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Retro Computing & Gaming Day at @tog was a real blast! Thank you @tdr112 and the rest of the TOG crew!
https://mastodon.ie/@tog/116896485038758646
It was my first time exhibiting any of my retrocomputing gear, and it was a bit rude of me to bring quite so much stuff without the wherewithal to set it all up. I'll know better next time!
Retro equipment is often flaky, but it was an unhappy exFAT filesystem on a modern device that meant I couldn't show off the #Atari520ST at its best. The problem is fixed now, ready for the next TOG retrocomputing event, which is in September, I believe.
Can someone remind me of the date, please?
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Retro Computing & Gaming Day at @tog was a real blast! Thank you @tdr112 and the rest of the TOG crew!
https://mastodon.ie/@tog/116896485038758646
It was my first time exhibiting any of my retrocomputing gear, and it was a bit rude of me to bring quite so much stuff without the wherewithal to set it all up. I'll know better next time!
Retro equipment is often flaky, but it was an unhappy exFAT filesystem on a modern device that meant I couldn't show off the #Atari520ST at its best. The problem is fixed now, ready for the next TOG retrocomputing event, which is in September, I believe.
Can someone remind me of the date, please?
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Playing around with some Boing-alikes on different retro platforms today. Here's Shiny Bubbles from Xanth for the Atari ST, who also famously made the FujiBoink! demo.
Running on my 4MB 520STm. 60fps smoothness is lovely.
#AtariST #Atari #Atari520ST #Xanth #Boing #ShinyBubbles #raytracing #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #video #CRT #nostalgia #AppleII #computerrooom #ByteCellar
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Playing around with some Boing-alikes on different retro platforms today. Here's Shiny Bubbles from Xanth for the Atari ST, who also famously made the FujiBoink! demo.
Running on my 4MB 520STm. 60fps smoothness is lovely.
#AtariST #Atari #Atari520ST #Xanth #Boing #ShinyBubbles #raytracing #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #video #CRT #nostalgia #AppleII #computerrooom #ByteCellar
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A somewhat unusual "Macintosh" for this year's MARCHintosh offering...
Here is my Atari 520ST running Spectre, a Macintosh emulator (or translator, perhaps more accurately) which features actual Macintosh Plus ROMs (user must provide) and in 1989 (along with Magic Sac which preceded it in 1986) was "the only legal Macintosh clone." Gadgets by Small, who made the device, called it 20% faster than a Mac Plus, with a 30% larger screen size (640x400 on the ST monochrome display vs. 512x342 on the early Macs).
The Atari 520STm shown here features an 8MHz MC68000, has been expanded to 4MB RAM (up from 512K), features an HxC2001 floppy emulator, an ACSI2STM hard disk emulator, and dual Atari RGB and monochrome monitors, switchable with a Monitor Master switchbox. The 12-inch SM124 monitor showing Pinball Construction Set for Mac is nearly identical to the early Mac monochrome displays in terms of clarity, the distinctive bluish P4-class phosphor, and its overall "presence." It is a very nice display running at a rock-solid 71Hz.
(A similar series of devices, beginning with the A-Max, was released by ReadySoft for the Commodore Amiga in 1989, though I found the ST options more appealing, in large part due to the superb high-res, non-interlaced monochrome display the ST supported.)
#Macintosh #Mac #Apple #vintageApple #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #retrocomputers #computing #computers #CRT #emulation #Finder #Spectre #MagicSac #Atari #AtariST #Atari520ST #photo #photos #nostalgia #vintage #BillBudge #tech #ElectronicArts #ByteCellar
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A somewhat unusual "Macintosh" for this year's MARCHintosh offering...
Here is my Atari 520ST running Spectre, a Macintosh emulator (or translator, perhaps more accurately) which features actual Macintosh Plus ROMs (user must provide) and in 1989 (along with Magic Sac which preceded it in 1986) was "the only legal Macintosh clone." Gadgets by Small, who made the device, called it 20% faster than a Mac Plus, with a 30% larger screen size (640x400 on the ST monochrome display vs. 512x342 on the early Macs).
The Atari 520STm shown here features an 8MHz MC68000, has been expanded to 4MB RAM (up from 512K), features an HxC2001 floppy emulator, an ACSI2STM hard disk emulator, and dual Atari RGB and monochrome monitors, switchable with a Monitor Master switchbox. The 12-inch SM124 monitor showing Pinball Construction Set for Mac is nearly identical to the early Mac monochrome displays in terms of clarity, the distinctive bluish P4-class phosphor, and its overall "presence." It is a very nice display running at a rock-solid 71Hz.
