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Info covered various Commodore computers over the years but in 1983 the emphasis was on the Commodore 64. One unique feature of Info is that it was produced on Commodore computers. Presumably the Fall 1983 issue was produced on a Commodore 64 and the contents includes: Read more: https://hive.blog/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/info-fall-1983 #retrocomputing #Commodore #Commodore64

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None of the photos in this set a labeled or dated but they are all likely from around the same time in the late 1950s or early 1960s. The first photo was taken in a poor black part of town at a time when Jim Crow laws were still in effect. I think it was taken somewhere in the St. Petersburg area or other Florida West Coast location. Other photos from here have shown up in previous sets. The second photo shows two ladies sitting somewhere near the beach. I really have no…

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Emerald Rose performs "Vampire Girl" at MegaCon 2009 in Orlando, Florida. In addition to Celtic and Celtic inspired music, Emerald Rose also performed original, funny, sci-fi and fantasy inspired music. This song is one of the latter. This video was recorded by me at MetaCon 2009 in Orlando, Florida on February 28th, 2009. See the video here: https://hive.blog/hive-181335/@darth-azrael/hwpkdleo #music #Celtic #EmeraldRose #MegaCon #VampireGirl

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Game Player’s was one of many video game magazines published in the late 1980s and early 1990s. I remember when I got my original NES system I also bought a pack with a few issues of Game Player’s Guide to Nintendo Games. In 1991 Game Player’s was covering a wide variety of systems including the NES, Sega Genesis, TurboGrafx-16, Atari Lynx, PC (DOS), Amiga, Game Boy and possibly others. The July 1991 issue includes: Read more:…

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While ACE stood for "Advanced Computer Entertainment", this was a magazine that covered gaming on the Amiga, Atari ST, PC (DOS), as well as the MegaDrive (Genesis), Game Boy, Atari Lynx and Super Famicom (Super Nintendo)...at least in 1991. The October 1991 issue includes: Read more: https://hive.blog/hive-140217/@darth-azrael/ace-october-1991 #retrogaming #Amiga #AtariST #DOS #Sega #Genesis #GameBoy #Atari #Lynx #SuperNES

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The iBook G3 Clamshell model was the first portable entry into Apple's revamped computer line. It closely mimicked the design of the iMac that had been released the previous year, including polycarbonate construction and bright transparent colors. The iMac was initially released in August 1998 while the iBook was released in June 1999. Read more: https://blurt.blog/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/apple-ibook-g3-clamshell #retrogaming #iBook #G3

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The Sinclair line of computers was extremely popular in the U.K. during the 1980s in part due to their low price. They also made their way to the U.S. via Timex but failed to achieve much success. While the the first Sinclair computer, the ZX80 was very cheap at the time, it was also very limited with only 1K of memory and a membrane keyboard among other limitations. Commodore's VIC-20 was introduced only a year later as another inexpensive competitor. While it was somewhat…

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Sears has this weird thing they do where they contract with outside manufacturers to produce items for their store and then sell it under their own brand name. An example of this is Sears' Kenmore line of appliances. These are actually made by companies like Whirlpool or whoever Sears happens to be contracted with at the moment. At one time they also did this with video games. The Sears Tele-Games Video Arcade was nothing more than an Atari VCS (later known as the Atari…

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This post includes the contents of DM0909.DOC which is dated September 9th, 1985. I believe that ‘DM’ in this case stands for Direct Mail which appears to have been Delphi’s version of e-mail. This document contains several such emails from September 8th and 9th, 1985. Topics include forum management, a broken air conditioner, some song lyrics that appeared in a previous post, and items of a more personal nature. Read more:…

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RUN was the last surviving major Commodore 64 magazine in the U.S. Compute!'s Gazette lasted a little longer as an insert and then as a disk only magazine. 1992 was very late in the life of the Commodore 64 and it was pretty clear that the writing was on the wall for that machine. The January/February 1992 issue of RUN only had about 64 pages and it started shrinking significantly after that. The contents includes: Read more:…

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Compute! had a number of spin-off magazines that covered specific computers. Compute!'s Gazette for the Commodore 64 was by far the most popular of these. One of the things published in this magazine (and virtually all computer magazines of the 1980s) were type-in programs. This was a way to get software basically for free and some of it was quite good. You just had to put in a little work. If you didn't want to put in that work, often these programs were also available on…

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This is another set of photos that have no labels or dates but like most of the others, these are likely from the late 1950s or early 1960s. The first two look like they were taken at a rodeo somewhere. At least there is a bunch of people watching a bunch of other people ride around on horses. For more info and photos from this set, see https://hive.blog/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-oestreicher-1593-1596 #slides #vintage #photos #film #photography #Kodak…

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This Atari ad for the Atari 400 and Atari 800 computers emphasizes the useful productivity things you can do with Atari computers. Atari had an "Investment Series" line of software that allowed you to do things like chart stocks and track your investments. This ad also mentions some of the educational stuff you can do with Atari computers like composing music and learning a new language. Read more: https://blurt.blog/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/atari-400-800-1982…

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This post includes the contents of DM0910.DOC which is dated September 10th, 1985. I believe that ‘DM’ in this case stands for Direct Mail which appears to have been Delphi’s version of e-mail. This document contains several such emails from September 9th and 10th, 1985. There is a bit of overlap so some song lyrics are seen here that have been seen previously but there are also a few more emails between “Connie” and “Rod” (among others) including some poetry. Since this…

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None of the slides in this set are labeled or dated. While most previous sets have been from the late 1950s or early 1960s, this one appears to be from quite a bit later. These are all from the early 1980s if I had to guess. The first three show some kind of warehouse/workshop and the last one shows a building under construction. Maybe a church? In the last photo there are a bunch of cars and while most of them look to be from the 1970s, I also see what looks like an early…

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Sega Visions was more or less Sega's answer to Nintendo Power. It was the official Sega magazine though I don't recall seeing it on store shelves. It may have only been widely available as a subscription. Generally, you could get a free trial subscription by sending in a registration for a Sega product. In 1993 the Sega Genesis, Sega CD and Game Gear were being covered. The June/July 1993 issue includes: Read more:…