On retro-computing: 15 vintage computers and their OS on RecalBox 9
It’s been a couple of months since my last vintage computer acquisition. I have been hunting for a DDI-1 external disk drive and a Vortex internal expansion RAM card for …
On retro-computing: MARCHintosh 2023
Last year, right on time for MARCHintosh 2022, I acquired my very first classic Macintosh, that I have been enjoying ever since. But the vintage-computing fever troubled my mind, pushing …
On retro-computing: Oric Atmos
At the end on the previous post (on the Matra-Hachette Alice 90) I was left with an open question: which vintage computer shall I work on next ? I had …
On retro-computing: Matra-Hachette Alice 90
After the short LEGO break from last post, let’s go back to vintage computers. I had explored a few 16-bit computers (Atari ST and Mac Plus), so I decided to …
On LEGO
Let’s take a (short) break from quantum-computing and retro-computing. LEGO sets have been an important part of my childhood. I believe I started having fun with LEGO bricks while I …
On retro-computing: Atari 1040STF
After months of hard work restoring a Macintosh Plus, this time, I sailed towards more familiar shores: the Atari 1040STF. I owned an Atari 1040STF back in the late 80’s …
On retro-computing: Macintosh Plus
I am an Apple Fanboy. Always been. Nevertheless, it took me a long time to actually own an Apple device. The first Mac I ever bought was a 12″ PowerBook …
On retro-computing: Amstrad CPC 464
Let’s go a little further into retro-computing. After these first steps with the Sinclair ZX81 and ZX Spectrum, if was time for another British 8bit computer from the 80’s: the …