(A similar series of devices, beginning with the A-Max, was released by ReadySoft for the Commodore Amiga in 1989, though I found the ST options more appealing, in large part due to the superb high-res, non-interlaced monochrome display the ST supported.)
#Macintosh #Mac #Apple #vintageApple #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #retrocomputers #computing #computers #CRT #emulation #Finder #Spectre #MagicSac #Atari #AtariST #Atari520ST #photo #photos #nostalgia #vintage #BillBudge #tech #ElectronicArts #ByteCellar
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My newly dual-headed Atari 520ST system.
I've had this 520STm 4MB color setup for some years now, but recently expanded it, as I had long been wanting to.
I've just added an SM124 (very sharp) monochrome 72Hz 640x400 display (switching between it and the SC1224 RGB display with a MonitorMaster switchbox that I acquired new about 10 years ago for this eventual purpose). I also have just added an ACSI2STM SD card-based HD emulator.
The stand is an A520 STation, which is a fairly rare item (I've never seen another in use).
#Atari #AtariST #Atari520ST #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #CRT #setups #desk #computers #vintage #vintagetech #photo #computerrooms #retrogaming #retrogames #games #gaming #ACSI2STM #HxC2001 #ByteCellar
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My newly dual-headed Atari 520ST system.
I've had this 520STm 4MB color setup for some years now, but recently expanded it, as I had long been wanting to.
I've just added an SM124 (very sharp) monochrome 72Hz 640x400 display (switching between it and the SC1224 RGB display with a MonitorMaster switchbox that I acquired new about 10 years ago for this eventual purpose). I also have just added an ACSI2STM SD card-based HD emulator.
The stand is an A520 STation, which is a fairly rare item (I've never seen another in use).
#Atari #AtariST #Atari520ST #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #CRT #setups #desk #computers #vintage #vintagetech #photo #computerrooms #retrogaming #retrogames #games #gaming #ACSI2STM #HxC2001 #ByteCellar
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My ST busily awaiting the arrival of its monochrome SM124 CRT arriving today. I hope it was well packed...
#Atari #AtariST #Atari520ST #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrogaming #busybee #fujilogo #photo #vintagetech #ByteCellar
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My ST busily awaiting the arrival of its monochrome SM124 CRT arriving today. I hope it was well packed...
#Atari #AtariST #Atari520ST #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrogaming #busybee #fujilogo #photo #vintagetech #ByteCellar
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It was 40 years ago this week that the Atari ST was announced at the January 1985 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
Not long after, in the fall of 1986, I got my own Atari 520ST system and count it as one my favorites among the many systems I haveowned over the years. Here, at the ST's 40th Anniversary, I share one of my earliest and most memorable experiences with my beloved 520ST, which took place on a Halloween night long, long ago.
https://bytecellar.com/2016/11/10/the-year-that-starglider-and-the-atari-st-saved-halloween/
Today, I have a nearly identical 520ST setup here in the Byte Cellar and I still count it among the most beloved of my vintage systems. I hope you enjoy the memory.
#Atari #AtariST #Atari520ST #vintatgecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #computinghistory #JackTramiel #Jackintosh #Halloween #blog #memorylane #nostalgia #CES #CES2025 #vintagetech #ByteCellar #retrogaming #retrogames #Firebird #Rainbird #Starglider
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It was 40 years ago this week that the Atari ST was announced at the January 1985 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
Not long after, in the fall of 1986, I got my own Atari 520ST system and count it as one my favorites among the many systems I haveowned over the years. Here, at the ST's 40th Anniversary, I share one of my earliest and most memorable experiences with my beloved 520ST, which took place on a Halloween night long, long ago.
https://bytecellar.com/2016/11/10/the-year-that-starglider-and-the-atari-st-saved-halloween/
Today, I have a nearly identical 520ST setup here in the Byte Cellar and I still count it among the most beloved of my vintage systems. I hope you enjoy the memory.
#Atari #AtariST #Atari520ST #vintatgecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #computinghistory #JackTramiel #Jackintosh #Halloween #blog #memorylane #nostalgia #CES #CES2025 #vintagetech #ByteCellar #retrogaming #retrogames #Firebird #Rainbird #Starglider
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Fun fact: Theo Jansen computed his “magic numbers” (the precise measurements of the various linkages the walking mechanism is comprised of) with an evolutionary algorithm on a computer that appears to be an #Atari520ST.
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All right! The other one works without any problems. 😎 The oldest TOS 1.0... RAM OK, all keyboard is working, all tests passed. 😁
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All right! The other one works without any problems. 😎 The oldest TOS 1.0... RAM OK, all keyboard is working, all tests passed. 😁
