Category Archives: Multi-Platform

A Look at the Short-Lived 3-Inch Compact Floppy Disk

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Blake Patterson

I was recently listening to the latest episode of Retro Computing Roundtable podcast during which there was mention of a 3-inch floppy disk. No, not 3.5-inch, but 3-inch. These disks are known as Compact Floppy Disks (also “CF2”) and were … Continue reading →

Posted in Apple II, Atari, DOS / Win PC, Multi-Platform, Tandy / TRS-80 | 7 Comments

Have a Helping of 8-bit Halloween Horrors!

Posted on October 28, 2018 by Blake Patterson

I was at my Amiga 2000 the other night loading this and that scenedemo (demoscene productions) at random, many of which I’d not watched in years, when I ran across a little 40K intro featuring some nifty Halloween-themed elements. With … Continue reading →

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Brief Encounters of the Home Computing Kind

Posted on June 19, 2018 by Blake Patterson

Back in the “home computer” days, I was something of a serial platform jumper; the list of systems I’ve owned is long. I would have a certain system and be happily using it and then become intrigued by a different … Continue reading →

Posted in Amiga, Apple II, Atari, Commodore 64/128, Multi-Platform | 3 Comments

Have a Helping of 8-bit Holiday Cheer! (2017 Edition)

Posted on December 12, 2017 by Blake Patterson

‘Tis the season, and that means it’s time to push out the seventh annual Byte Cellar vintage computer Holiday demo video roundup so everyone can feel that warm, fuzzy, pixellated holiday glow. With scanlines. Enjoy! I’ve been a computer geek … Continue reading →

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The Wonderful WiFi232: BBSing Has (Literally) Never Been Easier

Posted on May 30, 2017 by Blake Patterson

Over the past year or so, I’ve been loading up SyncTerm and logging in to various telnet-accessible BBSs here and there — nothing too consistent. But, thanks to a piece of kit released by Paul Rickards, over the past month … Continue reading →

Posted in BBS, Multi-Platform, Serial Terminal | Tagged , , , , , , | 43 Comments

Have a Helping of 8-bit Holiday Cheer! (2016 – 2011 Editions)

Posted on December 12, 2016 by Blake Patterson

‘Tis the season, and that means it’s time to push out the sixth annual Byte Cellar vintage computer Holiday demo video roundup so everyone can feel that warm, fuzzy, pixellated holiday glow. With scanlines. Enjoy! I’ve been a computer geek … Continue reading →

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Computer Printout Photo Album from 1986

Posted on July 28, 2016 by Blake Patterson

I got such a positive reaction from my last post about the 33 year old recovered photos of my first home computer setup that I became motivated to finally get a photo album I had spoken of in an earlier … Continue reading →

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Gearing Up For Proper BBSing With the Raspberry Pi

Posted on June 7, 2016 by Blake Patterson

A few recent retro challenges I’ve undertaken had me wanting to spend a bit more time logged in to BBS’s strewn here and there about the web. I’ve spent an enormous amount of time on BBS’s over the years, nearly all of it long ago … Continue reading →

Posted in Amiga, BBS, Multi-Platform, Serial Terminal | 4 Comments

A Look Back at Three Decades of Word Processors

Posted on June 5, 2016 by Blake Patterson

A few days ago I was running through twitter when I saw Peter Cohen (@flargh) link to a blog post he had written about distraction free writing and the focused simplicity of a 30 year old word processor. Reading the … Continue reading →

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Help Support the new Retrocomputing Stack Exchange Q&A Site

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Blake Patterson

I am a developer and, as such, I use Stack Overflow as a resource quite often. Its great overall format really cuts to the chase as far as getting an issue resolved. Stack Exchange hosts a number of other interesting … Continue reading →

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