12 Alternative Operating Systems You Can Use Today
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Frank
- September 25, 2023
- 80s computing
- 90s computing
- alternative operating systems
- alternative to windows
- amigaos
- aros amiga
- atari tos
- bebox
- beos
- dan wood
- friend
- friendup
- haiku
- LGR
- Linux
- lunduke
- minix
- morphos
- obscure operating systems
- operating system
- operating systems 2020
- os
- reactos
- Retro
- retro computing
- retro gaming
- solaris
- templeos
- Unix
- weird operating systems
Bored of Windows, Mac OS or Linux? There is more to try than just the standard ‘big three’ OSes. Dan Wood shows us at 12 amazingly alternative Operating Systems you can use.
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BUILDING THE WORLD’S FIRST 100% NEW COMMODORE 64!
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Frank
- January 15, 2023
- 1980s
- 2sid
- 6502
- 8 bit
- armsid
- Build
- C64
- c64 keycaps
- c64 reloaded
- chip replacement
- chiptunes
- classic computers
- commodore
- Commodore 64
- dual sid chips
- emulation
- EVO 64
- EVO64
- FPGA
- hack
- ics64
- j-cia
- kawari
- keyboard
- keycaps
- keys
- new c64
- new commodore 64
- new keycaps
- plankton
- Raspberry Pi
- Retro
- retro computing
- retro gaming
- retrocomputer
- review
- sixty clone
- sixtyclone
- swinsid
- THEC64
- Ultimate 64
- Ultimate64
- vintage
- vintage computers
Retro Recipes takes new components and rebuilds the world’s first new C-64 since 1994. The Commodore 64 was discontinued in 1994 and since then it’s been impossible to find a 100% new “real” (non-emulation) replacement. Thanks to the sponsorship of http://PCBWay.com – great PCBs from $5! – let’s try to build the world’s first brand […]
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AMAZING New OS for the 40-year-old Commodore 64! C64 OS Review
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Frank
- October 7, 2022
- 1980s
- 8 bit
- BMC 64
- BMC64
- C64
- C64 Operating System
- C64 OS
- C64OS
- classic computers
- Commodore 128
- Commodore 64 Operating System
- Commodore 64 OS
- Dogs
- emulation
- floppy disk
- Gaming
- GEOS
- Jiffy DOS
- JiffyDOS
- Retro
- retro computing
- retro gaming
- retrocomputer
- REU
- review
- reviews
- SD2IEC
- Software
- THEC64
- Vice
- vintage computers
- Windows
Exclusive review of the new operating system for the 40 year-old Commodore 64 computer – C64OS! Is it better than GEOS?
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MEGA 65 Unboxing, History & Teardown!
A video over 40 years in the making! Explore the history of the Commodore 65, back as the MEGA 65, unbox it & do a mega teardown with the microscope!
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Building the C64 Audio Spectrum Analyzer [w/Demos & Code]
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Frank
- March 2, 2022
- audio spectrum analyzer
- audio visualizer
- c128
- C64
- Commodore 64
- commodore 64 games
- commodore 64 music
- retro computing
- spectrum analyzer
- spectrum analyzer app
- spectrum analyzer arduino
- spectrum analyzer basics
- spectrum analyzer diy
- spectrum analyzer led
- spectrum analyzer music
- spectrum analyzer plugin
- spectrum analyzer review
- spectrum analyzer tutorial
- spectrum analyzer vs oscilloscope
- vintage computing
- vu meter
Dave builds, programs, and demonstrates a full-spectrum audio visualizer running on the Commodore 64 in assembly language, aka a “spectrum analyzer”, which some mistakenly call an “equalizer”.
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How It Was Made: THE COMMODORE 64
Here is a great overview of the computer that really changed the world: the Commodore 64.
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Using a Commodore 64 to Talk to the International Space Station
Retro Recipes wires up a Commodore 64, a ham radio, and a modem to reach out to the stars. (or at least near Earth orbit).
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Raspberry Pi 400 Unboxing, Review, and Teardown
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Frank
- November 10, 2020
- apple 2
- Apple 2e
- Atari 2600
- Atari VCS
- budget computer
- C64
- classic computers
- Complete Computer Kit
- Computer
- Emulation Station
- exclusive
- geek girl
- Raspberry Pi
- Raspberry Pi 4
- Raspberry Pi 400
- RasPi 4
- RasPi 400
- retro computing
- retro gaming
- RetroArch
- RetroPie
- teardown
- Unboxing
- ZX Spectrum
Retro Recipes explores the NEW Raspberry Pi 400 “Complete Computer Kit.” Looks very cool.
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