I made a little intro video for my Youtube Channel. For the music I took a deep dive in my 80s instruments box by using a 808 drum machine, a Moog synth and a Korg M1.
Retro Area 51 performing ‚New Order‘ True Faith on vintage instruments. Music composed and performed by André Gerlach (Retro Area 51). Instruments: Roland 808 drum machine Moog Grandmother Synth Korg M1 Keys.
‚Apple ][ Europlus‘ meets Matrix based on a BASIC program. With music based on the art of Andy Summers and Mike Oldfield, performed by Retro Area 51 – André Gerlach. You can download the BASIC code at GitHub: The Matrix
Exactly after this action, the MfM hard disk went to its knees. Fortunately, however, I have learned that MfM hard drives can be rehabilitated by a so-called low level formatting. All my MfM hard drives are working again! On the other hand, all my IDE or SCSI hard drives from the 90s are gone. Here I save the contents of a 20 MegaByte hard drive to a Compact Flash card; using a modern XT-IDE card. works great! However, I prefer the sound of an MfM hard drive.
System check by running Test Drive on a Tulip Compact 2 XT (1987).
Modern Kids playing H.E.R.O. on an vintage Apple IIe.
And here they are ! The Ghostbusters on the Apple IIe.
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