Commodore CBM 4064 with insanely powerful MSSIAH cart and Look Mum No Computer

Look Mum No Computer is denying what is literally written in his artist name and going full compy, with none other than the massive Commodore PET 64 (aka CBM 4064). Best of all, this ’82 beast has a modern, new ensemble of tools for it you can use, too. Yeah, speaking of chip art and […]

Freespin is a demo made for the Commodore 1541 – no, not the computer, just the floppy drive

Artists just did the unthinkable – make a complete audiovisual demo on just a 1982 floppy drive, without the computer. And it’s utterly beautiful.

Peter Kirn - July 6, 2021

The Amiga just got a new, open 8-bit hardware sequencer cartridge you can build

There’s a new, open-source sampler – for the Commodore Amiga. Yes, as in you’ll be building your own DIY cartridge to run it. Brace yourself – 90s. Music. Incoming.

Peter Kirn - August 10, 2020

Here’s some Sanity, literally, and Amiga Dreams as read for you in French

Peter Kirn - March 19, 2020

Strange Moog history: a telephone, a table hockey game, more

Peter Kirn - June 3, 2019

Forget vinyl: here’s a DJ rig with two Amiga 1200 PCs

Peter Kirn - July 26, 2018

Play a Retro-Sounding Commodore 64 Emulation in a Browser with WebSID

- February 28, 2014

RetroCade Synth Board Re-programs Itself Into Atari, C64, Amiga [Open Source Hardware]

Peter Kirn - June 8, 2012

Jack Tramiel’s Commodore 64, Atari ST in Music, Remembered, as Vision Lives On [Obituary, Gallery]

Peter Kirn - April 10, 2012

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