Games
Month: December 2013
Computers
Computers
Upcoming Show Schedule
This schedule is subject to change
November, 2015: TI-99 Interview with Jim Fetzner & Mark Wills
November, 2015: TI-99 Part 1, History
December, 2015: TI-99 Interview with Ralph Rees
December, 2015: TI-99 Part 2, Tech Specs/Modern Upgrades
January, 2016: TI-99 Part 3, Websites and More
February, 2016: HP-41C Programmable Calculator,
Blogs
New CoCo book available!
Long time CoCo enthusiast Boisy Pitre and author Bill Loguidice have collaborated on a new book entitled “CoCo: The Colorful History of Tandy’s Underdog Computer” which is now available from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and CRC Press.
I received my copy the day before Christmas, and I am really enjoying the …
Computers
Apple II
Two Eamon-Related AGT Adventures
Recently, Michael Detlefsen, one of two individuals who ported Eamon to the Atari ST, has posted two Eamon-related items for the PC to the Internet Archive. Each is an AGT (Adventure Game Toolkit)-authored adventure game, playable on MS-DOS and hence (presumably) Windows. Detlefsen shepherded his Atari port by hosting it on …
Apple II
Steve Wozniak trivia: 10 surprising facts about Woz – Digital Lifestyle – Macworld UK
http://www.macworld.co.uk/digitallifestyle/news/?newsid=3494707
Steve Wozniak, more fondly known as Woz, co-founded Apple with his friends Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne. He invented the Apple I and Apple II in the 70s before leaving Apple in 1987, but that certainly wasn’t the end of Woz in the media.
Computers
Games
Episode 43 – Atari 2600 Christmas Memories
As I have been mentioning, this episode features your Christmas memories of the Atari 2600! I didn’t get any Hanukkah or Kwanzaa submissions, so we’ll just go with Christmas. There’s some great stories here, thanks to everyone for contributing and for listening! Thanks especially to Ryan who let me use
Apple II
Eamon Mapper at HackFest
KansasFest, the venerable Apple II gathering running for a quarter of a century, hosts a recurring contest called “HackFest.” The winner this year was none other than Margaret Anderson, the author of four Eamons (Peg’s Place, The Beginner’s Forest, Treasure Island, and The Pirate’s Cave), who submitted an “Eamon mapper” as …