Retrocomputing Retrocomputing Amiga Disk File aka ADF is a file format used by Amiga computers and emulators to store images of disks. It has been around almost as long as the Amiga itself, although it was not initially called by any particular name. Before it was known as ADF, it was used in commercial game production, backup and disk virtualisation. Technically speaking, ADF is not really a file format but actually a track-by-track dump of the disk data as read by the Amiga operating system, and so the "format" is really fixed-width AmigaDOS data tracks appended one after another and held in a file. ...more on Wikipedia about "Amiga Disk File"
AmigaOne is a series of PowerPC mainboards made by U.K. computer vendor Eyetech Group and Taiwanese integrated circuit manufacturer MAI Logic. The trademark "AmigaOne" is exclusively licensed from Amiga to Eyetech for the purpose of reselling various third party hardware to AmigaOS 4 users. ...more on Wikipedia about "AmigaOne"
The C-One single-board microcomputer designed by Jeri Ellsworth, a self-taught designer, was initially created in 2002 as an enhanced Commodore 64 home computer, but has been reengineered to allow cloning of other 8-bit computers. ...more on Wikipedia about "C-One"
The CatWeasel is a family of enhanced floppy drive controllers from German company Individual Computers. These controllers are designed to allow newer computers, such as PCs, to access a wide variety of older disk formats using standard floppy drives. ...more on Wikipedia about "CatWeasel"
Contiki is a small open source, yet fully featured, operating system developed for use on a number of smallish systems ranging from 8-bit computers to embedded microcontrollers, including sensor network motes. The name Contiki comes from Thor Heyerdahl's famous Kon-Tiki raft. ...more on Wikipedia about "Contiki"
The Good Tools are a set of ROM auditing tools written by Cowering for Windows Console Mode, which are capable of auditing and maintaining collections of ROMs for various video game consoles and home computer systems. These ROMs can then be run on the original machine or on a more powerful general-purpose computer (e.g, a PC or a Mac) using an emulator. ...more on Wikipedia about "Good Tools"
Individual Computers is a German computer hardware company specializing in retrocomputing accessories for the Commodore 64, Amiga, and PC platforms. Individual Computers produced the C-One reconfigurable computer in 2003. The company is owned and run by Jens Schönfeld. ...more on Wikipedia about "Individual Computers" shortopedia never sleeps.
The Mensch Computer is a computer system based on the W65C265 microcontroller (which implements both the 16-bit instruction set of the W65C816/ 65816 microprocessor, as well as the 8-bit instruction set of the 6502 microprocessor) and produced by the Western Design Center. The computer system is named after Bill Mensch, designer of the 6502 and subsequent series of microprocessor. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mensch Computer"
MESS is an acronym for Multiple Emulator Super System. MESS is an emulator for many game console and computer systems, based on the MAME core. ...more on Wikipedia about "MESS"
The Replica I is a clone of the Apple I designed by Vince Briel with permission from the Apple I's original creator Steve Wozniak. The Replica 1 is functionally a close copy of the original, however it is designed using much more modern parts on a smaller more simplistic board design. The Replica 1 is designed around the same MOS Technology 6502 chip used as the core of the Apple I. The Replica 1 utilizes simple AV in/out to connect to a television or other similar screen like the original and maintains most of the originals functionality, like the lack of a "delete" key. ...more on Wikipedia about "Replica I"
Retrocomputing is a term to describe the use of old computer hardware and software. ...more on Wikipedia about "Retrocomputing"
Retrogaming (known as classic gaming in the U.S.) is the hobby of playing and collecting older computer, video, and arcade games. Games are played either on the original hardware, on modern hardware via emulation, or on modern hardware via ports on compilations. Participants of the hobby are known as retrogamers (in the UK), classic gamers, or old school gamers (in the U.S.). Similarly, games that they play are known as retrogames, classic games, or old school games. Retrogaming is often linked to, although not the same as, indie gaming (the hobby of playing games that are not published by any conventional publisher). ...more on Wikipedia about "Retrogaming"
Tape image is a term used in the world of emulation. A tape image is a file image of a program which was distrubuted on cassette tapes. In the old days of computing, applications were distrubuted on cartridges, floppy disks or cassette tapes. Many computers such as the TI99/4A, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, et al had a cassette tape drive add-on. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tape image"
TOSEC, or The Old School Emulation Center, is a group of people dedicated to the preservation of games and other programs for home computer and console systems. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tosec"
The software program VICE (all caps), standing for VersatIle Commodore Emulator, is an emulator for Commodore's 8-bit computers, running on Unix, MS-DOS, Win32, OS/2, Acorn RISC OS, and BeOS host machines*. VICE is free software, released under the GNU General Public Licence. ...more on Wikipedia about "VICE"
The Wheels operating system for accelerated Commodore 64 home computers is partially based on (and generally backwards compatible with) GEOS. Wheels grants new abilities to the C64: the ability to play movies and MP3s, graphic web browsing (and limited server abilities), and true multitasking. ...more on Wikipedia about "Wheels (operating system)"
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