retrocomputing Archives - Paleotronic Magazine https://paleotronic.com/tag/retrocomputing/ Electronics, Computing and Videogame History! Sun, 22 Dec 2019 02:29:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 http://paleotronic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/cropped-keyicon-1-32x32.png retrocomputing Archives - Paleotronic Magazine https://paleotronic.com/tag/retrocomputing/ 32 32 146320098 ARC: The Adelaide Retro-Computing Group http://paleotronic.com/2019/12/22/arc-the-adelaide-retro-computing-group/ http://paleotronic.com/2019/12/22/arc-the-adelaide-retro-computing-group/#respond Sun, 22 Dec 2019 02:29:22 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=9868 Today almost everyone will use a computer, or some form of computer controlled hardware to do their job. When they get home they might play games on their PC or Mac, or use social media [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2019/12/22/arc-the-adelaide-retro-computing-group/feed/ 0 9868 Paleotronic’s 12 Years of Retro-Christmas Returns! http://paleotronic.com/2019/12/14/paleotronics-12-years-of-retro-christmas-returns/ http://paleotronic.com/2019/12/14/paleotronics-12-years-of-retro-christmas-returns/#respond Sat, 14 Dec 2019 07:30:00 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=9703 Did you miss it last year? Well, here’s another chance to check out Paleotronic’s 12 years of Retro-Christmas, a series of 12 mini-mags looking back at consumer electronics covering the years 1980-1991. It was the [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2019/12/14/paleotronics-12-years-of-retro-christmas-returns/feed/ 0 9703 BBSes: Partying Online Like It’s 1989 http://paleotronic.com/2019/09/04/bbses-partying-online-like-its-1989/ http://paleotronic.com/2019/09/04/bbses-partying-online-like-its-1989/#respond Wed, 04 Sep 2019 03:22:53 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=6638 While the Internet would eventually bring computer-based telecommunications to the masses, by the late 1980s more tech-savvy individuals were already meeting new people and having all sorts of discussions ‘on-line’ – and in some cases [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2019/09/04/bbses-partying-online-like-its-1989/feed/ 0 6638 Gadget Graveyard: Dot-Matrix Printers http://paleotronic.com/2019/08/26/gadget-graveyard-dot-matrix-printers/ http://paleotronic.com/2019/08/26/gadget-graveyard-dot-matrix-printers/#respond Mon, 26 Aug 2019 04:50:44 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=6367 You might have got the impression, upon entering Jane Smith’s house (sometime in 1986) that her husband was in the process of renovating their kitchen, the sound of a power tool growling and grinding away [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2019/08/26/gadget-graveyard-dot-matrix-printers/feed/ 0 6367 A Tongue-In-Cheek Look Back at Broderbund’s ‘The Print Shop’ http://paleotronic.com/2019/08/20/a-tongue-in-cheek-look-at-broderbunds-the-print-shop/ http://paleotronic.com/2019/08/20/a-tongue-in-cheek-look-at-broderbunds-the-print-shop/#respond Tue, 20 Aug 2019 03:05:19 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=6135 In the early 1980s, if you wanted posters to advertise a yard sale or a party, your options were pretty limited. You could get some blank sheets of paper and some crayons or felt markers [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2019/08/20/a-tongue-in-cheek-look-at-broderbunds-the-print-shop/feed/ 0 6135 Paleotronic’s 12 Years of Retro-Christmas (Combined Download) http://paleotronic.com/2018/12/26/paleotronics-12-years-of-retro-christmas-single-download/ http://paleotronic.com/2018/12/26/paleotronics-12-years-of-retro-christmas-single-download/#respond Wed, 26 Dec 2018 00:55:41 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=2960 Our tour of electronic Christmas gifts past has concluded, but if you missed it, don’t worry! You can catch up by downloading all of the episodes in a single file via the link below. Download [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2018/12/26/paleotronics-12-years-of-retro-christmas-single-download/feed/ 0 2960 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 Department Store BASIC: Learning to code via programmatic vandalism in the 1980s http://paleotronic.com/2018/06/19/department-store-basic-learning-to-code-via-programmatic-vandalism-in-the-1980s/ http://paleotronic.com/2018/06/19/department-store-basic-learning-to-code-via-programmatic-vandalism-in-the-1980s/#respond Tue, 19 Jun 2018 04:20:59 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=776 Before MS-DOS, Microsoft’s biggest product was arguably BASIC. Variants of Microsoft BASIC shipped in most 1980s home computers, including the Commodore 64, Tandy Color Computer and the Apple II (as Applesoft BASIC). Standing for “Beginners [more...]

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