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The new Old Timey Computer Show stream is now live, on a self-hosted Owncast instance: otcs.minuspoint.com
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Control room inside the abandoned Palast der Republik, Berlin, 1993.
Owncast has been updated to version 0.3.0. It now supports autoplay upon entering the site. The custom dark theme is not compatible with the new version, so for the time being, the default theme is being used until it can be updated. Thank you for your understanding.
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Computing room at the Pedagogical Institute of Physics and Mathematics in Leninabad, Tajik SSR, 1980s.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Official Walkthrough Video (1998) archive.org/details/the-lege…
Introducing Windows 98 - The Definitive Win 98 Monster Demo (1998) youtube.com/watch?v=tjDwpMgD…
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So, when we started on Star Wars Jedi knight II: Jedi Outcast, the first thing I did (being tapped as the Design Lead) was to run over (literally) to the Best Buy across the lot behind us and buy a combo TV/VCR so I could watch the VHS Star Wars movies and pause them at my desk.
I wore that thing out eventually, pausing it over and over so we (Designers/Artists and I) could determine colors, sizing, etc. for wall panels, architecture and such.
Cannot believe this was 25 years ago already!
Picture taken in Feb of 2001, I think.
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40 years ago, Commodore was playing the shopkeeper in the equivalent of Monty Python's "dead parrot" sketch. C128 dead? Nah. It's only sleeping. mate. Meanwhile Acorn was planning a games comeback for its Master Compact, which unfortunately very, very few people actually bought.
Full 1978 Computer Music Album: "Bits and Bytes (Bach, Binary + Boolean)" by D. Schertz and J. Pratt youtube.com/watch?v=WOGi5T_m…
Capcom CPS System Promotional Video (1989) youtube.com/watch?v=m029ZSL-…
Monkey Punch - Word Processor Amusing Animated Lesson Video (1989) youtube.com/watch?v=Av6hVnr0…
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40 years ago, a new CPM-compatible DOS OS was headline news, but these days is a long-forgotten historical footnote. Meanwhile, there was a programmer shortage, and Acorn's new RISC system was ready to roll - but it was its chips that were the big thing, not the machine itself.
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40 years ago Amstrad blocked QL clones. Kinda like stopping a corpse-carrying hearse from entering a graveyard. Meanwhile, fly-by-night publishers taking consumer credit card money and disappearing was becoming a problem as the industry shook out following its early/mid 80s boom.
Today, May 18, marks the 7th anniversary of The Old Timey Computer Show. theo.minuspoint.com/2026/05/…
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40 years ago, MSX 2 was big news, despite not amounting to much historically in Europe. Commodore was soon to launch the Amiga, Atari's ST-with-TV-out was also imminent, and Psion's Organiser II gave us a glimpse of a future where everyone has a mini computer in their pocket.
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All About Amiga & Video Toaster (1994) youtube.com/watch?v=R8itPXq1…
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Here's that SF II review, written by me, ol' helmet hair head. This was first SF II review, which we published as soon as we knew the machine had hit arcades (I'd played it earlier in the year at a coin-op show). We knew it'd be huge - but not idea it'd become a cultural phenom.
