New site, old reviews & howtos, with new content

chiark · 11 February 2011, 11:01

I've been meaning to do this for ages, and have finally got around to it... I've published the old reviews I did for CU Amiga and Amiga Computing on the web just on the off chance that anyone might find them interesting, and have started writing new reviews of (very) old hardware

Ladies and Gentlemen, I present...
http://www.binarydevotion.com

Intended as a home for retro reviews, howtos, references and general projects.

I only wrote 13 articles during my brief stint as a freelancer whilst at university, and I've put a handful up so far. I'll put the rest up in the next few weeks.

So far, there's:
- 2 new articles: repairing broken IC legs and Spirit HDA-506 (from 1989) review
- 4 CU Articles, from a SCSI howto (1995), Piccolo SD64 review, CyberStorm 060 and Cybervision 64 review to a 3D Spectacular roundup.
- 4 AC articles, Magic Workbench, Twist2 relational DB, DICE C compiler, and howto for DTP Dilemmas of publishing graphs and mathematical equations

The CSS isn't finished, the site isn't finished, but it's a start. I have not yet enabled registration and commenting - will do that soon.

(and if anyone has any dead tree copies of Amiga Computing they'd like to donate, I'm going to start scanning those...)

Opinions welcomed, and if anyone wants to have a go at writing and publishing then drop me a PM!

Djay · 11 February 2011, 11:24

Nice layout... Some great articles... The only thing missing is a link to EAB!

chiark · 11 February 2011, 11:30

You must be blind

(Thanks, added :smashin

killergorilla · 11 February 2011, 13:39

geek pr0n eh

chiark · 11 February 2011, 13:53

Someone bothered

Thank you, I could hug you for that

seuden · 11 February 2011, 14:17

I like it

chiark · 14 February 2011, 11:33

Cheers

Just pushed the OpalVision Roaster chip (pre)view.
http://www.binarydevotion.com/?p=97

Does anyone have one of these mythical beasts???

killergorilla · 14 February 2011, 11:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by chiark

Someone bothered

Thank you, I could hug you for that

chiark · 16 March 2011, 14:51

I've just posted my review of the Buddha Flash Phoenix...
http://www.binarydevotion.com/?p=168

Almost modern hardware!

freehand · 17 March 2011, 09:03

Really nice site and good to see you have included > Magnetic scrolls adventures for Windows CE article more people should be aware of this a great way to play the old adventures.

cheers jay.

chiark · 17 March 2011, 10:24

Cheers Jay! Be aware that this only works on HPCs, not pocketPC - someone else has done a better version for PocketPC...

terexuk · 17 March 2011, 10:31

Theres some nice articles there ,like it

lopos2000 · 20 March 2011, 19:37

Nice site. Like it and bookmarked.

11 February 2011, 11:01	#1
chiark Needs a life Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: England Posts: 1,707	New site, old reviews & howtos, with new content I've been meaning to do this for ages, and have finally got around to it... I've published the old reviews I did for CU Amiga and Amiga Computing on the web just on the off chance that anyone might find them interesting, and have started writing new reviews of (very) old hardware Ladies and Gentlemen, I present... http://www.binarydevotion.com Intended as a home for retro reviews, howtos, references and general projects. I only wrote 13 articles during my brief stint as a freelancer whilst at university, and I've put a handful up so far. I'll put the rest up in the next few weeks. So far, there's: - 2 new articles: repairing broken IC legs and Spirit HDA-506 (from 1989) review - 4 CU Articles, from a SCSI howto (1995), Piccolo SD64 review, CyberStorm 060 and Cybervision 64 review to a 3D Spectacular roundup. - 4 AC articles, Magic Workbench, Twist2 relational DB, DICE C compiler, and howto for DTP Dilemmas of publishing graphs and mathematical equations The CSS isn't finished, the site isn't finished, but it's a start. I have not yet enabled registration and commenting - will do that soon. (and if anyone has any dead tree copies of Amiga Computing they'd like to donate, I'm going to start scanning those...) Opinions welcomed, and if anyone wants to have a go at writing and publishing then drop me a PM!

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11 February 2011, 13:53	#5
chiark Needs a life Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: England Posts: 1,707	Someone bothered Thank you, I could hug you for that

11 February 2011, 14:17	#6
seuden uber cool demi god Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent/England Posts: 2,073	I like it

14 February 2011, 11:33	#7
chiark Needs a life Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: England Posts: 1,707	Cheers Just pushed the OpalVision Roaster chip (pre)view. http://www.binarydevotion.com/?p=97 Does anyone have one of these mythical beasts???

16 March 2011, 14:51	#9
chiark Needs a life Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: England Posts: 1,707	I've just posted my review of the Buddha Flash Phoenix... http://www.binarydevotion.com/?p=168 Almost modern hardware!

17 March 2011, 09:03	#10
freehand Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: wisbech Posts: 276	Really nice site and good to see you have included > Magnetic scrolls adventures for Windows CE article more people should be aware of this a great way to play the old adventures. cheers jay.

17 March 2011, 10:24	#11
chiark Needs a life Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: England Posts: 1,707	Cheers Jay! Be aware that this only works on HPCs, not pocketPC - someone else has done a better version for PocketPC...

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terexuk Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: leicester Posts: 196	Theres some nice articles there ,like it

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20 March 2011, 19:37	#13
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