The Chameleon 64 is a great cartridge. With each release of the firmware, new features are being unlocked. Recently, the Minimig core was ported to the Chameleon 64 which means you can now have a fully emulated Amiga that fits in the palm of your hand. To play games using a joystick, you need a […]
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eBay Oddity: Silver Reed EB-50
Today I present to you the Silver Reed EB-50. Made in 1985, this thing has a bit of an identity crisis. It’s a printer, a plotter and a typewriter all in one. The reason I got it was because it uses the same tiny ball-point pens that the Commodore 1520 printer/plotter uses. However, this prints […]
Print from iPad to ImageWritter II
What if you could print from and iPad to an ImageWriter II? Okay, maybe you don’t want to, but it was an exercise that ultimately proved to be fairly simple. First, you’ll need a USB to serial adapter and the appropriate cables. I was lucky to have a Keyspan “USA-28X” 2-port adapter with 8-pin DIN […]
Commodore 1520 Printer Plotter
NOTE! Split gears causing causing or plot errors? New replacement Alps gears for the Commodore 1520, Atari 1020, etc are now available! Click here to order your set. My first computer was a Commodore VIC-20. I got it as a Christmas present from my parents in 1982. I’m pretty sure they picked it up at […]
Microsoft BASIC Timeline + Easter Eggs
This is a fascinating history of Microsoft BASIC, that starts from it’s origins on the Altair 8800 through to the Commodore 128. Gates himself inserted several “easter eggs” in the code for BASIC in case it was ever lifted by another company for use in another machine– he’d have the proof. Link.
Talking to an old PTZ camera
I recently obtained an old Polycom PTZ-1 camera. This camera went to an old video conferencing system, long past it’s usefulness in today’s era of instant desktop video conferencing ala Skype. The camera was inside a large plastic housing to keep it secure– I removed it from the housing to get a closer look. I […]
For the love of 8 bits.
Some local artists who know who to rock it with only 8 bits. /* Wait for VBLANK */Alex Mauerno-carrierFloggidog8GB And a live event coming up.. 080808 in Philadelphia