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Radio Shack TRS-80 Model MC-10 with 16k RAM Expansion

July 9th, 2009 4 comments
Radio Shack TRS-80 Model MC-10 with 16k RAM Expansion

Autopsy:

from Wikipedia:

TRS-80 was Tandy Corporation’s desktop microcomputer model line, sold through Tandy’s Radio Shack stores in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The line won popularity with hobbyists, home users, and small-businesses. Tandy Corporation’s leading position in what Byte Magazine called the “1977 Trinity” (Apple, Commodore and Tandy) had much to do with retailing the computer through more than 3000 of its Radio Shack (Tandy in the UK) storefronts.

Notable features of the original TRS-80 included its full-stroke QWERTY keyboard, small size, well-written Floating Point BASIC programming language, an included monitor, and a starting price of $600.

The MC-10 was a short-lived and little-known Tandy computer, similar in appearance to the Sinclair ZX81.

It was a small system based on the Motorola 6803 processor and featured 4 KB of RAM. A 16 KB RAM expansion pack that connected on the back of the unit was offered as an option as was a thermal paper printer. A modified version of the MC-10 was sold in France as the Matra Alice. Programs loaded using a cassette which worked much better than those for the Sinclair.

A magazine was published which offered programs for both the CoCo and MC-10 but very few programs were available for purchase. Programs for the MC-10 were not compatible with the CoCo.

source: wikipedia trs-80.com themc10archive.com

Amstrad CPC 464 Plus (Keyboard problems are Fixed)

July 9th, 2009 10 comments
Amstrad CPC 464 Plus

Autopsy:

from Wikipedia:

The Amstrad CPC is a series of 8 bit home computers produced by Amstrad during the 1980s and early 1990s. “CPC” stands for ‘Colour Personal Computer’, although it was possible to purchase a CPC with a green screen (GT64/65) as well as with the standard colour screen (CTM640/644).

In 1990 Amstrad introduced the “Plus” series, 464 and 6128 Plus, which tweaked the hardware and added a cartridge slot to the system. Improvements were made to the video display which saw an increase in palette to 4096 colours and gained a capacity for hardware sprites.

Splitting the display into separate modes and pixel scrolling both became fully supported hardware features. The former was reasonably easy on the non-”Plus” machines, and the latter possible to some degree using clever programming of the existing Motorola 6845.

source: wikipedia

Berzerk Redux by Martin Piper

July 3rd, 2009 No comments

Berzerk Redux by Martin PiperBerzerk Redux is based on the classic arcade game Bezerk and is a multi-directional shooter video Arcade game.

source: noname.c64.org wikipedia

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8-bit arcade classics are back, in Lego form

July 3rd, 2009 No comments

This is absolutely brilliant – a handful of classic arcade games animated in Lego. I’m particularly fond of the B & W Asteroids rendition at 2:05.

source: retrothing.com

APC Smart UPS 700 Battery Explosion

July 1st, 2009 3 comments
UPS Battery Explosion

These are the Batteries of my APC Smart UPS 700 after two years of intense use (Firewall & Server).

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SVS-Calc 1.0 a spreadsheet for Commodore Plus/4

June 27th, 2009 2 comments

svs-calc_1_0_titleSVS-Calc 1.0 is a Spreadsheet with intuitive interface, powerful calculation engine, graphics generator, color themes, and much more.

source: plus4world.powweb.com

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June 23rd, 2009 2 comments
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June 20th, 2009 4 comments

BreadBox64, a Twitter client for the Commodore 64.

June 19th, 2009 No comments

BreadBox64 - Twitter ClientBreadBox64 is a Twitter client for the C64/128 which allows you to tweet from a real C64 and show your friends timeline.

It uses Contiki, a very nice embedded OS, and the MMC Replay cartridge with the RR-Net add on for the physical connection to the net.

source: vandenbrande.com

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