This is the latest addition to my collection. Ive wanted to buy one of these for a long while. Here is a brief description of the device taken from the designers website. The SDCard HxC Floppy Emulator is n universal 3″, 3″1/2, 5″1/4 and 8” Floppy disk drive emulator based on SDCard. Most of disk formats can be emulated bt this emulator.
Tag: vintage
It’s all about the vintage stuff!
Addition – Amstrad NC100 Notepad
Another bargain courtesy of eBay. The Amstrad NC100 was an A4-size, portable Z80-based computer, released by Amstrad in1992. It featured 64 KB of RAM, the Protext word
The Centre for Computing History at Gadget Show Live 2011
The Centre for Computing History (Which is a computer museum in Cambridge) is proud to announce it has once again been commissioned to create the Gadget Hall
Retrovision/Llamasoft : 20-22 May 2011
After the success of RV2010, this will be a free ticketed event open to members of the YakYak/RV and Retro Gamer Forum communities. There will
Defining Retrogaming
This is a topic that can sometimes irritate me – defining retro gaming. Personally, its a console/computer before 1995. Playing PS2 or Xbox isnt retro
Retrogaming Times Monthly – January 2011
The January issue of Retrogaming Times Monthly is out. The first for 2011! We ring in the year with a new look for all the
Amstrad PCW8256 – Sky War
Quick video of the first ever game I saw on the PCW.
R3PLAY / 6-7th November / Blackpool
R3PLAY is a brand new show celebrating four decades of gaming history. Presented in association with Retro Gamer and gamesTM magazines, this unique event will offer gamers of all ages the chance to experience gaming systems from the 1970s to present day. Hosted by TV personality and videogame fanatic Gail Porter, the R3PLAY Expo will take place at The Norbreck Castle Exhibition Centre in Blackpool on 6/7 November 2010 – the final weekend of this year’s famous Illuminations.
Paula Thomas writes about The Centre for Computing History
Another of the major exhibitors at the Vintage Computer Festival at Bletchley Park in June was The Centre for Computing History, based in Suffolk. Documenting the history
Addition – Psion Organiser II XP
The Psion Organiser II XP. A handheld organiser from Psion with a 6303 CPU at its heart.