{"id":3483,"date":"2014-02-10T17:12:56","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T22:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nickm.com\/post\/?p=3483"},"modified":"2014-02-10T17:12:56","modified_gmt":"2014-02-10T22:12:56","slug":"a-catalog-of-trope-tank-warez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nickm.com\/post\/2014\/02\/a-catalog-of-trope-tank-warez\/","title":{"rendered":"A Catalog of Trope Tank Warez"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to RA Erik Stayton, we now have a formidable catalog of hardware and software<\/a> in The Trope Tank,<\/a> my lab at MIT.<\/p>\n

\"Trope<\/a><\/p>\n

There are pages on each of the systems (or in one case a group of switched systems) that are regularly hooked up and ready to use:<\/p>\n

– Apple IIc System<\/a>
\n– Atari 400 System<\/a>
\n– Atari VCS System<\/a>
\n– Commodore 64 System<\/a>
\n– Macintosh SE System<\/a>
\n– PowerMac G4 System<\/a>
\n– Video Game Systems<\/a><\/p>\n

Also, information is recorded about each display and about all the other working computers that are kept in the lab.<\/p>\n

And while every last disk in the lab has not been cataloged, the VCS, Commodore 64, NES, Intellivision, and Odyssey cartridges and all packaged retail software on disk or CD-ROM are now listed in the extensive software catalog.<\/a> For now, this catalog is presented as a simple, long Web page.<\/p>\n

In other Trope Tank news, thanks to Jason Scott I’ve replaced a part in the Asteroids<\/i> machine and the display no longer oscillates – the machine works perfectly.<\/p>\n

The Trope Tank welcomes small classes, researchers, and artists and writers who are looking into the material properties of digital media. Please contact me<\/a> if the lab’s resources can be of help to you. This Friday, while I will be out of town, Erik and Piotr Marecki (and a Commodore 64 system they are bringing) will be representing the lab at the MIT Museum and offering the public a view of how accessible and creative programming was in the early 1980s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thanks to RA Erik Stayton, we now have a formidable catalog of hardware and software in The Trope Tank, my lab at MIT. There are pages on each of the systems (or in one case a group of switched systems) that are regularly hooked up and ready to use: – Apple IIc System – Atari … <\/p>\n

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