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The Amiga 1200 I will be showing at the Vintage Computer Festival SoCal next week features a CF card IDE hard drive, new Kickstart 3.2.3 ROMs, & a PiStorm32 CPU emulator. AGS 3.0 will be running for playing games. #vcfsocal #amiga #amiga1200 #retrocomputing

The cover to the book, "Writing Your Own Program: Creating A Database: Adventure Game." Each line is in its own font. The computer (a black affair with rainbow keys" depicts a scuba diver swimming, handcuffs in hand, as it is attacked by a giant cross octopus; the painted octopus is literally bursting out of the monitor. A tiny little banner in the corner states: "For Commodore 64 And Apple IIe Computers"

Man, 80s computer books made even non-relational databases look fun. (Source.)

1977 was an amazing year. Star Wars. Saturday Night Fever. And of course, the home computing trifecta: Apple II, Radio Shack TRS-80, and Commodore PET #AT40 #retrocomputing

The two Macs I will be showing at the Vintage Computer Festival SoCal next week. Both feature the Motorola 68030 processor. Both also feature internal BlueSCSI hard drive emulators. #macintosh #apple #retrocomputing #VCFSoCal #bluescsi

Two diodes, three resistors, & a transistor were all that was needed to get this lovely Atari 1040STF on HDMI via an RBG to SCART cable & SCART to HDMI converter. This model was missing the composite sync circuitry. Just in time for @vcfsocal next weekend! #atari #atariST #retrocomputing #vcfsocal

This lovely Mac Classic II came to me with two 1MB SIMMs for a total of 4MB of RAM. Not enough to run Sim City! I installed two newly made 4MB SIMMs to bump it to 10MB total RAM. $15 with easy install #mac #macinstosh #classicMac #retrocomputing

An astronaut in a blue spacesuit sits on a rover parked on Mars, with a red cliff behind them and two other astronauts in similar suits reflected in a huge dome that's part of the rover.

Jim Burns, “Martian Rainbow,” 1990

Braldt Bralds #1989 rb.gy/9urb4k

We did a special order of our Star Wars greebles-inspired wall panels with a silver base to complement a black wall. Thanks to the buyer! #etsy #starwars #greebles #the8bitmaker

Love this! #retrocomputing #coding

THEA1200 THEA1200 - Back to the future of computing! Introducing THEA1200, a full-size reimagining of this classic home computer complete with working keyboard. With its HDMI and USB connectivity, it is truly plug-and-play. Featuring perfect emulation of not only the original A1200 and its Advanced Graphics Architecture (AGA), but also the A500 (OCS) and Enhanced Chip Set (ECS) of earlier versions. • Play one of the included 25 classic Amiga games, selected from a simple to use carousel, including all-time greats such as Defender of the Crown I & II, Settlers II, the Turrican trilogy, Beneath a Steel Sky, Lure of the Temptress and Ruff ’n’ Tumble. Or side-load your own games via USB stick with full WHDLoad support and an array of options to choose from. Plus save and resume your game at any time to help you finish those punishingly difficult classics. • Also includes Workbench for the full Amiga experience, allowing the use of the full range of Amiga software, and compatible with 1000's of classic Amiga games and demos, utilizing WHDLoad for simplicity (games must be legally obtained/purchased from the legal owners). • The THEA1200 comes with the original style 2-button mouse and newly engineered 8-button precision gamepad, allowing you to choose your control method. THEA1200 isn’t just a computer. It’s a time machine.

ICYMI - The A1200, a full-size Amiga 1200 replica, is available for pre-order in the U.S. from Amazon for $189 amzn.to/43KrnVz #amiga #amiga1200 #thea1200 #retrocomputing

Spent some time testing new 8-bit Atari equip. Have an 800XL I picked up recently with a stuck key. Fixed by cleaning mylar. Also got an Indus GT working that I picked up at VCFMW for $50. Cleaned the head & greased the rails. All working great! #atari #atari8bit #retrocomputing #indusGT

Robert McCall ‘Visitation’ (24” x 30”, oil on canvas, 1981)

Art by John Berkey for Star Science Fiction Stories No. 4 (1972). It was also amongst a number of artworks purchased by George Lucas to use as the visual background to try to get movie studios interested in funding Star Wars.

Microsoft has open sourced the Zork trilogy of text games Microsoft announced today that the code for Zork, Zork II and Zork III will be made available open source under the MIT License.

Microsoft has open sourced the Zork trilogy of text games - Now future generations can all be eaten by a grue www.engadget.com/gaming/micro... #zork #infocom #retrogamer #retrogaming #retrocomputing

Had fun learning how to create new ROM chips for my Amiga & other retro computers using 27C400 EPROMs & a TL866 programmer - burned a DiagROM for my Amiga 500 retroprojects.org/create-a-dia... #amiga #retrocomputing

Moebius of the day

#retrocomputing

Ambitious concept art by Dan Goozee for Star Trek The Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton, 1998. #startrek

Space art by Luděk Pešek, Ron Miller x 2, Don Dixon

In this post I show how to install WHDLoad on a solid state hard drive for booting games on an Amiga 1200 retroprojects.org/install-whdl... #amiga #amiga1200 #retrocomputing #retroprojects

In this post I show how to setup Workbench on a solid state hard drive for booting the OS on an Amiga 1200 retroprojects.org/install-work... #amiga #amiga1200 #retrocomputing #retroprojects

Have had fun over the last few weeks learning how to setup a compact flash card for use as a solid state hard drive on my Amiga 1200. I documented the process here -> retroprojects.org/add-a-solid-... #amiga #amiga1200 #retrocomputing #retroprojects

Moebius of the night

Moebius of the day

Midwest Retrocomputing Supply - Premium Electronics Since 1977 www.etsy.com/listing/4326... #retrocomputing

control panel of the day #HCI

Amiga 1200 shell and keycap swap. 😘

Wishing everyone a cozy retro weekend! #the8bitmaker