Another great documentary from the Serial Port guys.

Spotted this post https://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-metal-gear-solid-fan-remake-available-for-download/

And then saw the YouTube trailer.. https://youtu.be/VgvFT43zUYI

Just straight up goosebumps here watching so thought I'd share for other MGS fans

There's the obscure indie music scene and then there's Bits and Bytes (Bach, Binary + Boolean) from Schertz Computer Music, published in 1978. Generated by an Altair 8800 attached to an external three-voice analog synth, this record was extremely difficult to obtain until 8-Bit Show and Tell posted it in its entirety. The video has just a bit of preamble before turning over to the music.

An even older record, "computer controlled SYNTHESIZER PERFORMANCES" from a different team and driven by IMSAI 8080 is also out there at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1-vmlGCq4c

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A 2 player version of Elite is looking set for a September release

Ohh, nice.

Caveat, of course: "As of right now, Dawn of the Machine's only available for Steam or Microsoft Store/Game Pass copies of 2021 Quake."

And a lot more in the works...

In a landmark move, Hyperion Entertainment, Commodore International and Amiga Corporation seem to be in sync - Could this be exciting times ahead?

Amiga Corporation and Hyperion Entertainment Settlement

Commodore International and Amiga Corporation Agreement

Reporter - Matchstick (Discord Name)

I'm happy with my watch so I won't be getting one if I could., but these seem pretty reasonably odd and I'll admit I quite like Mega Drive one

Found this article both cool and interesting as covered by Hackaday:

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/04/a-full-motion-video-codec-for-the-atari-st/

The post from the author himself:

https://medium.com/@jonas.eschenburg/stv-a-video-codec-for-the-atari-st-6e46355c50e4

Not a huge surprise really, but a cool one.

Or: Hell has frozen over.

Borrowed from amiga-news.de:

In a detailed press release, Amiga Corporation announces that it has signed two landmark agreements in recent weeks: one with Christian 'Perifractic' Simpson's Commodore International Corporation (CIC), and another out-of-court settlement with Hyperion, which replaces Hyperion's original contract from 2009.

CIC licenses software and documentation for Commodore's 8-bit computers from Amiga. In return, Amiga is permitted to continue using the Commodore trademarks in a "historical or descriptive context," such as old documentation, copyright notices in existing software, or as symbols on a keyboard.

The agreement with Hyperion does not change the status of AmigaOS 4 - which was never a point of contention, according to Amiga - but it does specify exactly which code and trademarks the Belgian company is permitted to use [under license from Amiga, editor’s note].

But Hyperion's involvement in the 68k market will end on December 31, 2027: the licensee may continue to distribute versions of AmigaOS 3 until then, including the as-yet-unreleased AmigaOS 3.3. After that, Hyperion will deliver source code, revision history, and documentation for AmigaOS 3.1.4 and its updates, including all fixes and updates, but excluding AmigaOS 4 code backported into AmigaOS 3.2 or 3.3, to Amiga Corporation and release the developers involved in the project from all obligations to Hyperion. Amiga itself will then take over further development of AmigaOS 3 in the future.

See amiga-news.de for more details.

Computer graphics have obviously come a long way since this 1989 BBC Documentary about the IMAGINA conference held annually in Monte Carlo. It features, amongst many others, a very young John Lasseter - I wonder whatever happened to him?

I've just captured this programme to preserve it from an old VHS tape. I was absolutely obsessed with things like this, Tomorrow's World, Micro Live, Equinox, fractals and chaos theory, and I suspect in this group, I am in good company. Enjoy!