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Found New Time Bandit for Atari ST Retail Pacakge

Posted on March 26, 2007 by Blake Patterson

Ever since I first played it back on my Atari 520ST back in 1986, I’ve loved the game Time Bandit. A few weeks ago, at the request of a reader, I scanned the game’s short manual that I’d kept all … Continue reading →

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Got My Micro Mate 520 STation for Atari ST!

Posted on February 13, 2007 by Blake Patterson

Back in the fall of 1986 I moved from an Apple IIe to an Atari 520ST. I quite enjoyed that ST. One particularly nice and uncommon thing about my ST setup was the system stand I found and ordered out … Continue reading →

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Game Controllers: From Atari to Revolution

Posted on February 1, 2006 by Blake Patterson

Revolution Advanced has posted an excellent look at game console controllers over the years, “from the days of Atari to [Nintendo] Revolution.” It’s a great piece that may prove educational for the uninitiated. The only major lack in the article … Continue reading →

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Have a Helping of 8-bit Holiday Cheer! (2023 Edition)

Posted on December 24, 2023 by Blake Patterson

‘Tis the season, and that means it’s time to push out the twelfth annual Byte Cellar vintage computer Holiday demo roundup so everyone can feel that warm, fuzzy, pixellated holiday glow (which I think we could all especially use this … Continue reading →

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Thinking Back on ‘Turbo Pascal’ as It Turns 40

Posted on December 4, 2023 by Blake Patterson

November marked the 40th anniversary of Turbo Pascal, the first Integrated Development Environment (or IDE), which allowed a user to quickly and easily write a program in the Pascal programming language and see it compiled and linked — all in … Continue reading →

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“MuffinTerm”: A Great New Terminal App for BBSing on iPhone, iPad, and Mac

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Blake Patterson

Readers can find quite a few posts on this blog about my enjoyment of modern-day BBSing — “dialing in” to online Bulletin Board Systems that can still be found out there on the net. I consider BBSing to be a … Continue reading →

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Have a Helping of 8-bit Holiday Cheer! (2022 Edition)

Posted on December 25, 2022 by Blake Patterson

‘Tis the season, and that means it’s time to push out the eleventh annual Byte Cellar vintage computer Holiday demo roundup so everyone can feel that warm, fuzzy, pixellated holiday glow (which I think we could all especially use this … Continue reading →

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BBSing in the Snow Is the Best Way to Login

Posted on January 11, 2022 by Blake Patterson

I logged into my first dial-up electronic Bulletin Board System in the spring of 1986 at the house of a friend I was visiting. His family had an Apple IIe setup with an Apple Modem 1200, the kind that sat … Continue reading →

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Have a Helping of 8-bit Holiday Cheer! (2021 Edition)

Posted on December 24, 2021 by Blake Patterson

‘Tis the season, and that means it’s time to push out the eleventh annual Byte Cellar vintage computer Holiday demo roundup so everyone can feel that warm, fuzzy, pixellated holiday glow (which I think we could all especially use this … Continue reading →

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Have a Helping of 8-bit Holiday Cheer! (2020 Edition)

Posted on December 19, 2020 by Blake Patterson

‘Tis the season, and that means it’s time to push out the tenth annual Byte Cellar vintage computer Holiday demo roundup so everyone can feel that warm, fuzzy, pixellated holiday glow (which I think we could all especially use this … Continue reading →

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