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Retro Reviews: Commodore 64 accessories!

November 30, 2018 paleotronic 0

uCassette + tapDancer Loading tape games on a C64 can be a hassle.  Assuming you can find a working datasette for the system, the chances are that a lot of tapes have degraded to the [more…]

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Atari 800 vs. Commodore 64 – The Brief Tale of Two 8-Bit Home Computers

June 30, 2018 paleotronic 0

The Commodore 64, introduced at the 1982 Winter Consumer Electronics Show, was a significant improvement on the VIC-20, and would become the best-selling computer model of all time. In early 1981, Commodore-subsidiary MOS Technology began [more…]

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The PETSCII files: Commodore Character Graphics

June 13, 2018 paleotronic 0

Any computer that was going to use a command line interface desperately needed a character set, and despite their ultimate monstrous graphical capabilities, Commodore’s machines were no exception. As was usually the case (cf. SHARPSCII, [more…]

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Our latest issue celebrates how vintage technology connected people together, with articles on The Print Shop, modems, bulletin-board systems (BBSes) and online services. There’s also articles on modern-day retro events such as Kansasfest, CommVEx, the Adelaide Retro Computing group and Square Sounds, and an interview with Broderbund founder Doug Carlston about his family’s business.

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Ancient Tongues: Logo Spacewar!

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You can duke it out with a friend, but be careful not to fall into the star in this exclusive Spacewar clone written in Apple Logo. Seymour Papert’s Logo programming language is perfect for a [more…]

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