What a great way to package the CD of the C64 Orchestra I blogged about earlier: the CD package is formed after the C64 keyboard.
My copy should already be on its way.
(Via Bright)
24/04: ZX Spectrum 25 years!
I did not realize I was getting that old, but this news arcticle made me aware that the Sinclair ZX Spectrum is celebrating its 25th birthday this month!
Oh the nostalgia! This is the machine I started to learn computers on, programmed my first lines in BASIC on, spend countless hours waiting for the games to load from tape... great memories!
I still own a working (albeit not my original) ZX Spectrum, and of course emulators on my phone, PSP and PC.
So thanks Clive for starting the 8 bit revolution at prices everyone could afford!
(Via Tweakers.net)
Some more retro stuff after the break (click read more).
11/09: My new PC
I recently bought a new PC with these specs:
| CPU: | Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 |
| Motherboard: | Asus P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP |
| Case: | Cooler Master Centurion 5 (CAC-T05) |
| PSU: | Spire SP-600W - RockeTeer VI |
| CPU cooler: | Zalman CNPS9500 LED |
| Memory: | 2 GB Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400 |
| Videocard: | Asus EN7950GX2/2PHT/1G (NVidia 7950GX2 based) |
| DVD writer: | Plextor PX-760A |
| DVD drive: | Asus DVD-E616A |
| Harddisks: | Western Digital 74 GB WD740GD Raptor 10.000 rpm 2x Western Digital 320 GB WD3200KS Caviar® SE16 7200rpm |
| Diskdrive: | Sony 1.44" diskdrive |
| Soundcard: | Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty |
| TV Card: | Hauppage WinTV-PVR-500MCE |
| Operating system: | Microsoft Windows XP MCE 2005 |
| Monitor: | Samsung Syncmaster 203B 20" |
| Keyboard: | Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard |
| Mouse: | Logitech G5 Laser Mouse |
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02/02: Portable Apps Suite
Want your own favourite free suite of applications everywhere you go independent of the software installed at the PC you happen to be working at? Meet Portable Apps Suite! This gives you a complete office suite of applications running from an USB stick.
Portable Apps Suite Contains: Portable Firefox (web browser), Portable Thunderbird (email client), Portable OpenOffice.org (office suite), Portable AbiWord (word processor), Portable NVU (web editor), Portable Sunbird (calendar & task list), Portable FileZilla (FTP client), Portable Gaim (instant messenger) and will fit on a 256Mb USB thumbdrive.
30/12: Hey, hey, 16k
For those times I am in a sentimental mood I still like playing my all time favourite Commodore 64 game: M.U.L.E. Click on the [read more] link below for some nostalgia.
29/02: New PC!
A month ago I bought myself a new PC (only didn't have time to put this message online before).
For those who are interested these are the specs of my new PC:
- CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3200+
- Mainboard: MSI K8T Neo FiSR2R
- Video: MadView Radeon 9800 Pro 128 Mb
- Harddisk: 2x Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 SATA 120 Gb (Total: 240 Gb)
- Memory: 2x Infineon DDR400 512 Mb PC3200 (total memory 1 Gb)
- Sound: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro
- DVD-Rom: Samsung SD616QEBB
- DVD-RW: Plextor PX-708A/T3B DVD+/-RW drive
- Floppy: Sony MPF920E
- Cooler: Cooler Master DK8-7I52D-01
- Case: Antec Sonata Piano Black Quiet
- Monitor: Iiyama E431S-B 17" TFT
- Keyboard & mouse: Logitech Cordless Desktop MX
- Modem: Etech FM56PCI-CTR21
- Router: Etech Professional VPN router
Together with my old PC I have now a nice home mini LAN ;-)