We've been organizing Atari themed meetings or take-overs at the HCC Commodore sig club meetings in Maarssen (The Netherlands) and on occasion we dipped our toes in unfamiliar waters, i.e. went to the Retro Computer Festival in Cambridge (UK) . As we participate with the HCC Commodore sig at their stand during the HCC Kennisdagen , we've gotten quite good at packing and preparing for these type of events. As some of our members are 'sceners' and regularly visit scene meetings, we were asked to participate in many of these meetings, but never got to go, mostly due to life stuff, although the amount of work involved with planning, gathering gear, etc. held us back as well. This year we were asked to participate in the hackfest event , held in Enschede (The Netherlands) and at least two of us said yes. The other event we've confirmed to participate in, is this years edition of the Retro Computer Festival in the Centre for Computing History (Cambridge, UK). The...
Volgende week is alweer de negende Atari Invasion van de HCC Commodore clubdag. Dit jaar staat in het teken van Atari in de BeNeLux. We hebben Dion Olsthoorn (bekend van o.a. zijn 2600 Lode Runner port) weten te strikken om zijn homebrew releases te demonstreren, kortom genoeg te zien en te beleven, of zoals men vroeger zei: Met Atari is er altijd iets leuks op TV . De invasie start direct aan de start van de HCC Commodore clubdag (rond 10u) en duurt tot ongeveer 16u. Je bent van harte welkom in het Schuurtje: Zwanenkamp 1301, 3607 NZ Maarssenbroek. Waar zoals gebruikelijk ook van alles te doen is op MSX, Amiga en Commodore gebied. Tot zaterdag 21-06-2025, Het Atari Invasion team.
Atari Invasion 2k18 On February 17th, at approximately 8.45 the first invader arrived at ' het Trefpunt ' in Maarssen. He was soon joined by the other invaders and at 10.00 the buildup was well underway. By the time the general assembly of members of the HCC Commodore ig was finished, most of the gear was hooked up and the Invasion started. The museum rack was back again. This year we had it filled with our custom Atari homecomputer stands, one with XL computers, the other with XE machines. A light sixer with Quelle's Universum keyboard, a Lynx and 7800 on another shelve and finally an 800 and the Sears Tele-Games. Next to the museum our custom display case was filled with a broad range of home-brew items for the 2600, 7800 and 8bit range of Atari systems. We brought along some binders, books and magazines. The podcast station - an old tablet with the ' retro atari podcast ' app - was not used at all, unfortunately. Something we also didn't put to use wa...