My First Modem – The Atari 1030
Released in 1983, and designed to match the newly launched Atari 1200XL, the Atari 1030 modem was an interesting piece of hardware. The modem’s device-driver was burned into ROM, enabling it work with...
Monthly Archive: July 2014
Audiophile on a Budget
So I have this old college buddy who’s constantly telling me how awesome his sound system is, and I have always been very into music, electronic, rock, jazz, rap, basically anything except country with...
Gamechanger – Eastern Front (1941)
In 1981, Chris Crawford was riding high (little did he know that in just three years, he’d be looking for a job). Since joining Atari in 1979, he had become a full-fledged star programmer....
The Amiga “Boing Ball” Demo Animated GIF
As an old Amiga-geek, this little GIF here makes me smile. The bouncing “Boing Ball” demo was an amazing thing for its time, as is the lore behind it. Consensus seems to be that...
