Collaborate Disseminate
Back in the days of 8-bit computers, like no doubt many readers of similar age, we wrote little games. First in BASIC, then augmented with little machine code speed-ups. We …read more Continue reading Revisiting a Z80 Game From 1990
Calling any one computer the first hobby computer is fraught with peril. Most people think the MITS Altair 8800, first featured in Popular Electronics back in January 1975, was the …read more Continue reading Forget the Altair! Remember the Mark-8!
The Philips SAA1099 is perhaps one of the lesser-known among the crop of 1980s-era 8-bit sound generator chips, but with three stereo voices onboard it makes a capable instrument for …read more Continue reading The Clock, Another Way to Modify the Sound of a Synth Chip
If you work at all with British software or hardware engineers, you’ll find that there’s an entire generation perhaps now somewhere between their mid-40s and mid-50s, who stand slightly apart …read more Continue reading A Virus for the BBC Micro
To demonstrate the functionality of an 8-bit computer processor at a very basic level, [Mazen Gomaa] assembled a Homemade 8-Bit Educational Computer using common CMOS logic chips, a handful of …read more Continue reading Hackaday Prize 2023: Scratch Made 8-Bit Educational Computer
While the Commodore 64 was an immensely popular computer for its time, and still remains a strong favorite within the retrocomputing community, there’s a reason we’re not using modern Commodore-branded …read more Continue reading Commodore 64 Upgrade in Modern Package
Moore’s law isn’t strictly holding anymore, but it is still true that most computing systems are at least trending towards lower cost over time, if not also slightly smaller size. …read more Continue reading Pushing Crates in 8-bit Color
It’s easy to become jaded by modern microcontrollers: for just a few bucks you can get a MCU that’s powerful enough to give a desktop computer from the early 90s …read more Continue reading Driving E-Paper Displays With Memory Limited MCUs
When the need for speed overcomes you, thoughts generally don’t turn to 8-bit computers. Sure, an 8-bit machine is fun for retro gameplay and reliving the glory days, and there …read more Continue reading This Snappy 8-Bit Microcomputer Brings the Speed to Retrocomputing
[Esperantanaso] has long been involved in producing homebrew 8-bit computers. His various builds could all achieve different things, but he grew frustrated that applications written for one could not be …read more Continue reading WheatSystem is a Homebrew 8-Bit OS