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  • Talking about Kirschen’s software at Arch Reactor

    Talking about Kirschen’s software at Arch Reactor

    This Sunday I spoke about my retrocomputing hobby and digital preservation work at Arch Reactor, a hackerspace/makerspace in St. Louis. I was honored to be invited, and I had a blast sharing some of the things I’ve learned as I researched (and rescued) the lost 1980s software of Ya’akov Kirschen. I recorded the talk, and…

  • Using high res on my Atari ST with the CosmosEx and a wire

    Using high res on my Atari ST with the CosmosEx and a wire

    Throughout my Atari ST-owning life, I have only ever owned Atari’s color monitor, the SC1224. It can display two of the ST’s video modes: low resolution (320×200, 16 colors) and medium resolution (640×200, 4 colors). The Atari also had a 640×400 high resolution mode, but it required a different monochrome monitor. I never had a…