Motorola

Switching back to RetroTech, there's great news if you're hanging on to vintage gear like the Commodore Amiga or Atari computers.

The Linux kernel team continues to upgrade support for the Motorola 68000 M68K CPU, often found in classic systems.

Version 7.4 introduces support for the S-V-E-T-H-L-A-N-A Ethernet interface on the Atari Super Videl FPGA card, as well as updated IDE drivers for Amiga expansion cards.

These upgrades mean hobbyists and retro computing fans enjoy modern network access, smoother storage, and a generally richer Linux experience on M68K hardware.

So quite a big upgrade.

Um, he also details how the brains behind Banshee were Danish demo sceners Soren Hannibal, um, on machine near Motorola 68020 assembler code, and Jacob Anderson on pixel art.

He gives links out to their demo work, and it's actually quite stunning.

Banshee, if you're not aware, is a vertical scrolling shooter, top-down shoot-'em-up, inspired by the likes of 1942 and Flying Shark, but with a kind of a cyberpunk twist.