Collaborate Disseminate
Although largely relegated to retrocomputing enthusiasts and embedded systems or microcontrollers now, there was a time when there were no other computers available other than those with 8-bit processors. The …read more Continue reading 8-Bit Computers Crunch Advanced Scientific Computations
Although generative AI and large language models have been pushed as direct replacements for certain kinds of workers, plenty of businesses actually doing this have found that using this new …read more Continue reading Using AI To Help With Assembly
The story of Commodore computers is one of some truly great machines for their time, and of the truly woeful marketing that arguably spelled their doom. But there’s another Commodore …read more Continue reading Another Commodore Portable We Never (Quite) Received
The Commodore 64 was quite a machine in its time, though a modern assessment would say that it’s severely lacking in the graphical department. [Vossi] has whipped up a bit …read more Continue reading C64 Gets a Graphics Upgrade Courtesy Of Your Favorite Piano Manufacturer
When I was a sophomore in high school, from 1987 to 1988, my friend Paul and I had Commodore C64 computers. There was a new graphical user interface called GEOS that had transformed the way we interacted with our computers. We used the C64 to play game… Continue reading Retrieving Deleted Files on the Commodore C64 in 1987
We all have our shiny, modern computers for interacting with the modern world, but at times they can seem a little monochromatic. Even the differences between something like macOS and …read more Continue reading Nearly-Destroyed Commodore Gets New Life
Perhaps the simplest way to regulate a DC voltage is using a voltage divider and/or an active device like a Zener diode. Besides simplicity, they have the additional advantage of …read more Continue reading Drop-In Switch Mode Regulators
The Commodore CHESSmate chess computer might not be terribly well known, but that doesn’t make it any less worthy of being reproduced. If anything it is more important, as it …read more Continue reading Commodore CHESSmate Replica Runs on the ESP32
The Commodore International of the 1970s was a company which dabbled in a bit of everything when it came to consumer electronics, with the Commodore ChessMate being a prime example …read more Continue reading The Quaint History of the Commodore ChessMate
Calculator maker Commodore was almost forced into bankruptcy in 1975 when Texas Instruments (TI) directly entered the market with far less expensive products. Incensed by this, co-founder Jack Tramiel discovered that vertical integration was the key to… Continue reading Tech Nostalgia: Vertical Integration (Premium)