Category Archives: r/Retrobattlestations

My entries into r/Retrobattlestations’ competitions or posts dealing with the sub

Tapping the HP-9000 Gecko for “Not x86 Week”

Posted on January 22, 2017 by Blake Patterson

This past week was “Not x86 Week” over at r/Retrobattlestations and I decided to stand the HP-9000 712/100 “Gecko” RISC workstation out front for my entry. I happened upon a boot sale one weekend back in 2003 and spotted an HP-9000 712/60 … Continue reading →

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Getting Spooky with the Apple IIe for October

Posted on November 6, 2016 by Blake Patterson

October was Spooky Month over at r/Retrobattlestations. The contest required submitting a photo of a vintage machine playing a Halloween or “spooky” video game. As you can see, I fired up Polarware’s text/graphic adventure Transylvania — one of my favorites … Continue reading →

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A Little App Called ‘FlyLab’ Running on My NeXTstation

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Blake Patterson

Last week was Back To School Week at r/Retrobattlestations. The challenge was to photograph your vintage computer running an educational program of some sort. For this one, a rather obscure little app that I ran across when first loading up … Continue reading →

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Showing Off the Atari SC1224 for “CRT Week” at r/Retrobattlestations

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Blake Patterson

Earlier this month it was CRT Week at r/Retrobattlestations. There are many CRTs in my vintage computer collection, but for this contest I focused on the one that has the sharpest display of any 15kHz RGB monitor I’ve ever seen, … Continue reading →

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The ‘Real Genius’-Inspired BBS Challenge

Posted on May 18, 2016 by Blake Patterson

Regular readers will have noticed that I have frequently joined in on the fun of r/Retrobattlestations‘ weekly and monthly retro challenges. I’ve done so with such frequency that I recently had to create an r/Retrobattlestations post category on this blog. These … Continue reading →

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My Lisa, All Fired Up for “Apple Month” at r/Retrobattlestations

Posted on May 1, 2016 by Blake Patterson

April was Apple Month at r/Retrobattlestations, so I fired up my Lisa 2/10 to give the shout out and enter the contest for u/Foxxtexx‘s lovely retro vinyl stickers. She’s a lovely girl, isn’t she?

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Holiday Music Week III at r/Retrobattlestations

Posted on December 11, 2015 by Blake Patterson

Once again the season is upon us, and that means it’s Holiday Music Week over at /r/Retrobattlestations. Holiday Music Week III, to be precise. While I fired up the Apple IIgs for a previous HMW, this year I’ve put the … Continue reading →

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Fun with the Tandy CoCo 3

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Blake Patterson

This past week was “Radio Shack Week” at /r/RetroBattlestations, what with the bankruptcy, store closings, etc. For my contribution, I pulled out the Tandy Color Computer 3 and did my thing in the NitrOS-9 shell. (It’s a little bit more … Continue reading →

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The Lisa 2 Took to the Stage For “Motorola 68000 Week”

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Blake Patterson

The latest contest over at /r/RetroBattlestations was “Motorola 68000 Week.” To participate, contestants had to post a photo or video to the subreddit of a Motorola 680×0-based machine with a short greeting displayed onscreen (or written on paper and taped … Continue reading →

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My “Portable Week” Offering to /r/RetroBattlestations

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Blake Patterson

Another week, another competition over at Reddit’s /r/RetroBattlestations. This week was Portable Week. The challenge was on the easy side this time around: display a message of greeting to the subreddit on the screen of a portable retro battlestation. Now, … Continue reading →

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