Month: March 2019

Eaten by a Grue
Games

Catch-a-Butterfly

March 31, 2019 Eaten by a Grue

A butterfly flaps its wings on the other side of the world, and suddenly Kevin and Carrington are discussing an obscure Infocom game that perhaps you’ve never heard of. Also it happens to be April 1st, but that probably doesn’t mean anything. Hosts: Kevin Savetz and Carrington Vanston Theme tune: …

John Linville
Blogs

RC2019/03 — All About The Data

March 6, 2019 John Linville

My project for RC2019/03 is to write a chip tune player for the Tandy Color Computer (CoCo) that utilizes the SN76489 chip on the Game Master Cartridge (GMC). This is not a tool for creation but a utility for consumption. So, what will it consume? VGM Files The VGM file …

John Linville
Blogs

RC2019/03 — Getting Started

March 5, 2019 John Linville

It’s RetroChallenge time once again! In fact, we are already five days into the contest, and I still haven’t posted a “start” entry. I reckon it is time to fix that…  Project Description  I’m going to work on a Tandy Color Computer (CoCo) project that enables the use of the …

Reddit
Apple II

Microdrive Turbo on Apple ii

March 31, 2019 Reddit

How can I load a game from a .dsk file into my Microdrive Turbo and make it work? Yes, CFFA3000s are unavailable so the Microdrive Turbo is the only option available.

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I just bought a Apple iiGS with a Microdrive Turbo and I basically have no idea

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