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An Apple II Tale Told Complete by the Late Tony Diaz

Posted on October 29, 2022 by Blake Patterson

I’ve been an active IRC users for nearly 25 years now, and for many of those years I was a denizen of the #a2c.chat channel on the irc.a2central.com IRC server. (IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat, a channel-based internet text … Continue reading →

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Have a Helping of 8-bit Holiday Cheer! (2018 Edition)

Posted on December 13, 2018 by Blake Patterson

‘Tis the season, and that means it’s time to push out the eighth annual Byte Cellar vintage computer Holiday demo roundup so everyone can feel that warm, fuzzy, pixellated holiday glow. With scanlines. Enjoy! I’ve been a computer geek for … Continue reading →

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The French Touch Releases “Pure Noise” Music Disk for Apple IIe + Mockingboard

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Blake Patterson

The French Touch is at it again. Grouik of The French Touch has just contacted me to let me know about the Apple II demo / hacking group’s latest production, Pure Noise, a music disk for the 128K Apple IIe. It requires a … Continue reading →

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I’m Playing With a Philips Velo 1 H/PC Again

Posted on February 4, 2016 by Blake Patterson

Quick and dirty post, here. The first Windows CE device I owned was the Philips Velo 1 H/PC. It’s a clamshell mobile powered by a 36.86MHz MIPS R4000-based Philips SOC (what they called a “Two Chip Pic”) that I owned … Continue reading →

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My Father the NASA Engineer: A Year After His Passing

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Blake Patterson

My father, James Claude Patterson Jr., died on April 26, 2010 — almost exactly one year ago. He was just shy of 83 years old. Dad was a retired NASA engineer who worked for the government space agency for 35 … Continue reading →

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