Tag Archives: Retro

Atari ST Virtual Machine as an alternative to the Java Virtual Machine? Not this time.

Posted on May 30, 2011 by steveshomelab

It’s not often that I want to curse the advances made in technology over the last twenty years. Looking through the archives of old code that I’ve written, I came across an unfinished game that I really cannot ever finish, … Continue reading →

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Before the Internet #2… “My First PC” featuring “MS-DOS Directory Changer”

Posted on April 21, 2011 by steveshomelab

Following on from my previous post… In 1998, after a few years’ break from computers – give or take the occasional dabble with my Atari ST for nostalgic reasons or to help me with the odd maths problem during my … Continue reading →

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Before the Internet #1… 68000 light cycles

Posted on April 21, 2011 by steveshomelab

“Atari ST Internals – The Authoritative Insider’s Guide” by R Bruckmann, K Gerits & L Englisch (Abacus Software – Jan 1987) I find it crazy now to think that a single paperback enabled me to write a full-blown game for … Continue reading →

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