Author Archives: Amedeo Valoroso

Nokia 7110, vintage mobile phone, snap-on sliding door, spring-loaded sliding door

Nokia 7110

The Nokia 7110 was one of the most innovative mobile phones of its era, launched in 1999 by the Finnish company Nokia. The Nokia 7110 is known for its retractable keyboard, which hides under a sliding door when [...]

BASIC language programming course, episode 9: MSX BASIC, Philips, cover

BASIC course episode 9: MSX BASIC

In this episode of the video course on the basic language of the back computer, we introduce the MSX Basic. It is a very powerful language, with many commands. In the same video, let's see how to save and upload the basic program to tape. You don't have a computer […]

OpenAI's ChatGPT, artificial intelligence writes an article on the history of the Commodore 64

The history of the Commodore 64 written by ChatGPT

Is the artificial chatgpt intelligence of Openai able to write an entire article, describing the history of the Commodore 64? I asked Chatgpt, the artificial intelligence of Openai, to write the history of the Commodore 64. Read it together! The photos were […]

OpenAI ChatGPT, artificial intelligence to write programs in Basic of the Commodore 64, C64, cover

BASIC program written by artificial intelligence

Is the artificial chatgpt intelligence of Openai able to write a basic program for the Commodore 64? Let's try! In this short video, I recorded the first attempts. I requested two basic programs for the Commodore 64: a cycle […]

OpenAI ChatGPT, artificial intelligence, GPT 3 Chat, cover

ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence by OpenAI

The professors are trembling, workers too ... artificial intelligence has arrived and is within everyone's reach! What are we talking about? We are talking about chatgpt, a chat in which we write questions and, on the other side of the screen, the artificial intelligence replies. Let's explore the […]

Games and RAM for Commodore VIC20, cartridges

6 cartridges for my Commodore Vic20

Here is the video of the unboxing and testing of 6 cartridges for Commodore Vic20. Finally, my Commodore Vic-20 will have more game cartridges and a RAM expansion. Beware of scams! In the video, we also do an in-depth look at possible scams to which [...]

Commodore SX-64, SX64, reloaded return unboxing and test, cover, retro computer repaired

The return of the Commodore SX-64

The Commodore SX-64 is back! The one which, as I had shown you in this article, had arrived damaged, destroyed during transport. The story of my Commodore SX-64 When I received the damaged Commodore SX-64, I must admit, I was quite upset […]

Philips VG 8010, retro computer vintage

Philips VG 8010 MSX, unboxing and test

I found the advert for this computer on eBay: it's a Philips VG 8010 MSX, which I was missing from my collection. All things considered, it had a fairly interesting price, because other offers I had found on the same computer were actually more expensive. […]

Amiga 2000, Commodore A2000, CBM A200, desktop, Italian keyboard, coffin mouse

Amiga 2000

The Commodore Amiga 2000 is a 16 -bit personal computer, based on the Mc68000 Motorola processor. It was produced by Commodore International from 1987 to 1993. Other names with which the Amiga 2000 is known are: Commodore A2000, CBM A2000. AND' […]

Philips VG8020 VG-8020 MSX, vintage back computer, keyboard, door

Philips VG-8020 MSX

The Philips VG-8020 MSX is an 8-bit home computer produced by Philips, a Dutch company, in 1984. The Philips VG8020 was also marketed with the Phonola brand: Phonola VG-8020. It is the successor of the Philips VG-8000 and Philips VG-8010. Msx […]

Olivetti Prodest PC128 Italian home computer French Thomson MO6, keyboard, retro computer vintage 80s

Olivetti Prodest PC128

The Prodest PC128 Olivetti is an 8 -bit home computer that was distributed, in Italy, from 1986 to 1989, by the Olivetti company. The computer was produced by the French company Thomson (MO6 model) and was distributed in Italy, with some changes to the keyboard [...]

