#AmigApril is nearly over 
I made a little AmigaCeption, an Amiga in an Amiga in an Amiga (and lazily reused a video from last year 
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Remember: Only Amiga makes it possible
#homecomputer
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NEU bei VSG: Diese Geschichte habe ich nach einer guten Flasche Rotwein im Jahre 2003 niedergeschrieben. Vielleicht war es das Retrofeeling welches mich dazu bewegte, oder halt nur die Angst diese schöne Zeit aus dem Gedächtnis zu verlieren. Viel Spaß beim Lesen…
https://www.videospielgeschichten.de/die-reise-zu-den-space-invaders-teil-1-von-pong-zum-zx81/
Another pre-print from me: "»I Program my Home Computer«. Discourse and Computer Archaeological Localizations of a Technology" - where I try to define "home computer" as a term, a technology, and a media historic event:
LESETIPP: Wumpusjagd – die erste Game Map der Videospielgeschichte
https://www.videospielgeschichten.de/wumpusjagd-die-erste-game-map-der-videospielgeschichte/
VideospielgeschichtenWumpusjagd - die erste Game Map der Videospielgeschichte - VideospielgeschichtenGrundlegende Prinzipien des Computerspieldesigns wurden Anfang der 70er Jahre in kruden Spielen gesetzt, die Hobbyisten in der Programmiersprache BASIC schrieben. In diesem Artikel geht es um die Rolle von "Hunt the Wumpus" von 1973 und seine Bedeutung für Gamemaps.
LESETIPP: Stolz packte der Sohnemann seinen C64 am Weihnachtsabend aus. Nachdem alles angeschlossen war, blickten traurige Kinderaugen auf einen leeren Bildschirm.
https://www.videospielgeschichten.de/rueckschau-homecomputer/
Day 7 of #Amigapril
Here are some stats on the PiStorm-powered A1200. I think the number in picture two right of the individual Amiga models is the factor how much faster this one is compared to the specific model. This is of course only the CPU crunching power and doesn't affect the graphic capabilities. But this thing can now do 1274 times as much maths as my A600 from back then 
It's day 6 #AmigApril
Some weeks ago I got a little upgrade for this A1200. I had an RasPi3 laying around, so I bought a PiStorm extension board for the Miggy. And this thing is wild.
It is like every other turbo card for the A1200. It is placed in the trapdoor and replaces the CPU, extends the memory and does a lot more stuff. But instead of a faster 680x0 CPU or a FPGA (both very expensive) there is a Rasberry Pi, that emulates a super fast 680x0 CPU in software.
Think about it. There is original hardware, but the CPU is software-emulated by another computer. And that emulation is faster than any original CPU ever has been. That's completely wild.
#retrogaming #retrocomputing #homecomputer #homecomputerhistory #amiga #commodore #pistorm #raspberrypi
Some weeks ago I got a little upgrade for this A1200. I had an RasPi3 laying around, so I bought a PiStorm extension board for the Miggy. And this thing is wild.
It is like every other turbo card for the A1200. It is placed in the trapdoor and replaces the CPU, extends the memory and does a lot more stuff. But instead of a faster 680x0 CPU or a FPGA (both very expensive) there is a Rasberry Pi, that emulates a super fast 680x0 CPU in software.
Think about it. There is original hardware, but the CPU is software-emulated by another computer. And that emulation is faster than any original CPU ever has been. That's completely wild.
#retrogaming #retrocomputing #homecomputer #homecomputerhistory #amiga #commodore #pistorm #raspberrypi
Habe noch immer ein großes Konvolut an original #Apple #VintageMacintosh Disketten günstig abzugeben:
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Day 2 of #amigapril
A few weeks ago I got this fine book. It is basically a pictured index of many Amiga demos plus interviews and articles of scene members.
I'm not very far into the book yet. It turns out watching the according demo while reading takes a lot of time
There are also QR codes in the book, that link to youtube-video of the demos, just in case you have no original hardware at hand
#retrogaming #retrocomputing #homecomputer #commodore #commodoreamiga #amiga #16bit #demoscene #demo
A few weeks ago I got this fine book. It is basically a pictured index of many Amiga demos plus interviews and articles of scene members.
I'm not very far into the book yet. It turns out watching the according demo while reading takes a lot of time
There are also QR codes in the book, that link to youtube-video of the demos, just in case you have no original hardware at hand
#retrogaming #retrocomputing #homecomputer #commodore #commodoreamiga #amiga #16bit #demoscene #demo
The ZX Spectrum was launched 1983 as #Timex Sinclair 2068 computer on the US market. With a #Z80A CPU running on 3.5 MHz this beautiful #homecomputer was capable to draw electric images on a regular telly. With a resolution of 256×192 #pixels even limited to 15 colours it was great for the budget.
https://youtu.be/iemMlbIY1SI
Print'n'Plotter sold their #graphics software under the same product name #Paintbox like #Quantel, but for #Sinclair #homecomputers. While #colourClash was a serious limitation in the 80s, it's a #8bit #cgi #glitch effect today available in smartphone camera apps.
Our #vector #graphic #illustration of this legendary #retrocomputer is a form of #digital #lithography. #IT's made in #svg tech and created with #Inkscape, not #Adobe #Illustrator #Ai
https://youtu.be/iemMlbIY1SI
Print'n'Plotter sold their #graphics software under the same product name #Paintbox like #Quantel, but for #Sinclair #homecomputers. While #colourClash was a serious limitation in the 80s, it's a #8bit #cgi #glitch effect today available in smartphone camera apps.
Our #vector #graphic #illustration of this legendary #retrocomputer is a form of #digital #lithography. #IT's made in #svg tech and created with #Inkscape, not #Adobe #Illustrator #Ai
Probando la demo de "El Cartero", el nuevo juego que se viene para C64, con gráficos de Adrián Marcelo Bonnette. Excelente música y jugabilidad, esperamos la versión final 
Probando la demo de "El Cartero", el nuevo juego que se viene para C64, con gráficos de Adrián Marcelo Bonnette. Excelente música y jugabilidad, esperamos la versión final
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@loke @quazarsamcoupe yeah, it’s just a frustrating limitation on a machine which was so advanced in every other way. As home computers go, nothing really matched it.
Actually, I wonder if it would be fair to say the #Atari #Falcon was the most powerful #homeComputer to have ever existed (before that whole category was made obsolete by PCs)?
I want “home computer” to come back into parlance.
Who’s with me? #HomeComputer
Not to over generalize, but ... is #GenX the first and last generation that has a substantially large cohort who generally knows how computers work from top to bottom? #sysadmin #HomeComputer
The BBC Micro, developed by Acorn Computers, was the classroom computer for a generation in the UK. Originally created for the BBC’s computer literacy TV programs, it became a symbol of education in the 1980s. 
Our unit still has stickers for Yugoslav characters once used with it! 
Super Mario Bros 64 
Unofficial port of Nintendo's classic on Commodore 64. After several attempts, we loaded it with the help of Arduino Nano and 5 wires thanks to the uno2iec project 
The TI-99/4A, a product of Texas Instruments, stands as an iconic figure in the realm of home computing during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Introduced in June 1981, it was a significant player in the burgeoning home computer market, competing with the likes of the Apple II, Commodore 64, and Atari 8-bit series. 
Adaptador de joysticks norma Sinclair a joysticks norma Atari para CZ Spectrum
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