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“Upcycling” Pong: Putting a new “spin” on an old game using microM8

July 7, 2018 paleotronic 0

Pong was exciting when it came out back in 1972 but it hasn’t aged very well. By modern standards it’s kind of boring. Luckily in microM8 we can do two things to improve it: first, [more…]

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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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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…]

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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…]

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