Retro Blog

History of computers and games

  • Роздуття коду стало астрономічним
    Nick
    26jun'22
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    Переклад, авт. оригіналу cliffski (англ.): https://www.positech.co.uk/cliffsblog/2022/06/05/code-bloat-has-become-astronomical/

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  • Creating a BASIC Tenliner Game
    Nick
    09jun'22
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    The annual BASIC 10-liner competition was invented in 2011 by Gunnar Kanold, a retrocomputing enthusiast who is teaching STEM disciplines at a secondary school in Friedrichstadt, Germany. The goal of the contest is to write the most exciting computer game in just 10 lines of BASIC, without machine code subroutines. There are three categories limiting the maximum line length allowed: PUR-80, PUR-120, and PUR-256. There is also SCHAU-256 category for non-game software, and WILD for submissions not fitting into any other category. Program should run on a 8-bit computer — such as Atari, for which an emulator exists.

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  • Apple Macintosh Classic - Review
    alk0v
    21may'22
    458
    1

    Apple Macintosh Classic - Review

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  • Computer archeology: word processors
    Nick
    19may'22
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    In the late 1970s, the first personal microcomputers appeared, as well as a separate class of devices - word processors. These were microcomputers with specialized software focused exclusively on editing and printing texts.

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  • Osborne 1 - Review
    alk0v
    17may'22
    316
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    Історія виникнення Osborne 1

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  • LAND — the game for rare PDP-11 Soviet clone. Windows reincarnation.
    Andriy S'omak
    16may'22
    426
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    In far 1988, being a sixth-grader, I became for the first time, acquainted with the computer. The DVK-3M with the integrated black-and-white display and two five-inch disk drives; gorgeous but not for now. My first acquaintance took place with games from ASP corp. ─ three young programmers who had specialized in computers of the DVK family.

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  • Magnavox Odyssey 1972 - few people know about the "brown box"
    GrandMaster
    15mar'21
    184
    4

    Magnavox Odyssey is the world's first home game console. It was first introduced on May 24, 1972 and released in August of the same year, thus beating Atari's Pong system by three years.

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  • 1971 - Ralph Baer and television game consoles
    GrandMaster
    15mar'21
    212
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    In March 1971, Baer received the world's first patent for "television gaming and educational equipment" and, in fact, became the father of the gaming industry.

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  • Tube Dinosaurs (Transistor - Part Two)
    GrandMaster
    28jan'19
    230
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    Grosch's Law - "Acquiring additional savings is only the square root of increasing speed - that is, to make calculations 10 times cheaper, you must do them 100 times faster."

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  • Tube Dinosaurs (Transistor - Part one)
    GrandMaster
    16jan'19
    303
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    If the aviation industry had grown as rapidly as the computing industry over the past 25 years, a Boeing 767 would now cost $500.

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  • Allan Alcorn is 71 years old
    GrandMaster
    01jan'19
    244
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    Video game pioneer Allan Alcorn is 71 years old. An outstanding American engineer was born on January 1, 1948 in San Francisco.

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  • Аналоговый компьютер Donner Model 30
    GrandMaster
    31oct'18
    337
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    Это была первая аналоговая компьютерная модель, американской компании Donner Scientific Company, и 600 единиц были проданы в период с 1954 по 1960 год

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