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Pillow-style Commodore 64

February 11th, 2013 No comments

There are not a lot to say about this gadget, the photo speaks for itself. It’s a pillow that has the shape of a Commodore 64, simply a fantastic idea.

source: bieno64.blogspot.com.es

Dreamhost: 3+ years of suffering and curses

January 7th, 2013 3 comments

After 3+ years of suffering and curses, some days ago i have leave one of the worst (cheap) shared web hosting on the net.

I’m talking about Dreamhost.

The site Nightfallcrew.com / Retrocomputermania.com / Retrothings.org now runs on a dedicated server virtualized with Proxmox (KVM).

December 24th, 2012 1 comment

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

December 24th, 2011 No comments

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Hidden Power BBS is Back online

December 18th, 2011 No comments

Hidden Power with FlashTermAfter several problems caused by the moving house to my new home, Hidden Power BBS is back online after 2 years of enforced closure.

You can connect to Hidden Power clicking on the widget on the right of the web page “Connect to Hidden Power”

Some old VideoTel Screenshots

December 8th, 2011 No comments

I have found some old files on my Amiga harddisk saved in presetel format. I have used an Amiga program called PrestelView v3.3 to view it, and IrfanView on PC side for capture it in JPG format.

The original screenshots (videotel format) are made by me in 1993.

September 6th, 2011 Comments off

Pirate’s Portal is back online

August 20th, 2011 No comments

Pirate’s Portal is a website that offers over 3000 files for: Commodore, Amiga, Spectrum, Atari, MSX, Amstrad, Nintendo and Sega computers.

You can also find Demo’s, Magazines, Tools and information about people from the retro computer community.

source: piratesportal.cbm8bit.com

iPhone: 8BIT Studio

July 1st, 2011 No comments

8Bit Studio – the only circuit bent 8bit SID synth for your iphone!

Customize your patterns using the built in step sequencer or play live on the retractable keyboard then bend and distort the sound using the touch contacts!

Features:

  • 128 Steps of memory.
  • 8 Keyboard patches.
  • 13 Drum sounds.
  • Sampled from the Commodore 64 SID Chip.

source: itunes.apple.com

April 13th, 2011 2 comments

April 5th, 2011 Comments off

Dreamhost Network outage: website down for 12+ hours!

March 14th, 2011 No comments

from Dreamhost Status blog:

We’re sorry for the lack of updates on this issue. Unfortunately, there haven’t been any updates here because we don’t have any new information. Our network admins have been working non-stop since this morning to fix these problems, but we’re still not sure when it will be resolved.

This post is just meant to let you know that we are doing everything we possibly can to restore our system to normal and that we are not ignoring the situation. If you have already submitted a support ticket regarding this, you will receive updates by email as soon as we have them. Again, we apologize for the inconvenience this has caused you and thank you for your patience as we try to get things back to normal.

Only One Word Comes to Mind: Dreamhost sucks cocks big time!

source: dreamhoststatus.com

January 19th, 2011 Comments off

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

December 24th, 2010 No comments

Wishing you a joyous holiday season and a happy new year.

A working Commodore 64 under water

December 10th, 2010 No comments

The team from dienstagstreff.de has demonstrated a Commodore C64 on the “Hobby und Elektronik 2010” in Stuttgart.

Demonstrating a C64 is not so special but this time the C64 was under water! They submersed a C64 circuit-board in water, connected it to a power supply and a monitor and the C64 work without problems for 1 hour.

source: youtube.com commodore-gg.hobby.nl