Bridgestone was a nice bike company (that still lives on in Japan). They where fairly popular in western part of world during the 80ies and 90ies.
Some of their bikes are very sought after because they where built with high quality and had a unique mix of components.
Recently I found an old 1990 Bridgestone MB2 mountainbike in excellent condition complete with Suntour XC-comp components. I am thinking about restoring this bike to former glory.
Find out more about the Bridgestone MB2 vintage Mountain Bike at my site!
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Monday, November 26, 2007
Amiga Zorro slot bus type
Amiga computers had their own proprietary bus type called the Zorro slot. Think of the Zorro slot as a more advanced ISA slot but 50 pins in length (100 pin total).
Lots of interesting Zorro cards where made like graphic cards, network cards and even sound cards. If you where a serious Amiga user you had have Zorro slots in your favorite computer.
To find out more information about the Zorro slots, like the difference between Zorro 2 and Zorro 3, read my article about Zorro slots on the Commodore Amiga!
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Amiga articles published on erkan.se
I have written quite a lot of Amiga articles in the past days.
Read about the Alfapower IDE harddrive controller for Amiga 500 here:
>Alfadata Alfapower A500 IDE harddrive and memory expansion for Amiga 500.
Or read about the professional Amiga - the A2000 here:
>Amiga 2000
And yes, there is another article about the Amiga 2000 here (actually about my own A2000 I work with sometimes):
>My own Amiga 2000 lab computer
As usual do not forget about my blog about vintage Amiga hardware! check it out here:
>Vintage Amiga hardware blog
Check it out!
Read about the Alfapower IDE harddrive controller for Amiga 500 here:
>Alfadata Alfapower A500 IDE harddrive and memory expansion for Amiga 500.
Or read about the professional Amiga - the A2000 here:
>Amiga 2000
And yes, there is another article about the Amiga 2000 here (actually about my own A2000 I work with sometimes):
>My own Amiga 2000 lab computer
As usual do not forget about my blog about vintage Amiga hardware! check it out here:
>Vintage Amiga hardware blog
Check it out!
Friday, November 02, 2007
Red anodized aluminium parts for Mini-Z Overland
I have been having quite some fun with a small radio controlled car lately. My daughter is also very entertained by watching and chasing the car -a small Kyosho Mini-Z Overland car- in our apartment.
So there are a lot of hop-up options for the Mini-Z cars by Kyosho that makes them stronger by replacing weak plastic parts with aluminium, in reality plastic parts are good but aluminium parts are much prettier.
So there are a lot of hop-up options for the Mini-Z cars by Kyosho that makes them stronger by replacing weak plastic parts with aluminium, in reality plastic parts are good but aluminium parts are much prettier.
Rcxmini.com was having a sale on Overland parts so I decided to get all option parts in red so I could be sure the little car would hold up for years to come thinking my daughter would perhaps want to play with it when she is a bit older. Check out the GPM aluminium Mini Z Overland parts in this picture, how nice:
Thursday, November 01, 2007
Old BBS screen
There was quite a long time ago I saw a nice BBS screen so this image feels really nostalgic. I used to be really good at making ASCII drawings, sadly that is one computer related interest you can never make ANY money on anytime soon, but it was a fun hobby for some years.
This screenshot is taken on an Amiga and the font is substituted to a cooler looking one, perhaps the stock font called "Topaz" rings a bell.
Monday, August 20, 2007
Old VS new style of web development
I have been doing homepages for a couple of years now and the need for dynamic sites with custom solutions is increasing, gone are the days of designing a template in Photoshop, getting an approval and exporting it to a cut and past table in ImageReady, all in one evening - todays clients have bigger demands.
But dynamic sites means a lot of work, or it used to mean that...
I got the same sence of rush and finish style of work when I worked on a community based site with Drupal tonight. It is amazing to think that 4 hours ago I did not have a CMS, a Blog system, internal PM, secure login system, file upload, profile page. Now it is almost ready to ship.
