Move over, AMD vs. Intel: there’s a classic rivalry in the computing world that arguably laid the groundwork for modern personal computing and gaming. Zilog Z80 vs. MOS 6502. Learn how these chips influenced a digital revolution.
Just days after I posted an article listing at least 5 brand new computers based on the Z80 CPU, I see this toot: The notification… Read more
While the site is dedicated to the 8-bit era, it is worth noting that not all 8-bit computers are old. The 8-bit computer segment is… Read more
Once, almost at the very beginning of this website’s existence, I shared a link to the Pico8 project, an “imaginary game console” characterized by pixelated… Read more
Hey everyone 🙂 I want to share how much I appreciate that since I posted articles on mastodon, and one of them was shared on… Read more
Background In the previous post, I’ve acknowledged that Pascal emerged in the 70s, and Turbo Pascal existed even back in the 80s, which in theory… Read more
Update 2024-04-01: I’ve just learned, day after publishing this, that Niklaus Wirth, the creator of Pascal, has died on January 1st 🙁 + added a… Read more
Why did E. Dijkstra hate BASIC as mutiliating “beyond hope of regeneration”? It’s a pretty fascinating rabbit hole (as everything in computing is, if you stay curious).
Atari continues to aggressively acquire everything related to sustaining their legend. We recently wrote about the acquisition of AtariAge, and now resources have expanded with… Read more
Two weeks ago the first version (v1.0.0) of the BIOS for systems based on the Intel 8088 processor was tagged on GitHub! [8088_bios on GitHub]…. Read more
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