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AJ Sadauskas @ajsadauskas@mastodon.social
· 2d ago
A fascinating little piece of Australia's early computing history: The MicroBee. In the early 1980s, a group of engineers in Gosford designed and built a home-grown computer that competed against the likes of the IBM PC, Apple 2, and Commodore 64. At one stage, Apple even offered to buy the company to get a foothold in Australian schools. Here's the story of the rise, fall, and return (?) of the MicroBee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idt-g_UQbqw #MicroBee #retrocomputing #retrocomputer @retrogaming

Australia's Greatest Computer? The MicroBee Story

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dirk dierickx @dirkdierickx@mastodon-belgium.be
· 5mo ago
The source code for the iconic #Commodore #Amiga Juggler demo has been recovered and made available for download. https://alphapixeldev.com/recovering-eric-grahams-1987-amiga-juggler-raytracer-source-code/ #demoscene #retrocomputing #retrocomputer
Recovering the 1987 Amiga Juggler Raytracer
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Recovering the 1987 Amiga Juggler Raytracer

Recovering Eric Graham's 1987 Juggler raytracer source code AlphaPixel often gets involved with modernizing and updating old performance and graphics code. Sometimes that means client work under NDA. But sometimes it means a fun side quest in the mystical realms of curiosity, preservation, and the practical problem of getting old…

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