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Sunday, August 31, 2025
Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (705-708)
Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (705-708): This photo was taken aboard a ferry named the SS Northampton which at the time would have been operating between Cape Charles and Norfolk/Newport News, Virginia.
Saturday, August 30, 2025
Amiga Force (January/February 1993)
Amiga Force (January/February 1993): Amiga Force is a gaming magazine for the Amiga that was pubished in the U.K. in the 1990s. I don't remember there being any gaming specific magazines for the Amiga in the U.S. (though magazines like Computer Gaming World did cover the Amiga). Issue number 2 of Amiga Force from January/February 1993 includes:
Thursday, August 28, 2025
Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (701-704)
Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (701-704): This photo features one of the Chesapeake Bay ferries that were commonly used before the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel was constructed. I assume the destination from this location is Kiptopeke Beach, Virginia (Kiptopeke State Park today).
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
The Australian Commodore Review (October 1986)
The Australian Commodore Review (October 1986): The Australian Commodore Review was a magazine published in Australia that covered Commodore computers, including the Commodore 64 and Amiga. The October 1986 issue includes:
Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (697-700)
Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (697-700): All of the photos in this set were taken in June 1957 according to dates hand written on the slides.
These photos are a continuation from the last set and I believe they all feature different parts of the Yorktown Battlefield which is part of the Colonial National Historic Park in Virginia.
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Digital Archaeology: Dell Inspiron 1545
Digital Archaeology: Dell Inspiron 1545: The Dell Inspiron 1545 was Dell's mainstream laptop circa 2009. There were a variety of CPU options including Celeron, Pentium Dual-Core and Core 2 Duo models.
Monday, August 25, 2025
Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (693-696)
Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (693-696): All of the photos in this set were taken in June 1957 according to dates hand written on the slides and were all taken near Yorktown, Virginia.
Sunday, August 24, 2025
Antic (August 1984)
Antic (August 1984): Antic was one of the two major Atari 8-bit magazines in the U.S. (the other being ANALOG). Antic also had some coverage of the Atari ST though 1984 was before that. The August 1984 issue includes:
Saturday, August 23, 2025
Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (689-692)
Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (689-692): All of the photos in this set were taken in June 1957 according to dates hand written on the slides.
Friday, August 22, 2025
Ultima III: Exodus | PeakD
Ultima III: Exodus: Ultima III: Exodus was released in 1983 for a variety of platforms, including the Atari 400/800, Commodore 64, Apple II, and IBM PC (DOS) among others. This is one of the most influential computer based role-playing games and it brought levels of storytelling, complexity, and depth well beyond what had been achieved up to that point.
Thursday, August 21, 2025
Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (685-688)
Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (685-688): All of the photos in this set were taken in June 1957 according to dates hand written on the slides.
Though I am not sure of the specific location of the first two photos, I believe that all of the photos in this set were taken in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Byte (May 1982)
Byte (May 1982): In the early 1980s, there was probably no better computer magazine than Byte. In 1982, the PC had only recently been introduced and there were a variety of mostly incompatible machines to chose from. Earlier issues of Byte could also be quite huge. This issue weighs in at close to 600 pages. The May 1982 issue of Byte includes:
Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (681-684)
Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (681-684): All of the photos in this set were taken in June 1957 according to dates hand written on the slides.
These photos feature Charleston, South Carolina and Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia.
Monday, August 18, 2025
Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (677-680)
Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (677-680): All of the photos in this set were taken in June 1957 according to dates hand written on the slides.
Like the last few sets, these photos all feature Charleston, South Carolina. In this case, they feature various historic buildings.
Sunday, August 17, 2025
Maximum PC (May 2006)
Maximum PC (May 2006): Here's another issue of what was my favorite PC magazine. It hung on longer than most PC print magazines but sadly it too died off a few years back. The May 2006 issue includes:
Saturday, August 16, 2025
Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (673-676)
Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (673-676): All of the photos in this set were taken in June 1957 according to dates hand written on the slides.
Like the last few sets, these photos all feature Charleston, South Carolina.
Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (669-672)
Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (669-672): All of the photos in this set were taken in June 1957 according to dates hand written on the slides.
Like the last few sets, these photos all feature Charleston, South Carolina.
Save New York! (Commodore 64)
Save New York! (Commodore 64): Save New York was released for the Commodore 64 by Creative Software in 1983.
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (665-668)
Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (665-668): All of the photos in this set were taken in June 1957 according to dates hand written on the slides.
These photos all seem to continue from the end of the last set and look like they were taken in Charleston, South Carolina.
Digital Archaeology: Floppy Disk #14 - JWG.DOC
Digital Archaeology: Floppy Disk 14: This post includes the contents of JWG.DOC. It contains a single e-mail dated January 27th, 1985.
Sunday, August 10, 2025
Your Computer (April 1983) | PeakD
Your Computer (April 1983): Your Computer was a popular home computer magazine that was published in the U.K. in the 1980s. In fact, it was the U.K'S most popular computer magazine for a time. The April 1983 issue includes:
Friday, August 8, 2025
Army Men 3D (PlayStation) | PeakD
Army Men 3D (PlayStation) | PeakD: Army Men 3D is a third person action game released in 1999 by 3DO for the PlayStation. It basically turns the idea of playing with those green plastic toy soldiers into a 3D action game. Your enemies of course, are the tan soldiers.
Labels:
Army Men,
gaming,
Playstation,
PS1,
PSX,
retrogaming
Thursday, August 7, 2025
Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (653-656)
Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (653-656): All of the photos in this set were taken in June 1957 according to dates hand written on the slides.
These were all taken in Marineland, Florida which is just south of St. Augustine.
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Your Commodore (May 1987)
Your Commodore (May 1987) | PeakD: Your Commodore was a U.K. published magazine for Commodore 8-bit computers. This mostly meant the Commodore 64 and 128 but it also covered machines like the C16 and Plus/4. The May 1987 issue includes:
Saturday, August 2, 2025
Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (645-648)
Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (645-648): All of the photos in this set were taken in June 1957 according to dates hand written on the slides.
All of these photos appear to continue from the previous few sets and were taken at a place called Africa-U.S.A. This was an African wildlife tourist attraction located in Boca Raton, Florida on 300 acres near U.S. 1. It was open from 1953 until 1961.
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