New Videoupload on my Youtube channel

I uploaded a new Video on my YouTube Channel

Frogger on the Atari ST:

http://youtu.be/47GFqMxW_pU

The next generation of realistic graphics in Computer Games

NVIDIA upgraded the 2002 Dawn-DEMO with enhanced textures and superrealistic hair movements with its GeForce-GTX Cards and DirectX 11

This looks great ! Althought I am a retro graphics fan I sure love this technological improvements;

see the demo: http://youtu.be/nOQeDuZnUZ8

and how great and realistic a face can look:

New Poll

Today I restarted a poll. I hadn't much luck with my last one because my Blog is not very popular unfurtunatly. But I like to continu to improve and to post things to my Blog that I find interesting.

So thank you to all visting my page and please leave feedback to the poll on the right side of the page:

Do you like Retrogames?

If so you should also visit my Youtube channel at : Retrobitter on Youtube

Internet Speedtest

This speedtest was made on my IBM Thinkcenter 3GHz Pentium4 machine using Windows XP Prof. (SP3) and Google Chrome browser.
The Internet connection is a 30Mbit VDSL Line connected via a FritzBox 7390 and a Hercules Wireless N USB Stick;

PowerMac 6100 restored and working again

For a few Weeks I got a low priced PowerMac 6100 from eBay. The guy said that it might work but he could not test the Mac due to the missing Monitor.

When I received the Mac I couldn't believe what I saw! The back bezel was broken at  several places, and the motherboard with the backside connectors where completely rousty. This Baby was surely laying in a dirty wet cave for a long time. Of course the guy from eBay took only photos of the exterieur an the Front Panel. The CD Cover on the front was loose because of a brocken plastic thing.

Otherwise the specs of this Mac are as follow:

PowerMac 6100

• Introduced on March 1997
• Mac OS 7.1.2
• PowerPC 601 / 60MHz  (first Mac with Motorola PowerPC processor)
• Storage 160MB HardDrive (SCSI)
• Apple 600i 2x CD ROM
• Memory 8MB on Board antother 2x8MB 72pin SIMMS (total of 24MB)

For full sepcs on the PowerMac 6100 see the following Link:

http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac/specs/powermac_6100_60.html

Connectors:

• 1 ADB
• 1 HDI-45 (Display Connector)
• 1 Geoport Modem Port
• 1 Apple Serial Printer Port
• 1 Ethernet (AUII) 
• 1 SCSI Port
• 1 Audio In an Audio Out Jack

So here are some of the first Photos of the Mac:

The inside with the HD, CD-ROM and Floppy removed;

At teh Right you can see the rosty back side connectors;






Inside look after replacing the Hard Disk and with the CD and Floppy drive installed;






Front view with the case mounted (I sprayed the case in white);



Back view with all the connectors and the new Bezel;






This is the refurbished PowerMac 6100 with an Apple Extend Keyboard II connected
Just couldn't resist to try Space Quest 6 on it; (works great!)






In my next Blog I will go into depth with the installation of the System as well as the special HDI-45 connector and all the Upgrades I installed.


Thank you for reading

//retrobitter\\

Some on Topic Web links...

• Retro Roms
• http://www.abandonia.com/
• http://www.coolrom.com/
• http://www.retro-kit.co.uk/
• http://www.classic-retro-games.com/
• http://retrowaretv.com/
• http://myoldmac.net/
• http://www.pixelships.com/index.html

Play Apple II and IIgs games right in your Browser

If you are like me an love playing old school games from the 80's and 90's then you will undoubtly like the folowing link to a webpage that allows you to play old Apple II and IIgs games right in your Browser.
All you have to do is to install the Apple II emulator plugin engine and choose a game from a big list of well known Titles.

have fun!

 Virtual Apple  (www.virtualapple.org)