The contents of this republished manual were salvaged from the Archived PSION2.ORG website created by Dave Woolnough and maintained by Jaap Scherphuis and Boris Cornet (RIP). It was compiled from various sources to give a complete description of how the operating system and hardware work together.
Ingemar Ragnemalm first released the Sprite Animation Toolkit (SAT) in 1992. “I have always liked to make computer games,” Ingemar wrote in the SAT manual. “It has been one of my hobbies since the late 70’s. When I started using Macs, of course I wanted to make some games for it too.” After writing many games, he had...
The DEC Rainbow is an underrated gem
A fully commented disassembly of Video Chess
Why did these men make the decisions they did?
New knit screenshot throw celebrates the Mac's early years. We talk to its creator.
A repair and capsule history of an NEC PC-TV151 CRT monitor, meant to pair with the 1980s PC-6601SR computer.
The MacCharlie by Dayna Communications is an early Apple Macintosh add-on that allowed a Mac to use IBM PC software and exchange data.
Repair of an Ohio Scientific CD-23 disk system
Use a Sega Genesis or Master System controller on a Sharp x68000.
Je dois avoir ce Minitel depuis au moins une dizaines d’années ! Je l’avais trouvé pour pas cher dans un vide-grenier. Mais ça faisait 8 ou 9 mois qu’il m'a laché après que j’ai fait joujou avec lui pendant pas mal de temps sur divers projets électroniques. Quand on appuyait sur la touche d’allumage [...]
It was the summer of 1992. Nirvana smelled like teen spirit, Ross Perot was running for president, and I was a senior at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who wanted to play tetris.
Convert your MX-10 to a full-fledged MSX2 with this clever board
Programming the PC-6001 Mk2 SR
Programming framework for Classic Mac OS
A unique use of storage tapes on the Atari 8-bits.
I'm taking a first look at the newly created Phoenix F256K 8-bit retro computer.
Founded in 1986 and still active today, Artdink is a Japanese pc/console developer famous (in Japan, at least) for their simulation games. The first of these two interviews touches on the origins of Artdink and the A-train games. The second is an unusual interview for shmuplations in that it is focuses on the advertising and...
The history and status of the Mattel Intellivision's vapourware 6502-based "Keyboard Component."
Computers didn’t immediately lend themselves to retail, but ambitious early computer retailers sold 'em anyway. Eventually, they got trampled.
Repair of a 1988 Yamaha PortaSound PSS-680
Zork and MUD? Sure. But also Universal Paperclips, AI Dungeon, and Lifeline.