Atari 1040STF, retro computer vintage Caratteristiche tecniche dell'Atari 1040STf CPU: Motorola MC68000, 8 MHz ROM: 192 KB Software incluso in ROM: Atari TOS (The Operating System) + GEM (Graphics Environment Manager) RAM: 1 MB, espandibile fino a 4 MB Grafica: Glue + Video Shifter Modalità grafica: 320x200 (16 colori) fino a 640x400 pixel (monocromatico) Audio: Yamaha YM-2149, 3 voci + 1 canale per rumore Tastiera: QWERTY a 94 tasti, con frecce, tastierino numerico e tasti funzione Porte di espansione: 1 seriale DB25 maschio, RS232C 1 parallela DB25 femmina, Centronics 1 hard disk drive esterno, DB19 femmina 1 floppy disk drive esterno, DIN 14 poli 1 audio/video DIN 13, RGB e video composito 1 ingresso di alimentazione IEC 2 MIDI (in e out) DIN 5 poli, laterali 1 porta per cartucce, laterale 2 mouse e joystick, DB9 maschio, inferiori Supporti di archiviazione: n. 1 floppy disk drive interno, 3.5", 720 KB (il computer supporta anche un hard disk esterno e un floppy disk drive esterno)

Atari 1040STf

ATARI ST is a series of personal computer produced by Atari Corporation since 1985. It is based on the Motorola 68000 at 16 -bit processor, the same microprocessor of the Commodore Amiga series. In particular, the ATARI 1040STF model that I have [...]

Commodore 16, C16, vintage home computer, vintage retro computer collection

Commodore 16

The Commodore 16 is an 8 -bit home computer, produced by Commodore International from 1984 to 1985. It is the subsequent generation of the Commodore Vic20, as well as a lower cost alternative than the Commodore 64. It is part of the Commodore series [...]

Commodore Vic20, Vic-20, retro computer, 80's home computer, vintage computer collection, 8 bit

Commodore Vic20

The Commodore Vic20 (Vic-20 or Vic 20) is an 8-bit home computer produced by Commodore Business Machines from 1980 until 1985. In other states it was marketed under other names: in Japan it was called Commodore VIC-1001, [...]

Olivetti Peripherals DM 282, Collection, Olivetti PC1, Olivetti M24, Olivetti M15, Printer

Olivetti Peripherals DM 282

I received a gift! Thanks Filippo! Filippo gave me an Olivetti Peripherals DM 282 dot matrix printer, to combine with the Olivetti PCs I have in my collection:

Olivetti Prodest PC1, MSDOS, green phosphor monitor, resident diagnostic, startup kermata

Olivetti Prodest PC1

The Prodest PC1 Olivetti is a personal computer with NEC V40 processor (compatible with the Intel 80188). It was produced, in 1987-1988, by the Italian company Olivetti. It is a computer with a little scarce performance, even compared to the production era, in fact it was intended for [...]

Commodore Amiga 600 vintage computer A600, CBM A600, retro computer

Amiga 600

The Commodore Amiga 600 is a 16 -bit home computer, based on the Mc68000 Motorola processor. It was produced by Commodore International from 1992 to 1993. Other names with which the Amiga 600 is known are: Commodore A600, CBM A600. In the […]

Commodore 128D, C128D, CBM 128D, case plastico, contenitore plastico. Caratteristiche tecniche del Commodore 128D CPU MOS 8502 a 2 MHz in modalità 80 colonne oppure a 1 MHz in modalità 40 colonne (oppure anche in modalità C64) Zilog Z80 a 4 MHz per il sistema operativo CP/M+ (anche se, per limiti hardware, la velocità effettiva è come fosse 2MHz) ROM, in modalità C128: BASIC 7.0: 32 kB Editor dello schermo: 4 kB I/O e mappa caratteri: 4 kB KERNAL e monitor esadecimale: 8 kB ROM, in modalità C64: BASIC 2.0: 8 kB I/O e mappa caratteri: 4 kB KERNAL ed editor dello schermo: 8 kB RAM: 128 kB suddivisa in 2 banchi da 64 kB Chip video: MOS VDC (in modalità 80 colonne, C128 e CP/M) MOS VIC-II (in modalità 40 colonne e C64) Audio: MOS SID Tastiera: estesa a 92 tasti, con tastierino numerico Software incluso in ROM: BASIC 7.0 (modalità C128) BASIC 2.0 (modalità C64) Supporto di archiviazione: floppy disk drive interno, Commodore 1571, 5.25" Porte di espansione: 1 Seriale IEC 1 User Port 1 Expansion port (per cartucce del Commodore 64) 1 Audio/Video (video composito CVBS e S-Video, per collegamento a monitor 40 colonne) 1 RGBI (collegamento a monitor 80 colonne) 1 Antenna (collegamento RF a TV) 1 Porta per Datassette (lettore di cassette) 2 Porte Joystick 1 Connettore tastiera

Commodore 128D

The Commodore 128D is an 8 -bit personal computer produced by the Commodore Business Machines between 1985 and 1989. It is also known as C128D and CBM 128D. Presents the same characteristics as the Commodore 128, but has a case [...]

