The Amstrad PC1512 was Amstrad’s first IBM PC-compatible computer system, first manufactured in 1986. It was…
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C64/OS 1.0 Released: A new operating system for the Commodore 64
C64/OS is a new modern operating system add-on that balances power and ease of use, while…
History: 4 Decades of Commodore 64 legacy
Officialy available since August 1982, the C64 was based on a MOS 6510 processor, with 64K…
History: 30 Years ago Atari unleashed the Falcon030
The Amiga VS Atari battle was probably one of the most intense in computing history. But…
History: The world’s first website was published on August 6, 1991
The world’s first website was published on August 6, 1991 by British physicist Tim Berners-Lee. It may have…
Commodore 65 In pristine working condition hits €25K mark on Ebay
The Commodore 65 is an unreleased improved version of the Commodore 64, and it was meant to be…
August 1982: Commodore’s revolutionary C64 is released
The C64 is based on a MOS 6510 processor, with 64K of RAM standard. It can…
You can now use your Commodore C64 for Bitcoin mining
Cryptocurrency mining is painstaking, costly, and only sporadically rewarding. Nonetheless, mining has a magnetic appeal for many…
Windows 95 came out 25 years ago and it changed computing forever
On August 21 1995, Bill Gates and his team changed the world of computing forever with…
People won’t abandon Windows 7: running on 24% of devices
On July 29, 2015 Microsoft unleashed Windows 10, the successor to Windows 8.1. Windows 10 received mostly positive…
7 Most popular home computers in history
It is a truism that computing continues to change our world. It shapes how objects are…
Intel 8086 VS Motorola 68000: The microprocessor battle of the 80s
Today is all about Intel VS AMD and ARM is probably the next big thing. But…
Coming soon: A mini version of the Soviet Vector-06C
The Vector-06C was created by Soviet engineers in 1987, they wanted to copy the succes of…
Emulate MacOS/8 and utilize all 68k games and apps on any computer
Thanks to Slack developer Felix Rieseberg, you can now run MacOS 8 games and apps on any…
Retro Games Announces a fully licensed VIC-20
The VIC-20 was the first computer of any description to sell one million units. It was described as…