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retrotechtive.bsky.social @retrotechtive.bsky.social · 2d

Was rummaging through some of my retro-related photos from last year and found this. I really need to set the IIGS up again 😍

#appleiigs #dungeonmaster

An Apple IIGS running Dungeon Master, on a modern flatsceen monitor, using a FloppyEmu, and an original Apple ADB keyboard and mouse.

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nivs @ #Amiga40 Germany 15-20 October 🇩🇪 @nivrig.bsky.social · 3d

Affected users are requested to change their identities as a precaution.

The Verge @theverge.com · 6d

Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs

An “unauthorized party” may have accessed the names of users, the last four digits of credit card numbers, and more.

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retrotechtive.bsky.social @retrotechtive.bsky.social · 6d

Latest retro coding book acquisition, and continuing my building of the Inside Macintosh collection.

This thing is huge - hard to tell the exact page count because of the way its broken down into sections but still, it gives War and Peace a run for its money.

Inside Macintosh: Quicktime, technical book.

side view showing book is thicker than a whale omelette.

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retrotechtive.bsky.social @retrotechtive.bsky.social · 7d

New arrival. Never owned this at the time, written by R J Mical himself apparently, with Susan Deyl.

Written in a very clear style, should come in very handy.

Amiga Intuition Reference Manual, by Commodore Business Machines, Inc.

retrotechtive.bsky.social @retrotechtive.bsky.social · 8d

Yeah, I felt like this back in January.

Screenshot of Alias in Curse of the Azure Bonds. She mutters: "I can't believe they're bringing back that rotting heap of garbage. Who could worship a god like that?"

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retrotechtive.bsky.social @retrotechtive.bsky.social · 9d

I bought two issues - including this one. I wanted to get the first ever issue, little bit of history here 😎

Issue One of Freeze64, with Monty Mole on the cover.

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retrotechtive.bsky.social @retrotechtive.bsky.social · 9d

I bought two issues - including this one. I wanted to get the first ever issue, little bit of history here 😎

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retrotechtive.bsky.social @retrotechtive.bsky.social · 9d

Got my #Freeze64 delivery. Nice touch on the envelope 😊

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0xC0DE @0xc0de.bsky.social · 11d

Pong Wars simulation for Acorn Electron and BBC Micro/Master. This fun little project was inspired by pong-wars.koenvangilst.nl. After coding a prototype in BBC BASIC, I created this 6502 asm version. I hope you enjoy! github.com/0xC0DE6502/p...

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Kevin Edwards ( Retro Videogame development ) @kevedwardsretro.bsky.social · 12d

I've just booked my table for this years Retro Computer Festival 2025 (Gaming Edition) at The Centre for Computing History, Cambridge - Sat/Sun 15th/16th November.

I shall be exhibiting BBC Micro game development related material. Hope to see you there!

www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/74558/Re...

Retro Computer Festival 2025 (Gaming Edition) - Saturday 15th November - Event Ticket - Computing History

Click here for information on Sunday Were very happy to announce our 2025 Retro Computer Festival and this time with a twist.Click here for information on Sunday We're very happy to announce our 20...

www.computinghistory.org.uk

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retrotechtive.bsky.social @retrotechtive.bsky.social · 12d

Sorry to hear that Roy. My dad has early dementia, it's the main reason I came back to the UK, to help look after him. There are groups in and out of the NHS to support you and your family through it, if it does turn out that way. We've not used them much yet but it's good to know help is available.

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Robcfg @robcfg.bsky.social · 13d

New DragonDOS v1.0.6! Now you can disassemble binary files straight from your disk image 🤩 Get it here: github.com/robcfg/retro...

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Katherine 🏳️‍⚧️ @quadraticink.bsky.social · 15d

Columbo point-and-click needs to exist.

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Satorl @satogamedev.itch.io · 15d

had the urge to do this since the moment i saw this post!
#pixelart

mockup of a point and click gameabout columbo, he is talking to a dog, he says "Youre a real friendly boy, arent you? oh, youre a girl"
on the bottom half you can see columbos inventory, he has an egg in his pocket

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Official Commodore® @commodoreofficial.bsky.social · 19d

On behalf of the entire Commodore team, a HUGE THANK YOU to our incredible community. Hitting 10K pre-orders of the Commodore 64 Ultimate is only possible because of your passion & support.

