http://www.old-computers.comLatest retro world newscontact@old-computers.comukold-computers.comold-computers.comhttp://www.old-computers.com/news/graphs/rss-title.jpghttp://www.old-computers.com]]>The Sinclair ZX-81 Basic programming manual is now available on the ZX-81 page for online reading.http://www.old-computers.com/museum/docs.asp?c=263Sun, 06 May 2012 08:59:53 EST]]>Don't miss this WE : RetroMadrid 2012. AUIC is proud to announce RetroMadrid 2012, one of the biggest fairs in Europe specifically dedicated to vintage computers, consoles and games, now becoming a festival. The present edition moves its location to “Matadero”, a leading arts centre in Madrid that provides 1,800 square yards to RetroMadrid activities. It will take place on 4-5-6 of May, 2012. Follow the link for more info.http://retromadrid.org/Sat, 05 May 2012 05:49:39 EST]]>PockEmul is a wonderful emulator. It emulates Sharp Pocket computers with a bunch of expansions in a very visual way. You must try it!http://pockemul.free.frMon, 23 Apr 2012 11:31:34 EST]]>FIGnition is an educational DIY computer, based around an Atmel AVR microcontroller. It uses 3 chips and only 46 components to provide a complete self-hosted computer with 8Kb of RAM; 384Kb of storage space; an 8-key keypad and PAL video output. It is interfaced and powered by USB and uses V-USB to provide firmware upgrades by implementing a usbasp device. It runs a variant of FIG-Forth.http://sites.google.com/site/libby8dev/fignitionMon, 02 May 2011 04:08:26 EST]]>The following are scans of high quality polaroid photographs of the screen of the Xerox Star 8010 workstation on its launch in 1981. Some of these photographs show earlier icon development. Great content from Digibarn website!http://www.digibarn.com/collections/screenshots/xerox-star-8010/index.htmlMon, 18 Apr 2011 04:06:54 EST]]>The Game Gear EverDrive is a multi-cart for the Sega Game Gear. Its easy to use. Just put your back-up game ROM files on your SD card. Plug your SD card into your GG EverDrive and plug your GG EverDrive into the cart slot of your Sega Game Gear! Ready to play Master System and Game Gear games ?!http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=152594Sat, 09 Apr 2011 10:21:21 EST]]>Joel Ewy implemented Gary Becker’s CoCo3FPGA on a Digilent Spartan-3 starter board. But he also put the whole thing into a real Coco3 case. The result is an FPGA CoCo that looks like a Color Computer. It powers on in an instant and doesn’t have to boot some other OS before it becomes a CoCo. It looks like a CoCo. It feels like a CoCo. And running at an effective 21 MHz, and with built-in DriveWire support, it is at least a CoCo 3++ with the potential for more great features in the future.http://8littlebits.wordpress.com/category/coco3fpga/Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:09:57 EST]]>As the Sinclair ZX Spectrum approaches its 30th birthday in 2012, the video gaming craze that it began is still going strong. So strong, in fact, that original games developer Elite plans to relaunch the console for a generation of nostalgic gamers.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/8304237/ZX-Spectrum-relaunch-gaming-goes-back-to-the-future.htmlFri, 11 Feb 2011 03:46:07 EST]]>Yes, you've read right. This is not a joke or a hoax. This is Halo...On the Atari 2600, thanks to Ed Fries. And the result is very enjoyable! One of the best 2600 games ever. You can play it online if you follow the link.http://members.shaw.ca/jeffv/halo2600.htmlThu, 04 Nov 2010 07:00:10 EST]]>Like any other game console, Atari 2600 cartridges contained executable code also commingled with data. This lists the code as columns of assembly language. Most of it is math or conditional statements (if x is true, go to y), so each time there's ''go to'' a curve is drawn from that point to its destination. When a byte of data (as opposed to code) is found in the cartridge, it is shown as an orange row: a solid block for a ''1'' or a dot for a ''0''. The row is eight elements long, representing a whole byte. This usually means that the images can be seen in their entirety when a series of bytes are shown as rows. Ben Fry conceived a program to grahpically visualize these cartridge codes, and the result is, wow, impressive !!!http://benfry.com/distellamap/Thu, 04 Nov 2010 06:28:39 EST]]>Amazing. One of the earliest Apple product (an Apple IIe) and the latest one (Ipad) can communicate with each others. Stewart Smith contacted the Panic Software guys to ask them if they could possibly use it to run an old text animation that he'd created for a song a while back. Stewart's code was meant to be played on the old cassette deck source, and they didn't have one. So they did it with an iPad!http://www.panic.com/blog/2010/05/an-apple-e-an-ipad-and-jed/Fri, 14 May 2010 09:48:12 EST]]>Benheck stroke again! This mod genius has once more realised an amazing project: the ultimate Atari 800 laptop. Some quick specs: base unit is Atari XEGS motherboard, XE 130 RAM expansion built-in, 2.5 hard drive, large 15 screen, etc.http://benheck.com/09-11-2009/new-atari-800-laptopThu, 07 Jan 2010 05:55:48 EST]]>Cosmos 1999 is a brand new game released for the Oric computers. This game has been written by fans, for the fans. Featuring real time isometric 3D (for the first time ever on an Oric), high definition soundtrack and sound effects, full length intro sequence, and advanced gameplay, the result is quite impressive considering the Oric limited features. Space 1999 allows you to control your favourite characters from the tv hit series in an exclusive and original adventure.http://space1999.defence-force.org/Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:33:29 EST]]>Scott Duensing from Jaeger Technologies was bored one day and write an emulator for the Action Max console, being the first to do so! Based on the Daphne emulator it allows you to play ''realistic games'' (based on videos) such as HYDROSUB:2021, THE RESCUE OF POPS GHOSTLY or SONIC FURY !!http://www.jaegertech.net/software/singeThu, 01 Oct 2009 05:54:57 EST]]>For the first birthday of the SEGA SC-3000 website, www.sc-3000.com, SiRioKD has developed the online java version of his SC3K emulator. So now you will be able to play SC-3000/SG-1000 titles directly online. But you will also be able to try SEGA BASIC Level III, and SEGA DISK Basic with SF-7000 emulation!http://www.sc-3000.comTue, 12 May 2009 07:13:27 EST