Mighty cool links
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Actual computing::Vintage computing::Friends::Misc. sites
Actual computing sites
(in alphabetical order)
| AMIGA Inc. | Parts of the AMIGA spirit are still alive - hopefully for a long time to come... |
| AMSTRAD plc | After having been a 'big player' in the 8 Bit-market in the past, they tried to compete on the PC-market. Today they mainly sell communication-products |
| Apple Computer, Inc. | Another company of pioneers - and the Macintosh is better than ever today! |
| ATARI Inc. | Being a pioneer in videogaming in the past, ATARI today is a part of Infogrames (in fact, Infogrames renamed itself to ATARI recently). Apart from creating new versions of some classic games (e.g. Pong, Centipede...), they also create 'modern' games and sell them under the well-known ATARI brand. The hardware, however, is discontinued |
| Nintendo of America Inc. | From there you can get latest press releases and product info. There are also links to Nintendo-branches all over the world |
| Sinclair Research Ltd. | In the past they sold famous computers like the ZX80,81 and Spectrum. But since they sold their computer-line to AMSTRAD in 1986, they tried to expand into other markets... See for yourself! |
| Sun Microsystems | Still making some of the coolest workstations you can get. I can even feel the warmth of the sunset when sitting before mine - or is it just a defective CPU-cooler? ;-) |
| Silicon Graphics Inc. | The second company creating wonderful workstations - but I can't trust them anymore since they sold Wintel-Workstations :-( On the other hand, I could trust them again if they'd send me a Tezro or Fuel for free ;-) |
| Top500 Supercomputers | Actual index of who's fastest (and who's got the longest one ;-D) |
Vintage computing/ emulation-related
(in alphabetical order)
| 540c Server & FTP Link | Believe it or not, but this site is running on a WiFi-enabled Apple Powerbook 540c, with the files and OS on a 512MB SD memory card! Apart from this cool fact, it also offers some valuable infos, docs, FAQs and files for various vintage Apple products via HTTP and FTP |
| CCS64 Homepage | The most authentic Commodore 64-emulator I know - and has better VSync than V.I.C.E. (smoother scrolling). Sadly, there's no Un*x-version... |
| Dan Boris' Homepage | Daniel Boris is an (very good, I'd say) emulation programmer. His pages contain lots of *useful* techinfo (that's rare) and links on videogames and emulation |
| Digibarn | The Digibarn is Bruce Damer's approach to the history of computing. His goal is not only to preserve the machines and exhibit them, but also to tell about the people who used them in the past. Great site, worth a visit (even in reality, should you ever be to California!) |
| Digital Mona Lisa | Did you know that three digital reproductions of da Vinci's Mona Lisa do exist, created in the 1960s? Andy Patros owns one of these, and offers lots of interesting information about it, such as pictures and links on the topic |
| Microhobby | Another site dedicated to vintage computers, especially Sinclair, but sometimes a little confusing. There's also a forum. Spanish language |
| Minus/4 Homepage | Home of my favourite Commodore Plus/4 emulator. Source and a Java-version are also available! |
| Red Squirrel Home | Great Acorn Archimedes emulator, currently for Windoze only |
| R.J. Mical's Homepage | R.J. Mical was a member of the original AMIGA development team, and was, among other things, involved in creation of ATARI's Lynx and the 3DO gaming platform |
| Secret Weapons of Commodore | Cameron Kaiser's page of Commodore history and prototypes - very, very interesting! A must-visit! |
| The Dave Haynie Archives | Dave Haynie was a member of the AMIGA development team. In his archives, you'll find loads of very interesting (and formerly top secret) information on AMIGA prototypes! Must-visit! |
| VICE Homepage | The VICE-project aims to be the most complete CBM-emulator in existance. It emulates all PET-models, VIC-20, C64, CBM-II and Plus/4. I prefer CCS64 for C64-emulation, however, because scrolling is smoother. But VICE emulates more details - and it is, by the way, available for much more platforms! |
| vintage-computer.com | This is Erik S. Klein's Vintage Computer Collection. Many interesting machines with information on their history. There's also a forum! |
Friends 'n' colleagues
(in alphabetical order)
| Heavy-Metal-Maniac666 | This is Daniel666's reworked homepage (formerly Castle of Horror). As you can guess from the name, it's about a headbanger who loves heavy metal music and prays to Satan - just like you and me! |
Miscellaneous interesting sites
(in alphabetical order)
| Al Lowe's Humor Site | Remember ex-Sierra game designer Al Lowe, father of the awesome Leisure Suit Larry series and lots of other nice and funny games? Of course you do! Al's still out there and well, working on new projects. On his Humor Site, you get infos about these, and, even more interesting, lots of historical documents (e.g. design docs and inside infos
on his days at Sierra, and downloads of selected classic titles). And what's best: loads of Al's great humor! You can even subscribe to a joke newsletter to receive free daily joke mail - cool! |
| The Church of Satan | A religious community existing since 1966 - and 33 years later, they went online! |
| NoBeliefs.com | An interesting site for freethinkers like myself - why do we need religion, for example - if at all? Find out for yourself, and forget what fanatics may have told you. |
| Mercedes Benz Homepage | Nice webdesign and wonderful cars! Unfortunately I can't afford them... |
| Metallica Online | Official Metallica resource on the net |
| OoOPS | The Organization of Online Pipe Smokers (OoOPS) is a club for people enjoying pipe smoking. It contains lots of interesting and useful information, e.g. about the anatomy of pipes ('The Pipe - Marriage of Nature and Man'), about different pipe types, lyrics about pipes and links to other related pages. You can also subscribe a newsletter or get in contact with other members |
| PythOnline | The official resource for all of us Monty Python fans out there! |
| Queen Online | Queen is no doubt one of the best rock bands ever, and growing up with their songs, it has always been part of my life. Still I listen to their music regularly, and having been to the musical recently, I know I'm not the only one! |
| Redaudio | Dave Redman (Red-M) is a promising MIDI musician. On his site, you can download lots of tunes he has created, and they're really good! What's more, he's also planning to add remakes and remixes of good-ol' retro-computing tunes, mainly from C64 and Amiga. Give it a try! |
| Terry Pratchett offical site | Terry Pratchett probably is the most ingenius satirist around today, and his books are just hilarious fun. Although he may not like it, I'd compare him with another fantastic author, Douglas Adams. If you've never read a Pratchett-book, you really missed out on your life.
This site, however, is the 'official' one maintained by HarperCollins Publishers, with lots of interesting info on the books and Terry himself, of course |
| The Darkside | The Darkside is Ryan Watkins' page, dedicated to gothic and various other things (including a well-done Siouxsie and the Banshees discography). Have a look... |
| The Tolkien Society | '(...) One ring to rule them all, One ring to find them, One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them (...)' - this site's a must-visit for all Tolkien-fans and holds lots of information about the greatest author of the 20th century, and related links |
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