great Oz Retro-Fest, at Urban Camp in Melbourne, Australia from April 24th-28th 2019. Modelled after the wildly-successful US KansasFest event, GORF is [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2019/02/12/gorf-the-great-oz-retro-technology-festival/feed/ 0 3390 Announcing Paleotronic’s Retro-Slack http://paleotronic.com/2019/01/10/announcing-paleotronics-retro-slack/ http://paleotronic.com/2019/01/10/announcing-paleotronics-retro-slack/#respond Thu, 10 Jan 2019 02:25:59 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=3081 Our new Slack community is dedicated to retro-gaming, vintage computing, classic electronics, chiptune, pixel and text art and more… Join us and chat about your favourite consoles and computers, the latest and greatest games, your [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2019/01/10/announcing-paleotronics-retro-slack/feed/ 0 3081 Going Back in History to Swat Bugs: microM8’s New Web-Based Time-Bending Debugger http://paleotronic.com/2018/10/04/going-back-in-history-to-swat-bugs-microm8s-new-web-based-time-bending-debugger/ http://paleotronic.com/2018/10/04/going-back-in-history-to-swat-bugs-microm8s-new-web-based-time-bending-debugger/#respond Thu, 04 Oct 2018 06:56:41 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=1646 Call it the ‘butterfly debugger’. People at KansasFest 2018 were excited by the development possibilities of microM8’s ‘rewind’ feature – the one that lets you cheat at games by going back before you made a [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2018/10/04/going-back-in-history-to-swat-bugs-microm8s-new-web-based-time-bending-debugger/feed/ 0 1646 Issue #3 has been released: To the Moon! http://paleotronic.com/2018/09/17/issue-3-has-been-released-to-the-moon/ http://paleotronic.com/2018/09/17/issue-3-has-been-released-to-the-moon/#respond Mon, 17 Sep 2018 01:07:05 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=1572 The digital copy of issue 3 has been released, and the files are at the printer awaiting publishing of the hard-copy version. Our third issue looks at the Apollo lunar landings, and all other things [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2018/09/17/issue-3-has-been-released-to-the-moon/feed/ 0 1572 Dead tree copies of issue #2 are on their way! http://paleotronic.com/2018/06/05/dead-tree-copies-of-issue-2-are-on-their-way/ http://paleotronic.com/2018/06/05/dead-tree-copies-of-issue-2-are-on-their-way/#respond Tue, 05 Jun 2018 04:08:41 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=571 The second issue of Paleotronic has been printed and posted, and should start appearing in mailboxes soon! Here’s a sneak peek at what the final product looked like:

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2018/06/05/dead-tree-copies-of-issue-2-are-on-their-way/feed/ 0 571 Join the Paleotronic Retro-Technology Club on Facebook… http://paleotronic.com/2018/05/22/join-the-paleotronic-retro-technology-club-on-facebook/ http://paleotronic.com/2018/05/22/join-the-paleotronic-retro-technology-club-on-facebook/#respond Tue, 22 May 2018 05:20:09 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=435 Our Facebook group is the place to discuss all things Paleotronic including retrogaming, retrocomputing, and all sorts of other vintage electronics. So, come on over and let’s get the party started! https://www.facebook.com/groups/paleotronic/

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2018/05/22/join-the-paleotronic-retro-technology-club-on-facebook/feed/ 0 435 Issue 2 has been released! http://paleotronic.com/2018/05/10/issue-2-has-been-released/ http://paleotronic.com/2018/05/10/issue-2-has-been-released/#respond Thu, 10 May 2018 04:08:18 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=138 Our second issue delves into all things CRT, exploring the history of the cathode-ray tube, the birth of television, early computer and video-game graphics and so much more. The digital edition weighs in at a [more...]

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