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C64, Xerox Alto, Unix, discrete logic computers. The hardware, not the games.
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You can now buy Las Vegas Solitaire for Intellivision from my digital store nanochess.org/store.html #retro #retrogaming #intellivision
December 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
You can now buy Las Vegas Solitaire for Intellivision from my digital store nanochess.org/store.html #retro #retrogaming #intellivision
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Internet-Connected Consoles Are Retro Now, And That Means Problems
Internet-Connected Consoles Are Retro Now, And That Means Problems
Hackaday Article
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December 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Internet-Connected Consoles Are Retro Now, And That Means Problems
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I propose a solution to our ongoing RAM shortage:
December 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I propose a solution to our ongoing RAM shortage:
@andymccall.co.uk are you still using your #neo6502? I've just ordered one and wondered where the community tends to live
December 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
@andymccall.co.uk are you still using your #neo6502? I've just ordered one and wondered where the community tends to live
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Have a merry crisp mess everyone. Here is a seasonal postcard I picked up at the 40th anniversary bash for John Shuttleworth recently.
Please enjoy his delightful ditty about some of the confectionary we used to find in our stockings. youtube.com/watch?v=UPH1...
Please enjoy his delightful ditty about some of the confectionary we used to find in our stockings. youtube.com/watch?v=UPH1...
December 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Have a merry crisp mess everyone. Here is a seasonal postcard I picked up at the 40th anniversary bash for John Shuttleworth recently.
Please enjoy his delightful ditty about some of the confectionary we used to find in our stockings. youtube.com/watch?v=UPH1...
Please enjoy his delightful ditty about some of the confectionary we used to find in our stockings. youtube.com/watch?v=UPH1...
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Catching those Old Busses
Catching those Old Busses
Hackaday Article
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December 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Catching those Old Busses
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I look at #Commodore64 "Stunt Car Racer". Published in 1989 by MicroStyle, coded by Geoffrey Crammond. Using double buffered bitmaps, nice use of sprites, bitmap clear and engine draw, with a delta colour update, 3D Line draw, and a tweak to render more track!
youtu.be/YbeIsthQvkU
youtu.be/YbeIsthQvkU
C64 Games memories - Stunt Car Racer.
YouTube video by Martin Piper's mostly Commodore related memories
youtu.be
October 25, 2025 at 7:54 AM
I look at #Commodore64 "Stunt Car Racer". Published in 1989 by MicroStyle, coded by Geoffrey Crammond. Using double buffered bitmaps, nice use of sprites, bitmap clear and engine draw, with a delta colour update, 3D Line draw, and a tweak to render more track!
youtu.be/YbeIsthQvkU
youtu.be/YbeIsthQvkU
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Honoring the Legacy of Robert Murray-Smith
Honoring the Legacy of Robert Murray-Smith
We at Hackaday are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Robert Murray-Smith. The prolific experimenter had spent over a decade on YouTube, creating more than 2,500 videos where …read more
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October 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Honoring the Legacy of Robert Murray-Smith
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We fixed the vintage IBM printer at the Computer History Museum yesterday. Introduced in 1959, the IBM 1403 line printer provided fast, high-quality output, printing 132 character lines. Unfortunately, one column stopped printing, so we disassembled the printer to fix a bad hammer. Keep reading...
October 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
We fixed the vintage IBM printer at the Computer History Museum yesterday. Introduced in 1959, the IBM 1403 line printer provided fast, high-quality output, printing 132 character lines. Unfortunately, one column stopped printing, so we disassembled the printer to fix a bad hammer. Keep reading...
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So nice to be a guest on This Week in Retro this week. The one place to get your latest retro computer news!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEXY...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEXY...
Which Way Is Up? - This Week In Retro 237
YouTube video by This Week in Retro
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September 28, 2025 at 1:05 AM
So nice to be a guest on This Week in Retro this week. The one place to get your latest retro computer news!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEXY...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEXY...
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ICYMI, my post this week was on Hyper Sports.
Read about:
- following Daley Thompson’s Decathlon x2
- "the best soundtrack yet heard on any micro this side of the solar system"
- Imagine's "fanciful stories of teenage programmers earning £35,000 a year"
www.superchartisland.com/hyper-sports
Read about:
- following Daley Thompson’s Decathlon x2
- "the best soundtrack yet heard on any micro this side of the solar system"
- Imagine's "fanciful stories of teenage programmers earning £35,000 a year"
www.superchartisland.com/hyper-sports
Hyper Sports – “Six hyper-sporting events”
“Our accountant just couldn’t believe it. He thought we’d end the year with about £2,000 in profits”. So said Mark Butler, co-founder of Imagine Software, in a profile in the first ever issue of Ho…
www.superchartisland.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:34 AM
ICYMI, my post this week was on Hyper Sports.
