Retro Christmas Wishlist: Day 1 – 5
I’ve always wanted to do a “countdown” style series on social media. I just never thought of, or settled on a suitable countdown theme to do so. This year, while …
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Random ROMs
I have this weird habit. I collect stuff… Even weirder, I am insanely curious about the stuff I collect, even if it takes me years to discover what it is …
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Workshop Weekend
As a member of the Vintage Computer Federation (VCF), Mid-Atlantic Chapter, I regularly attend their scheduled Workshop Weekends, where members go to work on broken electronics (mainly, but not limited …
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Data Transfer Between Two Commodore 64s
In a previous article, I introduced a hardware and software technique that allows for active data transfer from one Commodore 64 to another via a custom User Port cable connecting …
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Behind the Scenes – C64 Cross Assembling
I promised, both on this website and at VCFEast XII that I would release the details of the hardware and software involved in the “cross compiling” of Assembly language software …
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Retrochallenge 10/2017
That time of year again… It’s Retrochallenge time! Retrochallenge is where you challenge yourself to use vintage computers for a personal project for a month. This time, it’s for the …
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Cross Assembling on a Commodore 64
These days, the term “cross assembling” means that you use one computing environment to develop applications for different computing environment, like using Windows to make games for a Nintendo, or …
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3D Graphics – Amiga Style!
A long, long time ago, in an era so far away, an Amiga was all that I had… My early computing days were Commodore centric. I had a VIC-20 for …
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Retrochallenge 2016/01
To jump to a specific update, select from the list below: Update 12/16/2015 Update 12/21/2015 Update 1/8/2016 Update 1/13/2016 Update 1/29/2016 It’s that time of year when the bi-annual Retrochallenge …
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AMI D-80 Jukebox
It’s not enough that I have turntables, record players, and other equipment to play my 45 RPM records. I needed a way to play them in style! It was during …
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