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Rebirth of the Commodore 64 PC

by Darice de Cuba
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Rebirth of the Commodore 64 PC

Commodore has re-booted their 64 PC line, now packing more power than the first release in 1982. Keeping the same, now retro casing, but fully fitted with the most recent technology. Offering 5 price class, from a barebone case of $250 to a fully equipped case, containing amongst other a Blue Ray drive and 1 TB disk for a grand total of $894. That is way pricier than a Mac Mini. I don’t think they will sell a huge amount of it, but there certainly is a niche group of hardcore Commodore fans. The fact that the case is the same as almost 30 years ago and it comes with Read more »

My first computer: Atari 400 8-bit

by andy
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My first computer: Atari 400 8-bit

I really wish I had my old Atari 400 computer to hand. I think it’s still at my parents place, though they might have thrown it out — I can’t remember. I’m reminiscing about the Atari 400 — my first real computer. As the ad below shows, it was a bit of the poor relation to the Atari 800 – less pricy but less memory. I’m not sure if that keyboard was supposed to repel spills, but I remember getting quite adept at typing on it. Read more »

Gakken launches self-assembly 4-bit microcomputer

by andy
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Gakken launches self-assembly 4-bit microcomputer

Some seriously retro geekery for you here, with Gakken’s launch of the GMC4 4-bit microcomputer. Self-assembly required, it features a 20-key keypad, single 7-segment LED, seven individual LEDs, and comes with seven bits of software built in: an organ (basic tone generator), sound hit game, whack-a-mole, tennis, a timer, music player and morse code generator. Here’s a cool knol on programming the Gakken GMC-4 microcomputer, and below is a video demoing a little of what it can do. Read more »

Washable Mice (Mouses?)

by Noemi Twigg
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Washable Mice (Mouses?)

So which is it? How do you pluralize “mouse,” the peripheral that you attach to your computer? I cannot count the number of times that this argument has come up at the office. In a room full of English teachers, you can just imagine the kind of debate that happens. Anyhow, either form is acceptable – mouses or mice, whatever you wish to use. I prefer mice for no particular reason. Read more »