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Old Logo Turtle… New microLogo Tricks!

September 5, 2019 paleotronic 0

So it’s fair to say we might have gone a little crazy tricking out the turtle in microM8‘s OpenGL Apple Logo implementation… New Graphical Primitives: Wireframe: Reminder: SETPC color – sets the ‘pen’ colour SETPOPA [more…]

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BBSes: Partying Online Like It’s 1989

September 4, 2019 paleotronic 0

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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Gadget Graveyard: Dot-Matrix Printers

August 26, 2019 paleotronic 0

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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The Family Business: An Interview with Brøderbund Software founder Doug Carlston

August 20, 2019 paleotronic 0

Brøderbund Software Inc. was founded by brothers Doug and Gary Carlston in 1980 after Doug had written Galactic Empire, a space strategy game, on his TRS-80 (retro-trivia: many of the locations in the game have [more…]

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A Tongue-In-Cheek Look Back at Broderbund’s ‘The Print Shop’

August 20, 2019 paleotronic 0

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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Issue 4 Editorial: The Computers Are Coming to Get Us!

August 14, 2019 paleotronic 0

SOON, FOR HUMANITY, THE PARTY WAS GOING TO BE OVER. Successful science fiction preys on our fears of the future – nobody cares about watching a movie about the peaceful existence we’re all going to [more…]

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microM8 Update: Back to the Debugger

July 20, 2019 paleotronic 0

Mark Lemmert of 6502 Workshop has been using microM8 to debug Nox Archaist, an Apple II RPG he’s developing, and we’re really happy when people use our stuff to do cool things. So we thought [more…]

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Retro Reviews: Attack of the Retron Clones

July 10, 2019 paleotronic 0

In North America in particular, Hyperkin has made a name for themselves releasing clone systems for a number of classic consoles. We take a look at the range available, the pros and cons each and [more…]

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The Lunar Code: Inside the Apollo Guidance Computer

June 9, 2019 paleotronic 0

  The Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) was a fascinating design for its time, and demonstrated many concepts that would take hold be used for many years to come. The 512Khz master signal (derived from a [more…]

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Android Dreams: The Werewolf of Schenectady

June 2, 2019 paleotronic 0

“Your ghost stories don’t scare me…” Jamie Silicon’s voice betrayed a certain lack of confidence, and his older sister seized on it like a wolf lunging for a rabbit. “Did you know that one night, [more…]

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

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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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