Read about:
- following Daley Thompson’s Decathlon x2
- "the best soundtrack yet heard on any micro this side of the solar system"
- Imagine's "fanciful stories of teenage programmers earning £35,000 a year"
www.superchartisland.com/hyper-sports
Read about:
- following Daley Thompson’s Decathlon x2
- "the best soundtrack yet heard on any micro this side of the solar system"
- Imagine's "fanciful stories of teenage programmers earning £35,000 a year"
www.superchartisland.com/hyper-sports
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practical wireless, magazine, cover (1974) searle.x10host.com/TeleTennis/P...
September 24, 2025 at 7:41 AM
practical wireless, magazine, cover (1974) searle.x10host.com/TeleTennis/P...
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Enhanced Definition TV: “A Poor Man’s High-Def”
Enhanced Definition TV: “A Poor Man’s High-Def”
Although to many of us the progression from ‘standard definition’ TV and various levels of high-definition at 720p or better seemed to happen smoothly around the turn of the new …read more
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September 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Enhanced Definition TV: “A Poor Man’s High-Def”
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be sure to check out this Humble Bundle which includes my book, Open Circuits, along with other great titles! (Game Console is one of my faves.)
🚨Our Electronics for the Curious @humblebundle.com is now LIVE. Pay what you want for up to 21 books worth $500+. Build circuits, robots, and gadgets that actually work. Plus: support @eff.org. www.humblebundle.com/books/electr...
September 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
be sure to check out this Humble Bundle which includes my book, Open Circuits, along with other great titles! (Game Console is one of my faves.)
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We're canceling Disney subscriptions and the website is stalling out and won't log in. Seems like there might be excessive traffic for some reason..
September 18, 2025 at 4:49 AM
We're canceling Disney subscriptions and the website is stalling out and won't log in. Seems like there might be excessive traffic for some reason..
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#MegaWang2000TurboEdition with all video and audio boards plugged in is now at 80 watts. I think it's about time to split the power delivery to the backplane.
September 18, 2025 at 10:58 AM
#MegaWang2000TurboEdition with all video and audio boards plugged in is now at 80 watts. I think it's about time to split the power delivery to the backplane.
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I need this multimeter badly!
September 17, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I need this multimeter badly!
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UTF-8 Is Beautiful
UTF-8 Is Beautiful
It’s likely that many Hackaday readers will be aware of UTF-8, the mechanism for incorporating diverse alphabets and other characters such as 💩 emojis. It takes the long-established 7-bit ASCII …read more
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September 15, 2025 at 6:30 AM
UTF-8 Is Beautiful
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Can’t wait to play the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester on Thursday. Come along if you like a laugh and a song.
September 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Can’t wait to play the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester on Thursday. Come along if you like a laugh and a song.
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I take a look at #Commodore64 "Arctic Shipwreck". Published by Commodore in 1983, developed by F°451 Software with music by Marton Saghegyi. It has a really nice iceberg draw, an early example of a sprite sheet, and you play a mammoth!
youtu.be/dGgzhgPe5wE
youtu.be/dGgzhgPe5wE
C64 Games memories - Arctic Shipwreck
YouTube video by Martin Piper's mostly Commodore related memories
youtu.be
September 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I take a look at #Commodore64 "Arctic Shipwreck". Published by Commodore in 1983, developed by F°451 Software with music by Marton Saghegyi. It has a really nice iceberg draw, an early example of a sprite sheet, and you play a mammoth!
youtu.be/dGgzhgPe5wE
youtu.be/dGgzhgPe5wE
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I look at #Commodore64 "Grand Prix Circuit" published in 1989 by Accolade, it has music with samples, uses hires and multicolour bitmap modes, scanline track drawing, and dynamic sprites.
youtu.be/zPpYLIjdq14
youtu.be/zPpYLIjdq14
C64 Games memories - Grand Prix Circuit
YouTube video by Martin Piper's mostly Commodore related memories
youtu.be
September 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I look at #Commodore64 "Grand Prix Circuit" published in 1989 by Accolade, it has music with samples, uses hires and multicolour bitmap modes, scanline track drawing, and dynamic sprites.
youtu.be/zPpYLIjdq14
youtu.be/zPpYLIjdq14