It’s been far too long, almost an entire year in fact, since I’ve posted anything to this blog. While I wouldn’t say I’ve been inactive (for instance, I’ve done a lot more work on my Amigas and expanded my collection much more than detailed here) I’ve definitely been spending less time on BBS and other retro computing related pursuits in the last year or so. Fortunately, my lack of writing on these subjects reflects that more than a lack of interest in this blog.
That said, I still have tons of planned and half finished projects, and each one of those should produce at least one post, many of those are already half written as well. I also still have a lot of other content planned and even more beyond that I’d love to see make it here. It’s really been a matter of free time, energy, and the lack of motivation to push beyond those limitations. With the new year, I’ve decided to make one of my many informal New Year’s resolutions to improve that; I’ve made it a goal to make at least one significant post a month here.
Although I hate teasing anything that could wind up as vapor, I feel like I owe it to my few regular readers to give a glimpse behind the curtain. Here are some of the things in the pipeline:
- More articles about BBS history from my perspective, including the long overdue overview of my BBS, various groups I’ve been a part of, etc.
- Retro game and software overviews/reviews – mostly my favorite era of late 80s – mid 90s DOS and Amiga games.
- The occasional article on misc. retro hardware, emulation, and other projects.
- More updates on my Amiga 500 and related projects including upgrades, repairs, more acquisitions, software, and emulation.
- Hopefully news on Darkness 2.1 and perhaps at least one more planned door game.
- A series of deep dives into some of my favorite old BBS software packages and interviews with their authors.
- An ongoing series of (currently accessible) BBS reviews and interviews with their SysOps.
- Brief reviews of related books and movies, since I tend to ingest a lot of those.
- More smaller updates about releases (such as art packs) and updates (such as Zer0net nodelist revisions.)
- Possible compilations of this content into some old school text format zines.
Stay tuned!