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[size=140]First released in 1974, Atari's Touch Me was a somewhat odd followup to the fantastically popular Pong arcade console. Touch Me did away with expensive extras like computer screens, opting instead for a 4-button control surface and a handful of blinking lights that resembled a control panel from a low budget sci-fi show.

Touch Me at the Arcade Museum
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The SNES version is 22 today. :walking stick:

Its like a divide zx for a Dreamcast man!

http://www.dc-swat.ru/blog/hardware/874.html

[DC]DREAMCAST boots with internal SD-CARD MOD(DREAMSHELL 4.0)

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-QvQIAneFrOk/U4-hgyVis1I/AAAAAAAAghE/Z5yAFKb-6-0/s100-p-o/MOV_0916.mp4

June 1978! 

36 years young, and my alltime favorite!

This thing gets around the block before the Raspi gets its Boots on.





The ODROID-U3 board is not bigger than the popular Raspberry Pi, but it offers much more power thanks to its quad core processor and its 2 GB of system memory. The officially supported operating systems are Links opens in new window/tabXubuntu and Android 4.x, but you can also use other systems like Links opens in new window/tabDebian GNU/Linux (which can use armhf packages right out of the Links opens in new window/tabofficial Debian repository, there is no need for recompiled packages like in Raspbian).

Features:

Power Requirement: 5 V/2 A
CPU: SAMSUNG Exynos4412 Prime Cortex-A9 QuadCore 1.7 Ghz, 1 MB L2 cache
Memory: 2 GB DDR2 880
3D Graphics: Mali-400 QuadCore 440 MHz, supports 1080p
Audio: MAX98090 audio codec
Connectors: 3x USB 2.0, LAN (10/100 Mbps), USB 2.0 (microUSB), microHDMI, headphone jack, fan, backup battery
Storage: microSD, eMMC
Expansion Ports: I/O port (I²C, UART, GPIO), UART (system console)
Status LEDs: Power, Alive
Operating Systems: Linux Xubuntu, Android 4.x
Weight: 50 g
Dimensions (LxBxH): 83 mm x 48 mm x 20 mm

http://www.vesalia.de/e_odroidu3.htm

Awesome!

Back to the future (On Floppy and HDD disk)

 http://www.raspberrypi.org/back-to-the-future-played-by-disk-drives/

I have just used up some left over paint from other projects for my FIGnition PS/2 keyboard.



I think some BBC and Amstrad cpc fans would benefit from Green and Red keys!

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Hi, I thought I would try to make a podcast.

To keep it super retro It is mastered onto one side of a C20 Tape, the MP3 is infact a recording of the tape!

The subject of this episode is 'What is Retro?' there is controversy in it and I would welcome thoughts about it as well as ideas for more episodes in the future.

As it is only Ten minutes long it will keep to the point I hope.

I can promise shout outs and read out responses in future podcast IF this one is agreeable to you all!

I am very new to this type of media so, if you have any problem with downloading or my host, I need to know.

anyway, here goes, fingers crossed!.

http://www.podcastgarden.com/episode/what-is-retro_16862

I have seen them for about £25 on ebay, has anyone had experience of them?

Spitting Image - RS232 Interface Lead

As the poll overwhelmingly told me to mod my TVboy, I did!

My TV Boy is a II the wiki page suggests TV Boy II has no capacity for external joysticks, so only a single player may play using a built-in pad.

This was not the case,



I opened my TVboy up to see if there were a way of modding it to composite out as it is RF at the moment, after looking I decided that I did not know enough to try this and there is hardly any info on these anywhere at all. So I wondered what I could do with it while I was there.  :3:

more mod pics on the Blog.

Spotted this today, give it a go.

http://games.usvsth3m.com/which-8-bit-computer-are-you/

I am a zx81   

This ones for you Zap!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27141201

 

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[align=center:1yve0hyd]Had a spare 5 mins so knocked this up

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http://obsoletegamer.com/double-dragon-flash-game/
The classic beat em up game, Double Dragon. This version was created to mirror the Gameboy version of the game.

I have just completed a quick project to do something with a junk Ingersol Tennis TV game that has been laying about for a while.

It was purchased for £1 at a boot sale on the off chance that it would work. It was in a poor state, one controller was missing and the battery cover was absent. Cosmetically it was messed up by some old parcel tape residue that was used to hold the case together.

A while ago I have tried to fire it up, there was sound but no picture,The pcb was in very poor condition with many dry joints and flaky components.

I hate to give up and throw things away so I left it. I have previously made a pong game and wanted to do similar by refurbing the machine with a velleman kit, my previous project was digital up/down paddles so I did not bother as it would be a step down to add this to a analogue rotary game. However last year the kit had been superseded to a paddle type so I decided to go for it.


I assembled the Kit, I left some parts off that I knew were not to be used in the case, the battery connectors were replaced with wire that would run to a battery holder, the function switch that handles game mode and on/ off was replaced with wire as was the LED signal. I also fitted a switch over the PAL/NTSC mode so it could be toggled rather than fitting the link wire.


I fitted a brighter LED and soldered it all together before re-assembly, I used hot glue to mount the board into the case. Two new holes had to be made to give access to the RCA sockets, this was done with a hacksaw and a file.



The cups for the controllers were cut to allow good grip to the new rotary controls they were turned the other way , it was a compromise that had to be made to allow the serve button to be operated by the player.
The controllers were sealed up with hot glue.

The whole project took a day, the cost of the kit was £15
It was pleasing to make use of a kit for an application like this, it gives the kit a nice finish.

Its just a shame that things do not last forever, I would always prefer to use the original item in good working order.

more pictures in my blogpost.

http://lotek64.com/hp/index.php

There is an article on page 19 by yours truly. 

Floppy Music | Soft Cell - tainted love (13 fdd + 1 hdd)

 


enjoy!