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Computer Art

In a digital world, what is art?

September 28, 2020 paleotronic 0

What is art? It’s not an easy question to answer, as art being a form of expression is open to interpretation by the individual. Historically art has been defined by something physical, a painting, or [more…]

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Short Takes: Retro Documentary Reviews

September 28, 2020 paleotronic 0

Charting the rise of Nolan Bushnell’s Atari from its humble beginnings building arcade game, to a Warner owned company that turned over billions of dollars in sales. The Atari story is a lesson in the [more…]

Fiction

A Computer’s Guide to Self Expression

September 28, 2020 paleotronic 0

The following is an excerpt from the machine learning guide to computation self expression, the origins of this enlightening yet cautionary tale are unknown, as the bytes have been passed down from motherboard to daughterboard, [more…]

Sound and Music

The Yamaha CX5M Music Computer

September 28, 2020 paleotronic 0

By 1983 the consumer was spoiled for choice when it came to purchasing a home micro-computer. Apple, Atari and Commodore all had their own systems in the mix, along with those from smaller companies. With [more…]

Atari

Kill a Happy Face: The Mayhem of MIDI Maze, the first FPS

September 28, 2020 paleotronic 0

In the previous two issues of Paleotronic I have written about RPG games, their origins, the games credited with being the first of their kinds on home computers in the RPG video gaming category. Midi [more…]

Sound and Music

From the laboratory to the arcade: Computer Music

September 28, 2020 paleotronic 0

There are five senses: touch, taste, smell, sight and hearing. Computers have always been tactile – you have to touch them in order to use them (at least until relatively recently.) You can twiddle knobs, [more…]

Computer Art

The Artistic Worlds of CD-ROM

September 28, 2020 paleotronic 0

The multimedia boom of the 1990s saw an influx of computer programs released on compact discs. With the extra storage allowed by the format, games could begin to provide gamers with a far richer experience [more…]

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