Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 16/07/2025The CBM/Business keyboards added an ESC key which sort-of gets used as a modifier for various escape codes, but wasn't used for extra glyphs as far as I know. I think the VIC-1001 was the first to have a C= key, and also CTRL for that matter. 100
Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 16/07/2025The replacement glass and the LCD screen are sold as a single part; I don't think they can be separated but I didn't try. But it's essentially a single thing. 100
Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 06/05/2025In this new video we look at Game 31, the first computer game Satoru Iwata ever played, which helped stir his love of gaming and programming that led him to eventually become president of Nintendo. youtu.be/hyHeQgrvu4wyoutu.beWhat is Game 31? Recreating Satoru Iwata's First InspirationYouTube video by 8-Bit Show And Tell 2111
Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 19/04/2025My friend Jason Compton is once again guest co-hosting on This Week In Retro, and doing a great job of it. If you'd like him to have a permanent spot on the show, leave some likes and comments on the video: youtu.be/0bM4EfBY1WYyoutu.be16-Bit Demakes & OS Updates - This Week In Retro 215YouTube video by This Week in Retro 183
Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 18/04/2025I have no idea why a book-and-software combination about the TRS-80 Colour Computer has the Loch Ness Monster with his arm (?) around a kid using a Commodore PET computer, but it was the '80s so I guess it's okay. 081
Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 15/04/2025My first-ever repair of an iPhone 8 was successful: new screen and battery. The phone was given to me by a friend in case I could fix it, after it went through a snowblower and was later found in the snowbank! 2350
Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 07/04/2025I haven't, but it looks interesting! 010
Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 06/04/2025While the film was released in 1983, production started in 1979. I've always thought it takes place in 1980 or so. And a highschool kid probably wouldn't have money for the latest and greatest (like a C64 for games, not an Apple ;) ) and would cobble together a system. 000
Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 28/03/2025New video about this CBM-64 "Fix" program on tape by Technicom, that claims to be an official Commodore program. What does it fix, and how? #C64 youtu.be/C_VspqJ9H3gyoutu.beCBM-64 "FIX": Does this tape fix some Commodore 64s?YouTube video by 8-Bit Show And Tell 2285
Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 28/03/2025"Double" your child's school grades in Mathematics, for use with the Commodore 64. If your kid had 65% in math before, they'll have 130% after. Math(s)! 270
Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 25/03/2025"LOAD shift/run" is a variation I have not seen before! 120
Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Probably the most common Commodore 64 disk ever, some variation of the 1541 Test/Demo diskette shipped with every 1541 disk drive. Which version did you have, if any? 370
Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 22/03/2025Yes, the TV movie is on Youtube. I managed to find an official VHS copy of it a while ago. The novel and show are very different, but the major themes/ideas are still there. 010
Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 22/03/2025Today my dad gave me an old school exercise book, and on the back are these fun ARITHMETICAL TABLES. I've always loved these super-condensed info charts. And now I can quickly check how many Poles in a Furlong, or Scruples in a Dram. 2100
Reposted by Robin @ 8-Bit Show And TellAleksi Eeben @aleksieeben.bsky.social · 19/03/2025VIC 20 port of Ultima III is now out: vic20ultima3.wordpress.comvic20ultima3.wordpress.comVIC 20 Ultima IIIJourney Onward 33410
Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 21/03/2025You might also like Clowns, Clowns, Clowns, CLOWNS, CLOWNS, Clowns, CLOWNS, Clowns 190
Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 15/03/2025This novel was loosely adapted into the corny but fun Commodore-centric Canadian made-for-TV movie "Hide & Seek". 120
Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 15/03/2025I think my favourite old-timey sentient AI novel is The Adolescence of P-1 from 1977. I like that the author really tried to ground it all in somewhat plausible computer science, rather than just computer magic. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ado... 140
Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Somehow I didn't realize that Dr. Charles Forbin in the excellent Colossus: The Forbin Project was played by the same actor as Victor Newman from The Young and the Restless: Eric Braeden. If you haven't watched Colossus, it's one of the best-ever old-timey computer movies, imo. 250
Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 12/03/2025First Kickstarter I've been excited about for a while! Interviews with 32 C64 game devs including some of the earliest, like the HAL Laboratory guys. I've disassembled a lot of their code over the years, so I feel like I know them! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bey...kickstarter.com?REDO FROM START – Volume I64 Ways to become a Grandmaster | Japan & USA 2176
Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 09/03/2025Never heard of it! Sounds like it was being trialed in a few markets but probably never made it to mass production. www.techmonitor.ai/technology/t... www.cnet.com/tech/tech-in... 010
Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 09/03/2025I was a Little Professor kid, but have since got a Dataman as well! 000
Reposted by Robin @ 8-Bit Show And TellThomas Spooks 🎃👻💀 @thomasfuchs.at · 09/03/2025I love the color schemes they had 091
Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 09/03/2025This JCPenney calculator is actually a rebranded Commodore GL-996R. Nice big chunky keys! 6666
Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 04/03/2025New video about 6510/VIC-II timing, $D020, and C64 stuff like that. youtu.be/-f8CsHj8z4Uyoutu.beOne Giant Pixel? Exploring $D020 and VIC-II/6510 TimingYouTube video by 8-Bit Show And Tell 1249
Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 04/03/2025One of my favourite things about old computer game collecting is the notes sometimes included to explain away odd design decisions (or bugs), such as this one for Bazooka Bill for Commodore 64. 090
Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Somehow I only became aware of this great Tron (1982) tribute in the last couple years. The Stokes - 12:51 video takes place inside a Tron Light Tank crossing the Grid for no particular reason other than it's pretty cool, I think. youtu.be/LPAVDHo1Elcyoutu.beThe Strokes - 12:51 (Official HD Video)YouTube video by thestrokesVEVO 040
Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Just a couple and I haven't even tried them yet :) 000
Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Needed to find the wide-angle lens to fit this CPC464 in a single picture. Good news: it powers up! 6271
Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 25/02/2025That's all the ends :) SCART goes to my converter/capture device, and all the rest plug into the computer and/or power supply (somewhat strangely!) 100
Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Amazingly, this mittful of connectors is all part of one video cable, and hopefully it's the last thing I need to start using my CPC. 2210
Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 25/02/2025The complaints about the colour palette mostly seem to come from PAL-land. Could it be that the 6569 or something about the video standard (or TV sets of the day?) was a bit more muted? Or is it just that the Speccy's palette seems to consist solely of garish clown colours? 141
Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 25/02/2025I count at least 9 shades of brown there! 190
Reposted by Robin @ 8-Bit Show And TellPETSCIIBOTS @petsciibots.bsky.social · 25/02/2025#PETSCII #C64 #Commodore64 #pixelart #textmode 0277
Robin @ 8-Bit Show And Tell @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Hi! For my little list of Bad Box Art from companies with usually high standards, SSI's "50 Mission Crush" is a new surprise entry. 2151