Category Archives: r/Retrobattlestations

My entries into r/Retrobattlestations’ competitions or posts dealing with the sub

It’s a MIDI Christmas With the Atari ST for “Holiday Music Week X”

Posted on December 23, 2022 by Blake Patterson

As I type this we are in the middle of the tenth annual Holiday Music Week over at r/Retrobattlestations. For this season’s contest, I decided to interface my wife’s Radio Shack music keyboard with my Atari 520ST using its built-in … Continue reading →

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The eMate 300 Out In Front for “BBS Week V”

Posted on February 29, 2020 by Blake Patterson

Last weekend marked the end of “BBS Week V” over at r/Retrobattlestations. For my part in this competition, I brought out the eMate 300, which I found new-in-box on eBay back in 2004. Here it can be seen logged into … Continue reading →

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Firing Up the Apple //c for “Not x86 Week”

Posted on January 26, 2020 by Blake Patterson

As I write this, it is the last day of “Not x86 Week” over at Reddit’s r/Retrobattlestations. As one might guess, this week’s competition is to display a vintage system based on any CPU other than an Intel 8086 or … Continue reading →

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The Amiga 1000 Sings Songs of the Season for Holiday Music Week VII

Posted on January 2, 2020 by Blake Patterson

The new year has begun and the holidays are pretty much behind us, but before undecking the halls I wanted to share my contribution to the “Holiday Music Week VII” competition over at r/Retrobattlestations that ran until the 31st. For … Continue reading →

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A Baker’s Dozen for High Score Week

Posted on May 2, 2019 by Blake Patterson

The subreddit r/Retrobattlestations is one of my favorite vintage computing project outlets on the net. The sub runs frequent competitions, and last week’s compo was High Score Week. During a High Score Week, members pick a game for their favorite … Continue reading →

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‘Twas No Post, But Poetry! (At 300 Baud)

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Blake Patterson

It is not every day that BBSing moves a man to poetry…. But, there are occasions where it does, as reddit user u/droid_mike proved this past weekend as r/Retrobattlestations‘ BBS Week IV competition drew to a close. The competition rules required … Continue reading →

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The TI Goes A-Caroling for Holiday Music Week VI

Posted on December 25, 2018 by Blake Patterson

The sixth annual Holiday Music Week is happening over at r/Retrobattlestations and this year, for my entry, I set the TI-99/4A to singing a song of the season, with some help from John McGinley who wrote the Christmas demo that … Continue reading →

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Putting the Atari ST and TI out Front for “Modern Touch Week” at r/Retrobattlestations

Posted on September 24, 2018 by Blake Patterson

Just a quick post here to share a bit of what I was up to this past weekend. It was “Modern Touch Week” over at Reddit’s r/Retrobattlestations which was a competition to show a vintage system using recent / modern … Continue reading →

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Highlighting My Bedside Apple //c for “Wedge Week” at r/RetroBattlestations

Posted on January 28, 2018 by Blake Patterson

This week was “Wedge Week” at r/RetroBattlestations and I chose to focus on my Apple //c which I recently moved to a bedside configuration for leisurely retrocomputing BBS and IRC usage. This //c has lived in two D.C. offices and … Continue reading →

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A Program from a 35 Year Old Magazine for “BASIC Month” and a Chat with Its Author

Posted on October 3, 2017 by Blake Patterson

July was BASIC Month over at r/Retrobattlestations and for that competition I decided to reach for my TI-99/4A and type in a TI Extended BASIC game called Pearl Harbor from the 1983 issue of Electronic Fun with Computers & Games…for … Continue reading →

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