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 ...

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, ...

Commodore has re-emerged under new leadership, offering a modern reimagining of its cherished 64‐bit machine. The Commodore 64 Ultimate, now available to pre‐order starting at $299, is positioned as ...

Makers, developers and hobbyists that are considering building a retro-styled PC system, may be interested in a new DIY Commodore 64 based MOS 6502 microcomputer system, that has been built by Dirk ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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