The origins of my computing journey
A personal retrospective on starting with a Sinclair ZX Spectrum in 1983, learning BASIC, and early computing experiences.
A personal retrospective on starting with a Sinclair ZX Spectrum in 1983, learning BASIC, and early computing experiences.
Deep dive into the VTX5000 terminal's Z80 machine code for 8251 USART communication, buffer management, and keyboard scanning.
A developer explains how using Lisp and its interactive REPL was crucial for successfully completing a RetroChallenge project to extend a hypermedia system.
A technical deep dive into reverse engineering the map compression and memory structure of the 1985 Commodore 64 game 'Endless' using 6502 assembly.
A developer recounts his lifelong journey with the PDP-8 computer, from teenage exploration to creating a modern iPad emulator and solving Project Euler problems with it.
A developer details the hardware and software setup process for integrating a vintage DEC VT220 terminal into their modern Linux workflow for reading email.