On retro-computing: decorating the study
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 …
On retro-computing: Sinclair ZX Spectrum
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, …
On retro-computing: Sinclair ZX81
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 …
On retro-computing : exploring emulation software on macOS
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 …
On retro-computing : retro-gaming with Recalbox
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 …
What are forces ?
This question stems from discussions at work about the notion of “data gravity”, which, 10 years after its inception, seems to make a comeback and draw some kind of vague …
Evaluation des technologies quantiques
Voici le rapport technique d’évaluation des technologies d’informatique quantique élaboré par l’équipe du Digital Labs d’Econocom. Notre objectif est d’évaluer expérimentalement les technologies quantiques actuelles, avec pour application la résolution …
On superdense coding
Alice and Bob are fictional characters often used to describe cryptographic protocols. We introduced them in a previous article on quantum cryptography. Picture a situation where Alice and Bob are …