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The Timex Sinclair 1000 (ZX81) is a charmingly limited computer from 1982. It has one of the worst keyboards of all time, and it begs for you to DIY something better. Many people have have already created improved keyboards and cases, but I wanted to try my hand. I figured there are enough chunky, old computers out there though; I want to make something thin and sleek.

"As I had been unable to find a comprehensive list of #Apple II peripheral cards and given the evident interest in these cards (frequent Apple II family card sales on eBay and a growing Facebook Apple II Cards group), I wrote a program, called Card Cat, in Apple II Pascal and 6502 assembly language that scans peripheral card slots, determines if a slot contains a firmware equipped card and analyzes the card’s firmware."

Les passionnés d’informatique vintage le savent bien, chaque machine a ses secrets et ses mystères, particulièrement quand on parle des Macs des années 90.

Et justement, ça tombe bien, puisqu’une découverte plutôt insolite vient d’être faite concernant le Macintosh LC III d’Apple. La bestiole contient un condensateur monté à l’envers en usine ! Cette erreur de conception, longtemps suspectée par certains collectionneurs, vient enfin d’être formellement documentée.

Pixel-perfect remakes of various type styles from text-mode era PCs - in modern, multi-platform, Unicode-compatible #TrueType form (plus straight bitmap versions).

Oat Foundry builds the analog Split Flap Display which uses modern technology while maintaining old-school functionality.

Construct the computer from your childhood or build an entire computer museum at home with these paper models, free to download and share. Print, Cut, Score, Fold and Glue.

#C64OS is a completely new operating system for the Commodore machines. It includes switchable desktop workspaces, a windowing system, draggable icons, a Mac-style menu bar at the top, and drop-down menus for the icons.

The BackBit Pro cartridge that can read/write to MicroSD allows you to get the best use out of your vintage hardware. Individual adapters expand functionality to multiple devices. One adapter is included, and more adapters are available to purchase separately.

Long before the Internet connected the planet and changed nearly evertying, there was a brave and pioneering band of computer users who spent their time, money and sanity setting up their home computers and phone lines to welcome anyone who called. They called these places "Bulletin Board Systems," or BBSes. And their collections of messages, rants, thoughts and programs became the way that an entire generation learned about being online.

Many computer users got their start with the #TRS-80, the #Tandy Color Computer, or the Model 100 portable computer. This program looks at the role Radio Shack played in the early launch of personal computers and the hordes of users who still love their old Tandy PCs. Featured demonstrations include the Tandy 2500 SX/20, the Tandy 4033 LX, the GRiD 1550cd, the GRiD 325sc. Also shown is the original TRS-80 and some of the earlier cassette based software such as Dancing Demon. Guests include Howard Elias, Vice President of Tandy Computers and Mark Paulson, leader of the Color Computer User's Group. Originally broadcasted in 1991.

What started as a partnership to create a CD add-on for the super nintendo, quickly morphed into open feud between the biggest player in gaming, Nintendo, and electronics giant, Sony. What followed was the birth of one of the most iconic brands in gaming and some of the most important games ever released. This is the Story of the Playstation.

A documentary on the making of Super Mario World, the launch of the Super Nintendo, and how the game perfected the concepts of the Super Mario series.

This is a program for the Tandy / Radio-Shack TRS-80 Color Computer to perform RSA key generation, encryption, and decryption. The code is all written in 6809 assembly. It will operate with up to 2048 bit keys.

It should work on any CoCo with at least 32kb of memory. 16k CoCos should work for smaller keysizes.

Lego celebrates Atari’s 50th anniversary with a new Lego Atari 2600/VCS set coming this August.

There are a few ways to test operation of a Color Computer. This may be useful when buying or selling a CoCo, when taking out old equipment from storage or simply to test your daily driver.

Dramatisation of the race for home computer supremacy in the 1980s, documenting the lengthy rivalry between Clive Sinclair (Alexander Armstrong) and Chris Curry (Martin Freeman).

Bryan Sparks, President of #DRDOS, clarified the license of CP/M: "Let this paragraph represent a right to use, distribute, modify, enhance, and otherwise make available in a nonexclusive manner CP/M and its derivatives. [...]"

In this video, we'll see how to use a Wombat ADB to USB and vice versae converter. We'll see also how to configure and how to upgrade the firmware. I discovered this device from BMOW (Big Mess O' Wires) website. Of course I'm not affiliated and I'm just a customer who provide feedback on it.

An as yet unnamed project which aims to bring a pre-emptive multi-tasking graphical operating system to the 8-bit Atari.