A Commodore 64 game in the special edition of a German vinyl from the 1980s

A few months have passed since I last talked about games hidden in vinyl records because I’m starting to have quite a few of them (and it’s becoming difficult to find). And the record Heartware gave me a bit of trouble, both in finding it and retrieving the data.

Posté le 01/06/2022 par

A videotape with a Macintosh prototype

Seen on eBay, a VHS tape intended for technicians who were going to work on the first Macintosh. The tape dates back to 1983.

Posté le 04/02/2022 par

A prototype of a Pippin

Seen on eBay, a prototype of the Pippin EV2. It was listed for $1,200 and included a floppy disk drive.

Posté le 30/01/2022 par

A beautiful prototype of the first iPhone

Seen on Twitter, an EVT prototype of the first iPhone with a red motherboard.

Posté le 22/01/2022 par

A ZX Spectrum game on a Yugoslavian album from the 1980s

This week, a ZX Spectrum game (again) in an album by the Yugoslav group ITD BBB, Skidam Te Pogledom.

Posté le 18/01/2022 par

A ZX Spectrum program in the album 1984 by the Spanish group La Mode

Another ZX Spectrum program, this time on the vinyl of 1984, an album by the Spanish group La Mode.

Posté le 11/01/2022 par

The hidden bonus of the Style EP from Plastic Raygun

Today, I won’t be talking about a program on a vinyl, but still something peculiar. And it allows me to show a bit how my research goes.

Posté le 27/12/2021 par

Two prototypes of Pippin controllers

From time to time, I order a Pippin console from Japan. Not to own another one nor out of fetishism (I already have several too many) but because I noticed something unusual that seemed interesting.

Posté le 26/12/2021 par

The hidden percussions on a Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine record

The case of the album 101 Damnations by Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine (Carter USM hereafter) is a bit peculiar: there are 25 seconds of code at the beginning of the track A Perfect Day to Drop the Bomb, but this code isn’t aimed at a computer. It targets an old Yamaha drum machine.

Posté le 17/12/2021 par

A Macintosh prototype sold for $40,000

During an auction at Bonhams, there was a prototype of the Macintosh (the first one), and it sold for just over $40,000.

Posté le 11/12/2021 par