8-Bit Homebrew Processor (www.youtube.com)
So, this isn't exactly retrocomputing and it looks like it's from four years ago, but I just found it and thought that many here may find it interesting....
The BASIC programming language turns 60 (arstechnica.com)
I was definitely a Commodore kid, and BASIC was my first language. Maybe it’s nostalgia, but I still like BASIC for hobby stuff.
The World's FIRST Roleplaying Game: Braunstein (www.youtube.com)
cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/2435866...
Inside the Globus INK: a mechanical navigation computer for Soviet spaceflight (www.righto.com)
"Different Globus units needed to be built for different orbits. Moreover, this design only handles circular orbits, making it useless during orbit changes such as rendezvous and docking. These were such significant limitations that some cosmonauts wanted the Globus removed from the control panel, but it remained until it was...
Compiling MS-DOS 4.0 from DOS 4.0, on a PS/2! (virtuallyfun.com)
How Not To Release Historic Source Code | OS/2 Museum (www.os2museum.com)
C64 Round Up: April/May 2024 - 13 Games, Pixel Art, News & More! (www.youtube.com)
Microsoft releases MS-DOS 4 source code on GitHub — 45 year old code now open-source (www.tomshardware.com)
Trying to get DOS 6.22 on an SD Card, to then run via an ISA IDE to SD Adapter on my Commodore PC-10 III, but It doesn't wanna boot. What am I doing wrong? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
I have been following the exact steps as outlined in this tutorial video, with no oddities happening along the way: youtu.be/twQbHWJF7LA...
After 48 years, Zilog is killing the classic standalone Z80 microprocessor chip (arstechnica.com)
Fifty Years of the Personal Computer Operating System (computerhistory.org)
Does anyone here still use old computers?
Examples: Commodore, Amiga, Atari, Apple, IBM....
Zilog Calls Time on the Venerable Z80, Discontinues the Standalone Z84C00 CPU Family (www.hackster.io)
END-OF-LIFE FOR Z80 CPU AND PERIPHERALS ANNOUNCED (hackaday.com)
What this effectively means is that after just under 48 years since its launch in 1976, the Zilog Z80 will no longer be available for sale as discrete components, which is likely to primarily impact hobbyists and people who are trying to keep retro systems going. This does not mean that it’s the end of the road for Z80,...
Determined enthusiasts are building a custom 3dfx graphics card — VoodooX has 32MB RAM and DVI output (www.tomshardware.com)
A Galaxy of Possibilities – Xerox Star & Daybreak (blisscast.wordpress.com)
Let’s have a look at the very first commercial computer with a graphical user interface, called Xerox Star, which was the successor of the Xerox Alto! What did its marvelous GUI look like? Was it ground-breaking and easy to use as we’d expect? Or, perhaps, was it too ahead of its time? Well then, let’s find out!...
HamsterCMS - administer your website even in DOS (lemmy.sdf.org)
Everyone remembers the “cult of the home pages” in the 90s and early 00s, for about thirty years there was a fashion for them. later it all disappeared somewhere, the Internet shut down, people went to social networks, where the same memes and videos circulate in circles. there is nothing new. I did a little research and...
I ported THOUSANDS of apps to Windows 95 (youtu.be)
ChinnyVision - Ep 545 - 40 Years Of The Amstrad CPC (www.youtube.com)
PUMPKINOS: A MODERN REIMPLEMENTATION OF PALMOS FOR TODAY’S PLATFORMS (hackaday.com)
I’ve not tried this but it looks interesting!
Dell Called It "The Showstopper" - The Dell XPS M2010, a last hurrah of the luggable PC. (www.youtube.com)
Whats the best Universally usable CRT Monitor for computers all trough the 80s and 90s?
With my little Computer Collection ever growing, I think its time to get myself an actual Monitor to use these Machines. So im wondering, what Monitor has most if not all Connection Types and modes of operation to be compatible with most/ if not all Computer from the 80s till the 90s?...