The Bop Won’t Stop, a ZX Spectrum game on cassette but not on vinyl.

The album « The Bop Won’t Stop » by Shakin’ Stevens contains a game in its cassette version. It’s called The Shaky Game, as indicated on the cover.

Posté le 23/10/2021 par

A ZX Spectrum program in a YouTube video

Today’s topic is a bit special. I won’t be talking about a program for an old computer found on a vinyl record, but rather about a program discovered in a YouTube video.

Posté le 18/09/2021 par

A prototype of a Macintosh IIcx

Seen on Reddit, a prototype of the Macintosh IIcx, known by the code name Avanti.

Posté le 01/09/2021 par

Lelu/Lu’s had put two ZX Spectrum programs on a vinyl

On the vinyl Africa by Lelu/Lu’s (1986), there’s a track called Blipverts, which contains two programs for the ZX Spectrum.

Posté le 31/08/2021 par

A PenLite prototype, the Apple tablet from the 1990s

Seen in two Reddit threads, someone found something quite special in a batch of Macs: a PenLite.

Posté le 27/08/2021 par

A DVT prototype of an iPad Air

Seen on eBay, a DVT prototype (thus likely very close to the final version technically) of an iPad Air. It was running SwitchBoard (the test OS) and sold for $360.

Posté le 25/08/2021 par

What Fun!, a BASICODE program on vinyl

While searching for more vinyl records containing computer data, I stumbled upon Let’s Get Digital by What Fun!, a Dutch group. And I got stuck a bit before getting the program to work.

Posté le 24/08/2021 par

A NeXT prototype with a sample 68040

Seen on eBay, a prototype that’s not a Mac, nor even an Apple product, but still fits the editorial line: a NeXT Cube motherboard.

Posté le 23/08/2021 par

A 5th-generation iPad prototype

Seen on eBay (the link no longer exists) and Twitter, a PVT prototype of a 5th-generation iPad.

Posté le 21/08/2021 par

An exploded view of a 6th-generation iPod touch prototype

Seen on Twitter (the post has been deleted), a 6th-generation iPod touch in a sort of exploded view. According to the tweet, it was non-functional before disassembly.

Posté le 18/08/2021 par