apple2 Archives - Paleotronic Magazine http://paleotronic.com/tag/apple2/ Electronics, Computing and Videogame History! Sat, 07 Jul 2018 06:38:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.10 http://paleotronic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/cropped-keyicon-1-32x32.png apple2 Archives - Paleotronic Magazine http://paleotronic.com/tag/apple2/ 32 32 146320098 “Upcycling” Pong: Putting a new “spin” on an old game using microM8 http://paleotronic.com/2018/07/07/upcycling-pong-putting-a-new-spin-on-an-old-game-using-microm8/ http://paleotronic.com/2018/07/07/upcycling-pong-putting-a-new-spin-on-an-old-game-using-microm8/#respond Sat, 07 Jul 2018 06:32:05 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=1114 Pong was exciting when it came out back in 1972 but it hasn’t aged very well. By modern standards it’s kind of boring. Luckily in microM8 we can do two things to improve it: first, [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2018/07/07/upcycling-pong-putting-a-new-spin-on-an-old-game-using-microm8/feed/ 0 1114 Tetris for Applesoft BASIC http://paleotronic.com/2018/06/26/tetris-for-applesoft-basic/ http://paleotronic.com/2018/06/26/tetris-for-applesoft-basic/#respond Tue, 26 Jun 2018 04:08:35 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=863 What do Steve Wozniak and George H.W. Bush have in common? They’ve both been seriously into Tetris! But who can blame them? The object of the game (as if you didn’t know) is to complete [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2018/06/26/tetris-for-applesoft-basic/feed/ 0 863 The Internet Archive’s Jason Scott Talks Apple II Software Preservation http://paleotronic.com/2018/06/15/the-internet-archives-jason-scott-talks-apple-ii-software-preservation/ http://paleotronic.com/2018/06/15/the-internet-archives-jason-scott-talks-apple-ii-software-preservation/#respond Fri, 15 Jun 2018 13:57:50 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=703 Paleotronic had a chat with archivist and documentary film-maker Jason Scott (Get Lamp) about his efforts to preserve Apple II and other vintage computer software… Firstly, could you give a little background on how the [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2018/06/15/the-internet-archives-jason-scott-talks-apple-ii-software-preservation/feed/ 0 703 Confessions of a Disk Cracker: the secrets of 4am. http://paleotronic.com/2018/06/15/confessions-of-a-disk-cracker-the-secrets-of-4am/ http://paleotronic.com/2018/06/15/confessions-of-a-disk-cracker-the-secrets-of-4am/#respond Fri, 15 Jun 2018 13:53:42 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=693 Why did you choose to start aggressively de-protecting, archiving and re-distributing Apple II software? It’s tempting to rewrite history and give myself some noble purpose for starting this hobby, but in this case the truth [more...]

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