I recently came across this digital archive of Compute! magazine issues from the 80s.  It's a lot of fun flipping through them to read the articles, look at the ads, check out the reviews and even the type-in programs!   Link to the archive: https://archive.org/details/compute-magazine   Here's an issue from October 1983 if you want to get an idea of what it's like: https://archive.org/details/1983-10-compute-magazine/mode/2up?view=theater       ..read more

JFYI to anyone else who may be interested in discussions of DOS, DOS games, vintage PC hardware, etc. I have made a club for those kinds of topics.   https://forums.atariage.com/forum/434-dos-discussion ..read more

I wonder if AtariSoft and Parker Brothers ever published dedicated release timetables for its games released on such computer systems as the Apple IIe, the Atari 8-bit line (400/800, 600/800/1200XL, et al), the Texas Instruments TI-99/4A, the Commodore VIC-20 and 64, and the IBM PC, among others?   NOTABLE ATARISOFT RELEASES Donkey Kong Pac-Man Ms. Pac-Man Pole Position Battlezone Defender Jungle Hunt Galaxian   NOTABLE PARKER BROTHERS RELEASES Q*bert Popeye Frogger Super Cobra Gyruss Montezuma's Revenge   ~Ben     ..read more

To make a long story short my Xbox Adaptive Controller could make many adjustments I want.  The one adjustments I can't make on either the Xbox adaptive controller or the Xbox operating system using the accessories app is X-axis flipping.   I have gotten a PC 15 flight stick working with the Xbox adaptive controller by using a pc15 USB adapter.    If there was such a pre-made device as a PC 15 x-axis and pc15 y-axis flipper that would be a perfect thing for me, (assuming it's in my price range)   I understand the pc15 standard is some sort of analog standard which just ..read more

haven’t these guys heard of floppy drive emulator type devices?   this has to be a ploy to get funding, right? https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/5-25-inch-floppy-disks-expected-to-help-run-san-francisco-trains-until-2030 ..read more

Greetings - pretty much exactly what the topic says. Tandy made for a while a computer called the. Tandy 1000 and the early models combined the keyboard with either a 2x3.5 floppy (hard disk optional), or single 3.5 (hard disk optional).    Now I love the form factor of these for a certain hobby I have, but Tandy was using proprietary ports and limited the amount of memory and (I believe) they did not support DOS 6.22 either.    My REQUIREMENTS are: all in one (keyboard and CPU all in one), real RS232 port, VGA out, and I would PREFER 1 3x5, 1 5.25 and hard disk plus VGA. I ..read more

There’s a new Pocket 386 computer at Aliexpress available for $218.40 that looks really interesting for retrocomputing AliExpress   Form factor is similar to the Book 8088 computer and specs similar to the Book 386 handheld, both released last year by AliExpress   The Pocket 386 specs: 386 SX (40 MHz) embedded Ali M6117 CPU 8 MB DRAM VGA card Display switches between 640x480 and 800x480 CF Card (IDE) storage USB controller OPL3 (Yamaha YMF262-M) sound card Built-in mouse Lithium battery   I have not seen any reviews online yet     ..read more

Hi, I'm in quite a pickle. I can't decide on which ZX Spectrum emulator for desktop is better? Hence why I created a poll to hopefully help myself decide. This is happening because I discover another emulator called Retro Virtual Machine and it seems comparable to ZEsarUX. So, now what? Bonus question: which emulator do you recommend for Android and/or Chromebook? I kinda heard iPads are outta the question due to Apple being Apple ..read more

Recently purchased a new Amstrad PcW 9256 Wordprocessor I still got a lot of Floppy Disks from my old one.   I am having teething problems with the new Amstrad PcW 9256 Wordprocessor recently purchased.   1) The Screen when switched on is like this see attached photo. 2) The Floppy Drive isn't reading the new Master Disks. I have replaced the belt ..read more

There are a couple games where'd like to invert the X, the Y or both axises. I was planning to use a PC15 one handed joystick for my stick and "half a hitbox" as my action buttons on everything from modern to pre-crash consoles.  I have an Xbox Adaptive controller, which uses a PC15 via a USB converter.   There are 2 reasons I want a voltage based PC15 axis converter.  The first is I don't know if "system settings" on the XAC hold up on other consoles after going through Brook converters.   The second is there is no way to invert the X axis on the settings of an XAC in ..read more