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Blast From The Past

July 8th, 2008 · No Comments

What about considering the following specifications:

Motorola 68000 CPU at 7.14 MHz
256K RAM
256K ROM
640×512 resolution
32 colours
4 audio channels
HAM6 colour mode, 4096 colours

Not too spicy? Well, this is from 1985, when the first Amiga model appeared. Compare it to specs from that time. Looks better, isn’t it. When a bunch of nerds also […]

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Tags: Amiga · Hardware

Plug it in and be silent

May 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Normally, we got used to plug a headset into a headphone and the accompanying microphone jacks and be happy with it. Normally, this is how it works with el cheapo pc soundcards, on-board or not.
But technical terms can be confusing: I wasn’t surprised that my ***** value headset stopped working, its microphone, to be precise. Went […]

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Tags: Hardware