Monthly Archives: June 2016

Showing Off the Atari SC1224 for “CRT Week” at r/Retrobattlestations

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Blake Patterson

Earlier this month it was CRT Week at r/Retrobattlestations. There are many CRTs in my vintage computer collection, but for this contest I focused on the one that has the sharpest display of any 15kHz RGB monitor I’ve ever seen, … Continue reading →

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Gearing Up For Proper BBSing With the Raspberry Pi

Posted on June 7, 2016 by Blake Patterson

A few recent retro challenges I’ve undertaken had me wanting to spend a bit more time logged in to BBS’s strewn here and there about the web. I’ve spent an enormous amount of time on BBS’s over the years, nearly all of it long ago … Continue reading →

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A Look Back at Three Decades of Word Processors

Posted on June 5, 2016 by Blake Patterson

A few days ago I was running through twitter when I saw Peter Cohen (@flargh) link to a blog post he had written about distraction free writing and the focused simplicity of a 30 year old word processor. Reading the … Continue reading →

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