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Re: Who Needs MAME? ... Introducing the Vintage Gaming System v1.0
Nick Miller writes ...
>
> I thought I would pass on a contraption I put together over the last few
> weeks. I call it the Vintage Gaming System v1.0. I took an ugly but
> functional TV stand and turned it into an ugly but functional Vintage Gaming
> System. Six computers presently reside in the VGS. They are the Commodore
> 64, Apple IIc, Tandy Color Computer 3, Atari 800XL, TI-99/4A and Commodore
> Amiga 2000. I decided to put the system together after getting tired of the
> hassle of setting up a system to tinker with. The VGS lets me get one of
> the 6 systems up and running in just seconds. Flip a switch or two on the
> power strip, select the video signal and turn on the monitor, pretty simple.
> It's on wheels so I can keep it one step ahead of my wife's wrath. Check it
> out and let me know what you think. Any ideas for the VGS v2.0?
>
> Here it is:
>
> http://www.computer-history.org/Vintage-Gaming-System-1.0.htm
>
> Nick Miller
> www.computer-history.org
Good going. Hard to beat the direct approach. Screen shot looks like
"Omega Race"-- played hours of that on our VIC-20.
Rubywand