Scratch Built Amiga 2000 Stacks up the Mods
Around these parts, we most often associate [Drygol] with his incredible ability to bring damaged or even destroyed vintage computers back to life with a seemingly endless bag of repair
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Retrocomputing
TRS-80 Model 100 Inspires Cool Cyberdeck Build, 40 Years Down the Line
The TRS-80 Model 100 was a strange beast. When it debuted in 1983, it resembled nothing that was available at the time, and filled a gap between desktop computers and
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MCM/70 Replica Embodies Proud Canadian Heritage
When a vintage computer is all but unobtanium, software emulation is often all that remains. Unless you are [Michael Gardi], who saw an opportunity to reproduce Canada’s home-grown MCM/70 microcomputer
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From a 6502 Breadboard Computer to Lode Runner and Beyond
As disruptive and generally unpleasant as the pandemic lockdowns of 2020 were, they often ended up being a catalyst for significant personal growth. That was often literal growth, thanks to
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Building a Sinclair ZX81 in 2022 With All New Parts
As the supply of genuine retrocomputers dwindles and their prices skyrocket, enthusiasts are turning their eyes in other directions to satisfy their need for 8-bit pixelated goodness. Some take the
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Z80 Single-Board Computer Looks Like It Could Have Been a Killer Product
Most retrocomputer builds seem to focus on either restoring old machines or rebuilding them from scratch. Either way, the goal is to get as close as possible to the original
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The GameTank is the Latest and Greatest 8-bit Game Console
The NES, Atari 2600, the Apple II, the Commodore 64 and the TurboGrafx-16 are just some of the many game consoles and home computers built around the 6502 CPU. And
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Striping a Disk Drive the 1970 Way
These days, mass storage for computers is pretty simple. It either uses a rotating disk or else it is solid state. There are a few holdouts using tape, too, but
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Introducing The Universal Atari Keyboard Case
[10p6] wondered what it would be like if Atari had used a standardized keyboard across its 16-bit and 32-bit computer lines in 1985. Imagination is fun, but building things is
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Don’t Miss the VCF Indoor Swap Meet This Weekend
We don’t need to tell you that these last couple of years have been a real drag for in-person events. But at long last, after a bit of a false
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