{"id":2941,"date":"2022-02-03T10:15:47","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T09:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quantum-bits.org\/?p=2941"},"modified":"2022-08-24T10:16:49","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T09:16:49","slug":"on-retro-computing-sinclair-zx81-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quantum-bits.org\/?p=2941","title":{"rendered":"On retro-computing: Sinclair ZX81"},"content":{"rendered":"

My Previous<\/a> posts<\/a> 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 !<\/p>\n

So it was time to go one step further, with the real stuff: <\/strong>sourcing old computers and giving them a new life, just for the fun of it !<\/p>\n

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tHE RETRO-COMPUTING COMMUNITY<\/span><\/p>\n

I have been using<\/del> messing with computers, software and networks for over 40 years now. I have been contributing (unfortunately less and less actively) to various open-source projects for 30 years. For more than 20 years, I have been happily working in the IT sector. I held various positions as Consultant, CTO, IT expert, Senior Security & Architect Lead, and now VP Technology & Research<\/a>. I had the chance to explore a wide variety of IT subjects, from software design up to quantum computing and data marketplaces.<\/p>\n

From my days as a particle physicist, I have a some basic electronics knowledge and did quite a bit of soldering while building and experimenting with high energy muon spectrometers<\/a> in the late 90’s.<\/p>\n

But … I am no hardware expert<\/strong> !<\/p>\n

So before going any further, I took a look at the retro-computing community<\/strong> materials. I grew quite fond of this community, learning from their videos and skills. I started preparing myself, read a few books, bought the necessary tools and started building a proper bench.<\/p>\n

Here are the people I follow the most:<\/p>\n