How amazing!
But dynamic sites means a lot of work, or it used to mean that...
I got the same sence of rush and finish style of work when I worked on a community based site with Drupal tonight. It is amazing to think that 4 hours ago I did not have a CMS, a Blog system, internal PM, secure login system, file upload, profile page. Now it is almost ready to ship.
How amazing!
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Horace strikes back - Cool article about the Horace games on the ZX-Spectrum
Horace was a figure from a line of well known ZX-Spectrum games. In an epic game line of three games, Horace skiied, ran over streets, escaped guards watching plants and stomped on spiders, enough material to fill any hardcore gamers 3 hour podcast with lots of in depth analysis.
I dont do podcasts but why not write a cool little article about these games from the 80'es?
I know you want to read it!
Check it out at: http://www.erkan.se/hungry-skiing-spiders-horace.asp
I dont do podcasts but why not write a cool little article about these games from the 80'es?
I know you want to read it!
Check it out at: http://www.erkan.se/hungry-skiing-spiders-horace.asp
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
So I started an Amiga hardware blog
Back in 1998 I had this cool idea to create a database driven website where I could collect info and pictures of different Amiga hardware. The site Big Book of Amiga Hardware had the same idea so I did not invest time in my own project because I did not want to compete.
So today I decided to start a small Amiga blog about the hardware I have collected and occasionally buy and sell. Check it out, I am sure you are going to find something cool if you are into Amiga or retro computers. I am thinking about updating it a couple of times a month so bookmark it now!
So I present to you: Vintage Amiga hardware blog
So today I decided to start a small Amiga blog about the hardware I have collected and occasionally buy and sell. Check it out, I am sure you are going to find something cool if you are into Amiga or retro computers. I am thinking about updating it a couple of times a month so bookmark it now!
So I present to you: Vintage Amiga hardware blog
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
The problem with owning and running a website.
The big problem with owning and running a popular website like mine is that you have to constantly add content in order to not let the page slow down. This can be tough to do if you have work and family as I found out during the year. But thankfully today I added to pieces to my homepage about Amiga icons and how a webshop works.
In the future I think that I am going to do some more short and fast tutorial on web development because I know there are many out there who wants to find out how things are done and not exactly how with the code presented etc....
so here are the articles and check back on www.erkan.se to find more exciting stuff in the future!
Thanks!
History of Amiga icons
Construction of a webshop in a modern web development environment
In the future I think that I am going to do some more short and fast tutorial on web development because I know there are many out there who wants to find out how things are done and not exactly how with the code presented etc....
so here are the articles and check back on www.erkan.se to find more exciting stuff in the future!
Thanks!
History of Amiga icons
Construction of a webshop in a modern web development environment
Sunday, March 25, 2007
10 signs that you are a gaming noob
I have just created a short list called "10 signs that you are a gaming noob". I came up with the list after spending 30 minutes at a so called "gaming forum".
>>Read the list now, I know you want to!
>>Read the list now, I know you want to!
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Change a site from ASP to PHP
I have written a short guide I used today to convert one of my sites from ASP to PHP.
You can find it here -> How can I convert a static ASP site to PHP fast and easy?
From now on I am going with PHP only but I will keep some of my old sites in ASP.
You can find it here -> How can I convert a static ASP site to PHP fast and easy?
From now on I am going with PHP only but I will keep some of my old sites in ASP.
Saturday, January 06, 2007
"Doom clones" on the Commodore Amiga
Did you know that John Carmack of ID software once told that the Amiga was not powerful enough to play Doom?
Years later Doom was ported and became playable on the Amiga after lots of “Doom-clones” had been made by fans. Proving that if not Doom could run on the Amiga, and then Amiga users could create their own Doom game just to prove even geniuses could be wrong.
Read more about FPS games on the Commodore Amiga on my new article at erkan.se
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