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Pixel Plumbers: Gaming GoodNES from Japan

June 29, 2018 paleotronic 0

During 1983 a home console revolution started in Japan with the release of the Nintendo Famicom. Short for Family Computer, this new console was designed to take video games beyond the giant pixels and beeper [more…]

Commodore

VIC-20 Phone Home: The Commodore VICModem

June 28, 2018 paleotronic 0

Released in 1980, the VIC-20 was the world’s first low-cost computer, at a list price of under US$300. Compared to other computers of the time, the VIC-20 had a tiny memory (5 kilobytes) and an [more…]

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Attack of the Clones: A look at the FC-Compact and the Sega Megadrive Classic

June 27, 2018 paleotronic 0

The limited release of the Nintendo Classic Mini in 2016 revived the market for “retro-clone” consoles as people flocked to re-live the video games of their youth. Paleotronic acquired a couple of common clones from [more…]

Apple II

Tetris for Applesoft BASIC

June 26, 2018 paleotronic 0

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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80s Electronics to Go: Looking Back at Early Camcorders and Laptops

June 20, 2018 paleotronic 0

Marty’s camera in Back to the Future is one cool piece of gear, but his JVC GR-C1 VideoMovie was actually over four years old at this point – an early version of it had been [more…]

Coding

Department Store BASIC: Learning to code via programmatic vandalism in the 1980s

June 19, 2018 paleotronic 0

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…]

History

The Portable Wars: Atari Lynx vs Nintendo Game Boy vs Sega Game Gear

June 19, 2018 paleotronic 0

The 1990s saw the rise of handheld portable video-gaming, with the three dominant console manufacturers, Nintendo, Sega and Atari all coming out with their own take on gaming-on-the-go. Could Nintendo’s monochromatic Game Boy fend off [more…]

Apple II

The Internet Archive’s Jason Scott Talks Apple II Software Preservation

June 15, 2018 paleotronic 0

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…]

Apple II

Confessions of a Disk Cracker: the secrets of 4am.

June 15, 2018 paleotronic 0

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…]

Education

Collector’s Corner: Care and Cleaning of CDs and Floppies

June 14, 2018 paleotronic 0

First demonstrated at the Consumer Electronics Show in 1982, the Compact Disc was an evolution of the optical LaserDisc format created by Philips and MCA. Philips partnered with Sony to develop the new disc, initially [more…]

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Our Holiday issue explored The Print Shop, Christmas and Party games and much, much more!

turtleSpaces 3D Logo Interpreter

turtleSpaces is a new expanded implementation of LCSI Apple Logo II that features 3D OpenGL graphics, shapes, lights, cameras, location detection, multiple turtles and much, much more! Great for teaching kids how to code. Check it out at turtlespaces.org

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Miniaturised Radios and Magnetic Tape

May 15, 2018 0

Reprinted from Paleotronic issue 1, volume 1 Feb-Mar 2018.  Lee De Forest’s 1907 Audion vacuum tube is widely credited with kickstarting the modern electronics industry in general, but it would take the much smaller, lower-power [more…]

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