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 G4, in 2003. Since then, I went down the rabbit hole, with a 3rd generation iPod (2003), a Mac Mini G4 (2005), a 4th generation[…]

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 Amstrad CPC 464 ! The Amstrad CPC 464 The Amstrad CPC 464 is very dear to me. Unlike the Sinclair ZX81 and ZX Spectrum I[…]

Let’s take a (short) break from vintage computers. As a consequence to the COVID-19 pandemics and lock-downs, home-office turned from an occasional to a day-to-day way of working. We had moved 3 years ago to a nice Haussmannian style apartment, right in the center of Lyon. At this time, we had planned turn one of[…]

After my first baby steps into the retro-computing world with a ZX81, I thought I should add a new member to the family. In memory of the late Lord Sinclair, it had to be a ZX Spectrum, and nothing else. Sourcing a Sinclair ZX Spectrum I did not own a ZX Spectum myself, but used[…]

My Previous posts on reto-computing were dealing with emulating old 8-bit and 16-bit computers and consoles. That’s is what indeed triggered a bit of retro-gaming and retro-computing addiction. And, of course, like any addiction, I wanted more ! So it was time to go one step further, with the real stuff: sourcing old computers and[…]

In the last post, I explained how I jumped into the retro-computing bandwagon, and built a few DIY boxes for retro-gaming via software emulation, based on the RecalBox project. During the same time, I also explored how to run old computers systems on the current hardware I use day by day, namely an Intel Core[…]

The COVID-19 pandemic had (and, unfortunately still has) a strong impact on us all. We all tried our best to cope with it, our own ways. Somehow, lock-downs triggered a bit of nostalgia for me, and, to my surprise, new geeky side projects emerged … populated with Lego bricks and old-school computers. Maybe I’m weird,[…]