One of the better retro historians out there on YouTube is the 8-Bit Guy, and after years of wanting to do something like this, it’s finally happening. The 8-Bit Guy is building his dream computer, ...

Showing the value of great design over visual impact, this faithfully resurrected home computer seamlessly integrates modern tech with some wonderful additional touches ...

The early years of what’s currently understood as the video games industry aren’t well understood by the majority of the populace. Sure, folks know Atari, and maybe some names like Shigeru Miyamoto or ...

How to Watch the Lord of the Rings In Order Link to How to Watch the Lord of the Rings In Order ...

There are stories that some of us, at a certain stage of adulthood, should never hear. Not if we value our time or our storage space. I regret to inform you that Mike Brixius, on his RavenWolf Retro ...

The Commodore 64 did a lot of things right: the right price, the right graphics, the right games, and the right 8-bit audio chipset that allowed 12 year-old programmers to POKE and PEEK their way into ...

Over on [Ken Shirriff]’s blog is a tricky Commodore PET repair: tracking down 6 1/2 bad chips. WARNING: contains 8-bit assembly code. In the end there were 6 (and a half) bad chips which needed to be ...

I don't even key numbers in all that often, but when I have to, my fingers are about useless on the number row. That's just where the symbols live. I developed the habit when I had a part time data ...

The 8-bit world of “Wreck-It Ralph” brought English composer Henry Jackman back to his roots. His musical studies began long before his classical training at the University of Oxford and were ...

I've got a shelf full of computer history books, many of which I love and have reread several times. But I wanted to write one that focused on the first real computer I grew up with, the one that ...

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