Monthly Archives: November 2010

Newcomer. A new game for the Commodore 64 20 years in the making

Posted on November 15, 2010 by admin

Commodore 64 software company Protovision released a game that they say: “20 years in the making, there has never been anything comparable for the C64.” According to Protovision: “Newcomer is part classic adventure game and part roleplaying game: It contains … Continue reading →

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Christie’s of London Is auctioning off a lot of Computer History items

Posted on November 12, 2010 by admin

Christie’s of London has more than just the Apple I for sale Her are some other items they have on auction A collection of Alan Turing’s Writings Link to auction is here: Alan Turing’s Off Prints Lot 60 Sale 7882 … Continue reading →

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Christie’s of London to auction Apple 1 for $241,000.00??

Posted on November 12, 2010 by admin

Christie’s of London will be auctioning off an Apple I for £150,000 or $241,000 by today’s exchange rates. Its a complete Apple I with all the documentation and the box. I mean it’s probably the best kept Apple 1 I have ever … Continue reading →

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Play Zork in Call of Duty Black Ops

Posted on November 9, 2010 by admin

Awesome..  In a tribute to the old text based game Zork, you can play Zork in Call of Duty Black Ops. I love the “Eaten by a Grue” achievement. All I can say is, Thank you developers.. This is a … Continue reading →

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Heathkit H-8 on Ebay

Posted on November 9, 2010 by admin

Pretty Clean Heathkit H-8 on EBAY.. I have one of these myself, it’s a rather awesome computer. While they don’t reach Altair prices, these are very sought after for computer collectors and for Heathkit Collectors. In fact I know a … Continue reading →

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“Let us Play Pong” And “Super Space Invaders”

Posted on November 9, 2010 by admin

One of my readers sent me this. The German music group Eisenfunk is releasing a new album titled 8BIT and they released two tracks “Let us Play Pong” and “Super Space Invaders” Even if you are not into industrial music, the … Continue reading →

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Another Super Pet 9000 on Ebay

Posted on November 8, 2010 by admin

Not that long ago we saw a number of nice Commodore Pets on Ebay: http://8bitaficionado.com/2010/10/22/a-commodore-super-pet-9000-and-a-pet-2001-on-ebay/ Now I see another Commodore Super Pet 9000 Bit o history: The Commodore PET (PET = Personal Electronic Transactor) was a computer designed by Chuck Peddle for Commodore … Continue reading →

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Subjective life of a computer user chart by flowtown.com

Posted on November 5, 2010 by admin

I saw this online and they invite you to add this to your site. According to the blog post: http://www.flowtown.com/blog/subjective-life-of-a-computer-user “From Commodore to iPad, the members of Generation X saw some incredible advancements in technology and computing. This techno-lution shaped … Continue reading →

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The Tandy 64 RE: Commodore 64? Err.. Hmm ugh.. amusing Craigslist ad

Posted on November 3, 2010 by admin

So I guess some of my readers saw my posting about the amusing Commodore 64 ad on Craigslist: http://8bitaficionado.com/2010/11/02/commodore-64-err-hmm-ugh-amusing-craigslist-ad/ And like good people they contacted the seller to fix his advertisement.. So… He did.. Kinda.. sorta.. Here was the original … Continue reading →

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The Banana Jr 6000.

Posted on November 2, 2010 by admin

Ok.. If you were a reader of the comic strip Bloom County you know that the artist Berkeley Breathed had a thing for the Apple Macintosh. He created the Banana 6000 computer. The computer could walk and talk and became a … Continue reading →

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