Welcome to The future we were promised! #WeAreCommodore #Commodore64 #C64 #RetroGaming #RetroComputing

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retrotechtive.bsky.social @retrotechtive.bsky.social · 20d

retrotechtive.itch.io/colin-the-cl...

My re-implementation of an old BASIC Spectrum game, just so I could code in Z80 assembly again.

Colin The Cleaner TURBO EDITION - ZX Spectrum by retrotechtive

retrotechtive.itch.io

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retrotechtive.bsky.social @retrotechtive.bsky.social · 20d

retrotechtive.itch.io/colin-the-cl...

My re-implementation of an old BASIC Spectrum game, just so I could code in Z80 assembly again.

Colin The Cleaner TURBO EDITION - ZX Spectrum by retrotechtive

retrotechtive.itch.io

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retrotechtive.bsky.social @retrotechtive.bsky.social · 24d

4. Atari Falcon

Been coding on this wonderful machine, thanks to some source code an old colleague of mine gave me a while back to play with. Been making it more standardised for TOS and able to work on the Falcon, while looking to improve and release the music app itself (it was never released).

An Atari Falcon 030 connected to a Fujitsu Siemens 4:3 VGA monitor, showing a music app called "Melodiman" running.

Some of the Melodiman source code, with a fix added by me.

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retrotechtive.bsky.social @retrotechtive.bsky.social · 24d

3. BBC Master 128K

Finally got one of these now I'm back in the UK 😍 Added new sockets for the ROMs, a Gotek and SD card reader to load stuff, replaced the clock chip with a modern equivalent and played lots of games I've never played before - though mainly Level 9 adventures and Repton.

A BBC Master 128K with a Gotek sitting on top and a old SCART flatscreen TV showing a text adventure from Level 9 with a graphic of a house. You can just about see the user guide for the machine on the right (and a lot of other cool stuff / mess).

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retrotechtive.bsky.social @retrotechtive.bsky.social · 24d

2. Macintosh LC 475

Recapped the PSU which had started to behave erratically (fish smell galore when the caps came off). This repair led me to playing a lot of Curse of the Azure Bonds, which has a fantastic outing on the 68k Mac.

TDK PSU from the LC475, partially recapped at the point his image was taken.

A Dell monitor showing Curse of the Azure Bonds running on a Macintosh LC 475. There's also a Mac IIci sitting underneath that, currently switched off.

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retrotechtive.bsky.social @retrotechtive.bsky.social · 24d

The original schematic has mandatory mods on it 😁 Fortunately, those were already done on this one as far as I can tell.

There *is* a power mod required though and I haven't done it yet. I've not even dared turn it on until I replace the regulator and caps (and possibly T4 and T5 transistors).

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Kevin Edwards ( Retro Videogame development ) @kevedwardsretro.bsky.social · 24d

NES game development on a Commodore 128. At Software Creations we used C128s for some of our early NES games - Solstice, Fast Break, World Games. The C128 based development system hardware and software was written by Mike Webb. This video shows me loading up the NES Magic Johnson's Fast Break code.

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retrotechtive.bsky.social @retrotechtive.bsky.social · 24d

5. ZX Spectrum 48k DK'Tronics Keyboard

Grabbed this off eBay, as it holds a lot of nostalgia for me (the keyboard). It has an Issue Two Speccy inside, which I still need to grab some parts for to make sure it won't fail on start up. It will be saved!

DK'Tronics ZX Spectrum 48K replacement keyboard and case.

Inside the keyboard / case, a Spectrum Issue Two.

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retrotechtive.bsky.social @retrotechtive.bsky.social · 24d

4. Atari Falcon

Been coding on this wonderful machine, thanks to some source code an old colleague of mine gave me a while back to play with. Been making it more standardised for TOS and able to work on the Falcon, while looking to improve and release the music app itself (it was never released).

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retrotechtive.bsky.social @retrotechtive.bsky.social · 24d

3. BBC Master 128K

Finally got one of these now I'm back in the UK 😍 Added new sockets for the ROMs, a Gotek and SD card reader to load stuff, replaced the clock chip with a modern equivalent and played lots of games I've never played before - though mainly Level 9 adventures and Repton.

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