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- VG24/7: Sean Murray impressed by No Man’s Sky on Amiga computer
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- Retro Gamer mag: On Being Featured in Retro Gamer’s “Collector’s Corner”
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- NewEgg- HardBoiled: The Science Behind 3 Inspiring PC Battlestations [Archive]
- PC Mag: 7 Amazing Vintage Computer Collections
- CNN HLN: Inside the 'Byte Cellar': 30 years with Apple [Archive]
- Forbes: Steve Jobs In The Flesh
- Lifehacker: The Byte Cellar: A Geeked-Out Ode to Computers and Video Games
- Engadget: Blake Patterson's Byte Cellar: the ultimate man cave for aspiring geeks
- PC World: The Byte Cellar Is the Ultimate Geek Dream Den
- Gadget Review: The “Byte Cellar” Contains 122 Video Game Machines [Archive]
- The Games Shed: Retro Gaming Collections – Blake Patterson – The Retro Story Guy [Archive]
- Apartment Therapy: Blake's Byte Cellar Workstation With 4 Different Monitors [Archive]
- CNN (video): Apple's Mac Turns 25
- Engadget: Apple IIc as a Serial terminal to a Mac Mini
- Newton Poetry: Profile: Blake Patterson of ‘Touch Arcade’
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My Little BBSing Resource Page
I have a room full of vintage computer systems and one of the most enjoyable ways I’ve found to spend time with them is to use them to visit online Bulletin Board Systems, much as I used to when these … Continue reading
How I Got Started in Vintage Computing
I was recently listening to the celebratory 200th episode of my favorite vintage computing podcast, the Retro Computing Roundtable, which has been running for nine years. Marking the occasion, the early hosts of the show were in attendance and much … Continue reading
Computer Printout Photo Album from 1986
I got such a positive reaction from my last post about the 33 year old recovered photos of my first home computer setup that I became motivated to finally get a photo album I had spoken of in an earlier … Continue reading
A Look Back at Three Decades of Word Processors
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
WHDLoad: The Amiga’s Secret Weapon
I’ve been in the retrocomputing scene for about 15 years now and in that time I’ve seen the interest in the pursuit grow more and more. This is in large part due to the evolving technology that has brought devices … Continue reading
The Mockingboard Sings a Few New Songs
I remember feeling that one of the coolest things about my Apple IIe setup back in 1986 was the 6-voice sound card with which I outfitted it. The Apple II line (aside from the IIGS with it’s superb Ensoniq DOC … Continue reading
A Review of “CoCo: The Colorful History of Tandy’s Underdog Computer”
I love spending time sitting down and using the various vintage computer systems I’ve collected over the years, but more than that I enjoy learning new bits of history about these systems and how they came to be. While my vintage collection … Continue reading
The Lisa 2 Took to the Stage For “Motorola 68000 Week”
The latest contest over at /r/RetroBattlestations was “Motorola 68000 Week.” To participate, contestants had to post a photo or video to the subreddit of a Motorola 680×0-based machine with a short greeting displayed onscreen (or written on paper and taped … Continue reading
The First GIF I Ever Saw
Above, is the first GIF I ever saw. What you are looking at is a scan of a color printout that I made with my Okimate 20 wax transfer printer in 1987. I had an Atari 520ST at the time … Continue reading
“BASIC Week” Fun Over at /r/RetroBattlestations
Last week was BASIC Week over at one of my haunts, /r/RetroBattlestations. Retro guy Chris Osborn (@FozzTexx) created a BASIC program that renders out the subreddit’s logo along with Snoo (Reddit’s mascot) to the computer screen. Chris provided ports to … Continue reading