[Metalab] RetroSession Metalab : 29 June, 2018

[Jay Vaughan]

Event Log for 25 May 2018 RetroSession

	• torpor: presented non-working Amstrad CPC6128, attempted repair (with help from MaV), determined that a full replacement set of RAM chips is in order. Repair of this machine continues. Also presented working Oric Atmos machine, demo'ed a number of old games, discussion of graphics techniques of the 8-bit machines (due to time constraints, and burned fingers from the Amstrad repair, the Twilighte+Sittler card demo running Orix postponed for next session.) Hop: presented his AmigaOS emulator rig on PSP, got it upgraded during the session.  ??? presented the very retro electro-mechanical Space Invaders machine, which he intends to modify with new and updated graphics and features (at some point, maybe). Hannah: played some weird old Oric games, basked in the glory of 8-bit pixels. Plans were made by members of the RetroSession squad to bring other interesting gear for the next RetroSession, scheduled for 29 June. 


Thanks to the RetroSession crew for making last nights session fun and interesting .. was nice to have us together, and I look forward to the next one… which is tentatively scheduled now for JUNE 29.  The Amstrad repairs will continue - and I encourage anyone with an interest in Retro computing to come to the next session, where we will be demo’ing an original BeBox, pushing its blinkenlights for mirth and amusement.


j.