Olivetti M15, 80s laptop, vintage notebook, laptop, monochrome LCD display

Olivetti M15

The M15 Olivetti is an 80C88 processor personal computer. In 1987, it was produced by the Italian Olivetti company. It is a laptop equipped with monochromatic LCD display and internal NICD battery. The operating system is MSDOS. Relating to the supports of […]

Power on and Test Commodore 128D, German keyboard

Commodore 128D 100% NOT tested, does it work?

Vi presento il mio "nuovo" Commodore 128D 100% NON testato, che ho acquistato su eBay. Lo proviamo? Secondo voi, funzionerà? Acquisto del Commodore 128D 100% NON testato Mi capita, di tanto in tanto, di acquistare qualche computer vintage per la […]

Atari 130XE, vintage retro computer, home computer, old computer collection

Atari 130xe

The Atari 130XE is an 8 -bit home computer produced by Atari, a US company, starting from 1985 It was put on the market the same year as the ST series, more performing, to […]

Commodore Amiga 1200, vintage retro computer collection, A1200, Commodore A1200, Amiga Technologies, Commodore International

Amiga 1200

The Commodore Amiga 1200 is a 32 -bit home computer, based on the Mc68eC020 Motorola processor. It was produced by Commodore International from 1992 to 1994. After the failure of the Commodore, which took place in 1994, Amiga 1200 was produced by Amiga [...]

Test Commodore Amiga 1200, AmigaTestKit 1.20, GitHub, WorkBench

Amiga 1200 test with AmigaTestKit

Good morning and welcome back on the blog and on the Valorosoit channel. If you like retrocomputer and vintage electronics, you are in the right place! Today we take the Commodore Amiga 1200 test, which has just arrived from Ebay, through the Amigatestkit utility. It was [...]

Boot selector, Boot options, Commodore Amiga 1200, A1200 A600, start game program from gotek or external disk DF1, CBM A1200

Boot the Commodore Amiga from the external drive

Is it possible to start the Commodore Amiga from the external drive, instead of from the diskette inside the computer? Certain! It is also possible to start it from a USB pendrive! Let's see how to carry out this operation with the various Commodore Amiga models. What is […]

How to copy a file from USB pendrive to diskette, XCopy X-Copy Pro, operation done, 1992

X-Copy Pro for Amiga

I have been asked several times how to copy a game or program, from USB pendrive to floppy disk, directly onto the Amiga. Here's the answer! We use X-Copy Pro! This procedure is fine on all Commodore Amigas, although, in this article, […]

Amstrad CPC 464 vintage computer with green monochrome monitor GT 65

Amstrad CPC 464

The Vintage Amstrad CPC 464 computer is the first 8 -bit home computer produced by Amstrad, an English company. It was in production from 1984 to 1990. It is equipped with ZIOLO ZIOLO ZOLOGE and supports the CP/m operating system. The […]

SeaWolf videogame for Commodore 64 C64, screenshot gameplay, boat ship

SeaWolf

Here is another video game found in a lot that I had bought and I had ... forgot! It is the SeaWolf videogame, released for the first time in 1976 and converted into cartridge for C64 in 1982. The player must hit and destroy [...]

Ghosts 'n Goblins videogame, cassette tape, Encore, Commodore 1531 C2N datassette

Ghosts 'n Goblins

I'll unlock a memory for you: when you loaded the Ghosts'n Goblins video game cassette with the Commodore 1531 C2N data cassette! 🙂

Commodore 64G 64G C64G retro vintage computer, CBM, white, white keyboard

Commodore 64G

The Commodore 64G (also C64G, C = 64G, C 64 g) is an 8 -bit home computer produced by the Commodore Business Machines since 1987. It is a particular version of the Commodore 64, intended for the German market. Should not be confused with […]