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.
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...
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...
CD-23 Disk System Repair Part 1 (users.glitchwrks.com)
Repair of an Ohio Scientific CD-23 disk system
X68000 Genesis/Mega Drive Adapter (bitchinbits.foolproofdesigns.com)
Use a Sega Genesis or Master System controller on a Sharp x68000.
Teardown/Démontage d'un Minitel 2 (www.jelora.fr) French
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 [...]
The Story of Tetris Max | Big Mess o' Wires (www.bigmessowires.com)
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.
Psion Organizer II technical manual (sites.google.com)
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.
sprite animation toolkit (1992-1999) | dev-nonsense (dev-nonsense.com)
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...
Booting MS-DOS, CP/M and RSTS/E* on a DEC Rainbow! (www.youtube.com)
The DEC Rainbow is an underrated gem
Casio MX-10 MSX1 -> MSX2 upgrade board (niga2.sytes.net)
Convert your MX-10 to a full-fledged MSX2 with this clever board
PC-6002: Let's Begin - Zenithia (zenithsal.com)
Programming the PC-6001 Mk2 SR
MacZoop (rven.se)
Programming framework for Classic Mac OS
Cassette-based multimedia! Can you learn a foreign language using BASIC? (nicole.express)
A unique use of storage tapes on the Atari 8-bits.
Foenix F256K New Retro Computer (www.youtube.com)
I'm taking a first look at the newly created Phoenix F256K 8-bit retro computer.
Video Chess for Atari 2600 disassembled and commented (nanochess.org)
A fully commented disassembly of Video Chess
Artdink Corp. – Developer Interviews (shmuplations.com)
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...
BYTE Interview with the Creators of the Macintosh from 1984 (computeradsfromthepast.substack.com)
Why did these men make the decisions they did?
The history of the Entertainment Computer System (history.blueskyrangers.com)
The other Keyboard Component!
Keyboard Component (history.blueskyrangers.com)
The history and status of the Mattel Intellivision's vapourware 6502-based "Keyboard Component."
World's First Computer Store: Early Tech Retail (tedium.co)
Computers didn’t immediately lend themselves to retail, but ambitious early computer retailers sold 'em anyway. Eventually, they got trampled.
Can I FIX this 1980s Synth / Keyboard Beauty? (www.youtube.com)
Repair of a 1988 Yamaha PortaSound PSS-680
Retro MacOS desktop blanket trades pixels for thread, and it looks Mac-nificent (arstechnica.com)
New knit screenshot throw celebrates the Mac's early years. We talk to its creator.
50 Years of Text Games parses the rich history of a foundational genre (arstechnica.com)
Zork and MUD? Sure. But also Universal Paperclips, AI Dungeon, and Lifeline.
Why, you three-bit machine… (www.leadedsolder.com)
A repair and capsule history of an NEC PC-TV151 CRT monitor, meant to pair with the 1980s PC-6601SR computer.
PCG for Sharp MZ-700 (monochromeeffect.org)
trsvid - A video player for TRS-80 Model 1, 3 and 4 (48k.ca)
The Dayna MacCharlie: Combining the vintage Apple Macintosh with the IBM PC. (www.youtube.com)
The MacCharlie by Dayna Communications is an early Apple Macintosh add-on that allowed a Mac to use IBM PC software and exchange data.