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Computer graphics of a bygone era

May 28, 2012September 26, 2012 Doug Groves 3D, Amiga, Atari ST, computing history, graphics, IBM clone, Werner Randelshofer0 comment

Werner Randelshofer, a visual computing student at ETH Zurich, has taken it upon himself to archive digital artwork from early computer systems that are no longer with us, such as the Commodore Amiga, IBM clones, the Atari ST and many more. The site does a great job of archiving systems by type, and artist. Beside the abundance of game stills and animations, there are some classic demos on display, converted for modern viewing, including an old favourite of mine, Automated Light by James M. Robinson. Randelshofer took the time to…

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Commodore founder Jack Tramiel passes away

April 10, 2012September 26, 2012 Doug Groves Amiga, Atari, C-64, Commodore, Commodore 64, Jack Tramiel, VIC-201 Comment

Jack Tramiel, who founded Commodore International, passed away this past Sunday at the age of 83. Born in 1928, Tramiel survived Auschwitz and a labour camp in during World War II, and later emigrated to the United States and started building typewriters. He later set up Commodore Business Machines in Toronto for supply chain purposes, and branched into computers with the Commodore PET, which was a staple of computer classes in schools at the time. It was the Commodore PET that inspired me to get my first computer, the VIC-20. …

The Commodore 64 lives again, sort of

April 4, 2011April 4, 2011 Doug Groves Amiga, C64, C64s, Commodore, Commodore USA, HTPC, ION2, nostalgia, Nvidia ION2 Comments

Remember the Commodore 64? In its heyday day, it was the best selling computer of all time, and over the years a number of case modders have managed to cram a fully functioning PC inside the case. Now Commodore USA hoping that nostalgia will help revive the form factor with modern internals on a more ‘official’ level.

The Amiga would have been 25 today

July 23, 2010 Doug Groves Amiga, Amiga 1000, Amiga 2000, Amiga 500, boing ball, Commodore4 Comments

The Commodore 64 may have been the first computer to sell over one million units, but it was June 24th, 1985 when Commodore debuted the Amiga 1000, a computer that was, for all intents and purposes way ahead of the computing curve. Computer stores in shopping malls across North America and Europe loved showcasing the now classic “Amiga Ball” as evidence of the power under the hood of this high end machine. Over the next 10 years and multiple iterations, the Amiga computer proved to be a versatile creative tool,…

A Brief History of the Modern Pixel, 8-bit Heroes, and more…

May 27, 2010May 27, 2010 drsquid Adam Atomic, Adam Saltsman, Amiga, Army of Trolls, art, Commodore 64, Dot.AY, Gaming, Gary J. Lucken, independent, indie, Jason Rohrer, Nintendo, Pixel, Pixel Art, SiD, Simon Cottee, Sleep is Death, Studio Joho, video3 Comments

Simon Cottee, animator of the pixel art cartoon Rule (created in Sleep is Death, see it after the jump) has put together this short documentary on pixel art, where he talks to SiD creator Jason Rohrer, chiptune musician Dot.AY, and Studio Joho, creators of the Dan the Man video (also after the jump) Ars Technica also recently posted a great pixel art article, 8-bit heroes: Ars explores the resurgence of pixel art. They talked to some of the field’s best artists and developers, such as Gary J. Lucken (Army of…