Collaborate Disseminate
We love our retrocomputers here at Hackaday, and we’re always delighted to see someone rescue an historic artefact from the landfill. Sometimes, all it takes is replacing a broken power …read more Continue reading The Epic Journey of Repairing an HP 9830A Desktop Computer From the 1970s
Restoring vintage computers is the favorite task of many hardware hackers. Retrocomputing probably makes you think of home computer brands like Commodore, Amiga, or Apple but [Erik Baigar] is deeply …read more Continue reading Listening to the Sounds of an 1960s Military Computer
Back in the early dawn of the GUI age, cathode ray tubes were the dominant display technology for the personal computer. In order to avoid burn-in of static display elements, screensavers were devised to help prevent this problem. Out of love for the software of yesteryear, [Greg Kennedy] has put …read more
If you are an enthusiast for 1950s computer hardware, you are probably out of luck when it comes to owning a machine of your own. Your best chance will be to join the staff of one of the various museums that preserve and operate these machines, at which you can indulge your passion to your heart’s content. But what if we told you that there is a 1950s computer available for pick-up at any time, to whoever is prepared to go and get it and has suitable transport? You’d be making plans straight away, wouldn’t you? The computer in question …read more
Continue reading The Interesting Fate Of Kenya’s First Computers
‘Class Apples’ is an album recorded using the 40-year-old Apple II’s 1-bit sound system. Continue reading Listen to Chiptune Music Made With an Orchestra of Apple II Computers