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Schaltkreis C64 Cracktro

Schaltkreis – another small release for the C64. Mostly PETSCII with some Sprites and rasters.

This design came to my mind when I listened to the incredible C64 songs of Eddie Svärd. Most of his songs are just totally different from what you are used to and show incredible talent.

The upper and lower borders are opened and filled with sprites for the vertical lines. The horizontal lines in the left and right border are rasters (changing the background color with exact timing).

The text was taken from some online poetry website and unfortunately I don’t have the source anymore. So, if you are the author of it: I liked it a lot.

Raspberry64

I’m working on a new little hardware project. A Raspberry Pi 3 in a C64 case. Thanks to the Keyrah2 interface, you can even hook the original keyboard and make it work via USB. I got the basic setup up and running pretty fast, there’s no magic behind it. The keyboard of the C64 connects to the Keyrah2, which itself connects to the Pi3 via USB.
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Pi3 RetroPie 3D printed console

My 3D printed case for the Raspberry Pi 3 with RetroPie is finally done. 1024×768 pixel resolution and a single power source to drive both the pi and the display.
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PETSCII image from the Fallen Stars Demo

This is the full stitched PETSCII art for C64 demo "Fallen Stars" by Mayday, released at X party 2016.
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Cleaning an Atari Falcon 030

The Atari Falcon 030 is without a doubt my most precious item in my vintage computer collection. The last home computer made by Atari which after only one year, decided to stop producing it and focus on the also-destined-to-fail Jaguar game console. Well, we all know what happened to the company shortly after.
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Atari Falcon 030

I still remember very vividly how much I wanted an Atari Falcon back in the 90s. My Atari STE finally lost the battle against the Amiga in terms of games and popularity and this machine was the last attempt of a home computer to rise up against the Borg army of the PC compatibles. Of course we all know how this ended, but back then, the Atari Falcon 030 was the most amazing piece of hardware you could possibly own.

I bought this one on eBay in 2010. It was already quite rare and with around 100 Euros it wasn’t exactly a bargain (at that time a C64 set sold for less than 10 Euros mostly). A Falcon in good condition sells for 400 Euros and above as of today in 2017.