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Programming Neo6502 in C/C++ Using CC65 (retrogamecoders.com)

You can use CC65 to code games for the Neo6502 using C/C++! In this tutorial I show you how I converted my Dungeon crawler to the computer.

Interview with the creator of Ballerburg II: Eckhard Kruse (German) (lemmy.world)

RETROKOMPOTT’s interview of the week (in German), this time with Eckhard Kruse, programmer and creator of Ballerburg II, which has some fame in Germany. #ballerburg #atari #retrokompott...

Questions about cleaning a PET (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

I’ve had some pretty bad experience about cleaning older Machines such as my NES, where I’ve accidentally rubbed a lot of the letters and number off and noticed too late. Thats something im particularly worried about when it comes to the keycaps. Is there a reason to worry or tactics I should try to avoid rubbing the letters...

The Majestic Birth of Graphical User Interfaces – Xerox Alto and the Alto Trek game (blisscast.wordpress.com)

Can you imagine a time before the Graphical User Interface, when you could only operate a computer with abstract-looking text instead of using simple menus, and it was unheard of to use the oh-so-common mouse? A time when computers were harder to learn, and even harder to master? Well then, join us in our splendid trip where...

History of the Berkeley Software Distribution (www.abortretry.fail)

Two of world's first desktop computers found during house clearance (www.leicestermercury.co.uk)

Two of the world’s first desktop computers have been discovered during a house clearance. The Q1, which was launched in 1972, changed the way we use computers today....

Gemini 1.2.1 desktop and Mupfel shell for Atari TOS (lemmy.world)

The source code for the desktop & shell replacement got published by Gereon Steffens: github.com/gereons/gemini/ - the source represents a previously unpublished snapshot from mid 1991....

The INCREDIBLY Dusty insides of my newly acquired CBM 3016! (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

Follow up to this Post: lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/8771226...

Finally getting the Commodore CBM 3016 Home! (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

Follow up to this Post: lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/8651436...

Linux Running on an NES? (www.youtube.com)

I greatly enjoyed "So now that we're done moving the goalposts, we can start porting Unix to the Famicom Disc System" and "the kernel is running trust me".

After 5 years of non use, what precautions should I take before turning on a Commodore CBM 3016? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

I’ve finally taken the jump into retrocomputing with something I’ve always wanted to own, a proper Commodore PET, or CBM 3016 to be exact!...

Neo6502 SBC: CPM65 porting progress update (olimex.wordpress.com)

Remembering multi-tasking in MS-DOS: DESQView (blog.raduzaharia.com)

CERBERUS 2100 is a BASIC-programmable educational board with Z80 and 6502 8-bit CPUs (www.cnx-software.com)

Two of the titans of 8-bit computing in one board.

Fans preserve and emulate Sega’s extremely rare ‘80s “AI computer” (arstechnica.com)

Sonic Paradox Windows 95 CD (www.youtube.com)

For when you need something to test video playback on your old windows 95/98/XP friend (files and instructions in description).

Re-enacting the dial-up connection using MS-DOS (blog.raduzaharia.com)

SymbOS on the ZX Spectrum Next (www.youtube.com)

This video shows SymbOS NXT in action, the new port for the ZX Spectrum Next. As you can see, this is one of the most powerful SymbOS platforms to date and i...

Office workstations

Up to the 1990s there were workstations designed for software development (Lisp/Smalltalk Machines by various vendors), graphics and CAD (Apollo, SGI), and general purpose systems (Sun, HP)....