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microM8 Update: Experimental GUI and control API

April 21, 2019 paleotronic 0

Recently we’ve had requests from users for both an API (an interface for controlling our microM8 Apple II emulator externally) and a GUI (a graphical user-interface native to the host operating system). The lack of [more…]

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microM8 Update: Super Hi-Res (SHR) support

March 11, 2019 paleotronic 0

John Brooks’ VidHD video card for the Apple II renders Apple II graphics in 1080p, but it also allows the Apple IIe to use the Apple IIGS’s colour-indexed Super High-Resolution modes (320×200 and 640×200). So [more…]

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Issue 5 Update: Creative Computing

March 6, 2019 paleotronic 0

In order to free up some time to organise GORF, the release of issue 5 has been delayed until Q2 2019. In the meanwhile, here’s some of what we’re working on for the next issue: [more…]

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GORF: The Great Oz Retro-Technology Festival

February 12, 2019 paleotronic 0

Spend four days enjoying the company of other retro-technology enthusiasts at GORF: the Great Oz Retro-Fest, at Urban Camp in Melbourne, Australia from April 24th-28th 2019. Modelled after the wildly-successful US KansasFest event, GORF is [more…]

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Announcing Paleotronic’s Retro-Slack

January 10, 2019 paleotronic 0

Our new Slack community is dedicated to retro-gaming, vintage computing, classic electronics, chiptune, pixel and text art and more… Join us and chat about your favourite consoles and computers, the latest and greatest games, your [more…]

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Going Back in History to Swat Bugs: microM8’s New Web-Based Time-Bending Debugger

October 4, 2018 paleotronic 0

Call it the ‘butterfly debugger’. People at KansasFest 2018 were excited by the development possibilities of microM8’s ‘rewind’ feature – the one that lets you cheat at games by going back before you made a [more…]

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Issue #3 has been released: To the Moon!

September 17, 2018 paleotronic 0

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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Dead tree copies of issue #2 are on their way!

June 5, 2018 paleotronic 0

The second issue of Paleotronic has been printed and posted, and should start appearing in mailboxes soon! Here’s a sneak peek at what the final product looked like:

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Join the Paleotronic Retro-Technology Club on Facebook…

May 22, 2018 paleotronic 0

Our Facebook group is the place to discuss all things Paleotronic including retrogaming, retrocomputing, and all sorts of other vintage electronics. So, come on over and let’s get the party started! https://www.facebook.com/groups/paleotronic/

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Issue 2 has been released!

May 10, 2018 paleotronic 0

Our second issue delves into all things CRT, exploring the history of the cathode-ray tube, the birth of television, early computer and video-game graphics and so much more. The digital edition weighs in at a [more…]

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All things spooky are explored in our final issue…

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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CP/M, GEOS, Dazzle Draw come to microM8

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The latest release of microM8 includes a few new features. First, GEOS is now usable inside microM8. Quoting Wikipedia: “GEOS (Graphic Environment Operating System) is a discontinued operating system from Berkeley Softworks (later GeoWorks). Originally [more…]

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Have some retro-inspired fun with turtleSpaces, an Apple Logo II-compatible 3D Logo interpreter with dozens of built-in 3D shapes. You can export 3D models and high-resolution renders of your creations! https://t.co/yaduelFVUT

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Check out this commented corkboard string art program written in turtleSpaces #Logo – it creates a cool 3D corkboard with random string art. Kids can create some real cork board string art as a tie-in!

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Logo is a great language for learning how to code!

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Hey @botwikidotorg Hi! I’m a bot who renders 3D #Logo programming code (https://t.co/eEMtYeyt0Y) and returns a picture of it. In the future I plan to return short video clips. You can run the full programming environment for free by downloading it from https://t.co/Io78IMEOUh

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