Month: December 2022

  • Meetup #36 – 2022-12-24

    Meetup #36 – 2022-12-24

    We closed out the year with a second December meetup. There were a few visitors and first-time attendees this time around, including Sato, Yasu (actually second time, first was last month), and members from the Game Preservation Society, Joseph and Soji. In addition to coordinating some of the guests, Edoardo also brought along his son…

  • Meetup #35 – 2022-12-10

    Meetup #35 – 2022-12-10

    Another fun gathering by the Tokyo Retro Computer Users is on the books. This time, Andy brought in his Apple II with adorable monochrome monitor for some tinkering and gameplay. Tom came with his MSX2+ and some more interesting games to introduce to everybody. Michelle hauled in her PC-9801 with a music playback utility for…

  • Meetup #34 – 2022-11-26

    Meetup #34 – 2022-11-26

    There was a bit of a modern feel to this retro computer meetup. A couple of computers from the 90s were present, including Sven’s recently-purchased Amiga 1200. We found out that it was mostly in good shape, so that was a bit of good news. And Sean brought… well, actually nothing. But he received the…

  • Meetup #33 – 2022-10-22

    Meetup #33 – 2022-10-22

    Our 33rd meetup began with Sean bringing his FM-77 L2, and Curt bringing a compatible 400-line board and its required 64KB memory expansion board (thus essentially making it an FM-77 L4 with FM sound expansion). As our on-site CRT monitor only supports 15kHz, we had to use our fallback LCD screen that semi-gracefully displays 24kHz…