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May 18

Tu Micro Commodore weekly: issue 11

Issue 11 of the weekly spanish magazine 'Tu Micro Commodore'

Contents:

Skyfox review
Machine code course: Microcomputer architecture
Type-in: Piloto

Download:

Issue 11 (49MB)

by The_woz | Commodore | permalink | 11 comments

May 14

Tu Micro Commodore weekly: issue 10

Issue 10 of the weekly spanish magazine 'Tu Micro Commodore'

Contents:

Elite review (part II)
Hardware project: Standard cassette interface
Machine code course: Numeric systems.

Download:

Issue 10 (50MB)

by The_woz | Commodore | permalink | 3 comments

May 8

Tu Micro Commodore weekly: issue 9

Issue 9 of the weekly spanish magazine 'Tu Micro Commodore'

Contents:

Elite review (part I)
Joystick controlled 'mouse' pointer (winner of the 1st programming contest)
Machine code course start.

Download:

Issue 9 (54MB)

by The_woz | Commodore | permalink | 6 comments

May 3

Tu Micro Commodore weekly: issues 4, 5 & 6

From now on I'll release the Tu micro Commodore magazine scans exclusively here in this blog.

Newly scanned issues since last post:

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Apr 12

Tu Micro Commodore weekly - Scans

Kickstarted by DonEpi, I started the scanning of the weekly spanish magazine 'Tu Micro Commodore'.

There was 18 weekly numbers published before it went into monthly publishing.

So far the magazines issues scanned are:

Issue 1 (63MB)
Issue 2 (64MB)
Issue 3 (61MB)
Issue 7 (72MB) not by me. Dunno credits (Updated link)
Issue 8 (74MB)not by me. Dunno credits (Updated link)
Issue 13 (50MB)
Issue 16 (59MB) (Scanned by DonEpi, covers by me)

Progress is roughtly 1 magazine per week, check this thread at Retrocomputacion.com for new scans.

(Thanks El Commodoro for the new links for issues 7 and

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Apr 7

Retrospectiva 2010

Yesterday, April 6th the second edition of Retrospectiva, the retro competition organized by Retrocomputacion.com was oficially open. It's short name is RSP MMX.

There's 3 different compos in this edition:

Games
One-file Demo
Graphics

The complete rule set can be found here (in spanish).

What is RSP MMX?

RSP MMX es a coding and graphic competition for all the 8, 16 & 32bits platforms; it's intention is to keep and promote the creative use of old computers.

This competition is aimed mainly but not exclusively towards the spanish speaking retro-community. No matter your nationality, your entry will be most welcomed!

Official site: rsp.retrocomputacion.com

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Mar 22

Weta Workshop tribute: Dr. Grordborts Rayguns

A new CGTalk's Hardcore Modelling Challenge, this time the theme was 'Weta workshop tribute'.
I choosed to model some guns from Dr.Grordborts universe.

The ManMelter 3600SX Sub-Atomic Disintegrator Pistol:

The Goliatron 800 Moon Hater:

WIP thread here

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Dec 3

3D: Commodore 64 - part 7

Finally done!

Modelling is complete and I'm happy with most of the shaders, next step is the Commodore 1541 disk drive

Edit: I forgot to post the mainboard render:

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Nov 13

3D: Commodore 64 - part 6

The Commodore 64 3D model it's now almost ready for final renders, the keyboard is done and so is the power badge and LED.

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Nov 3

3D: Commodore 64 - part 5

Small update on the Commodore 64 3D model, I've been completing the mainboard (some components still missing), and trying to improve the materials and shaders.