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Announcing the 2023 Writing Contest "Vintage is the New Old" - The contest for the rest of us!

https://www.vintageisthenewold.com/announcing-the-2023-writing-contest-vintage-is-the-new-old-the-contest-for-the-rest-of-us

Announcing the 2023 Writing Contest “Vintage is the New Old” – The contest for the rest of us! - Vintage is The New Old

Are you a retro computing and gaming enthusiast? Are you always amazed how some people can create AAA games for old platforms while others can understand electronics and put modern hardware accessories on the market, giving new life to our old machines? Do you feel left out when you see game programming, graphics, demos, or hardware contests happening all the

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SwissMicros – Keeping the iconic HP RPN calculators alive - Vintage is The New Old

If you have been an engineer (or similar) since the 80s or 90s, it is almost certain you owned a scientific programmable calculator. Funny as it is, I am not among them. However, I remember a friend who had an HP-41CV, and one day he showed me a game running it. It was a lunar lander game where you could

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Beautiful!
Now I have one! Funny to think this is from an Ottawa’s company and I’ve jever heard about it until recently!

After a “Cease and Desist” letter from SEGA, Grayfox Books releases The Mega Book Collection Digital for free

https://www.vintageisthenewold.com/after-a-cease-and-desist-letter-from-sega-grayfox-books-releases-the-mega-book-collection-digital-for-free

Better than I ever could explain!

Retro Virtual Machine 2.1 emulator adds support for MSX, Colecovision, and more!

https://www.vintageisthenewold.com/retro-virtual-machine-2-1-emulator-adds-support-for-msx-colecovision-and-more

Retro Virtual Machine 2.1 emulator adds support for MSX, Colecovision, and more! - Vintage is The New Old

The last day of 2022 brought a massive update for the excellent (and beautiful) emulator Retro Virtual Machine. Known for its exquisite interface and great emulation experience, RVM was already my to-go emulator for the Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum. With the release of version 2.1, I can also use it to run MSX programs and games for the Colecovision,

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WinUAE 4.10 – New version of the Amiga emulator for Windows - Vintage is The New Old

After many months of development, a new version of WinUAE has been released. Version 4.10 brings now 100% cycle accuracy for the 68000-based unexpanded configuration.  Also, initially planned for this release, the pixel-perfect OCS and ESC Denise mid-screen resolution was pushed for the upcoming 5.0 release. Here are the details: New hardware emulation features and update 68000 emulation is finally fully cycle

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This is gonna be fun!
Merry Christmas!!!!