Creating a collective to share all that is retro computing and gaming.
// LATEST DISPATCHES
The SID chip crackles, the power LED flickers, and the keyboard feels like typing through mud. Here's how I brought a 1982 breadbin back from the dead — capacitors, RF modulator, and all.
Read articleRubber keys, 48K of RAM, and a price tag that put a real computer in British living rooms. We look at how Clive Sinclair's little machine spawned a software industry — and why it still matters.
Read articleMicrosoft and ASCII's attempt to create a universal home computer standard gave Japan — and the world — a platform that outlasted most of its rivals. Here's why MSX deserves more respect than it gets.
Read article// THE REPOSITORY
A growing reference library of hardware specs, schematics, manuals, and restoration notes — covering every machine we've ever cracked open.
Commodore
C64 · C128 · Amiga 500 · Amiga 1200
Sinclair
ZX Spectrum 48K · ZX Spectrum 128 · ZX81
MSX
MSX1 · MSX2 · MSX2+ · Turbo-R
NEC
PC-88 · PC-98 · PC-6001
Sharp
X68000 · MZ-700 · MZ-800
Atari
800 · 800XL · 1040ST · Falcon