On retro-computing: Commodore 64

France is a strange country. We tend to argue about anything. Nonsensical – yet tenacious – “troll wars” have been raging for years, for the naming of delicious viennoiseries or …

On retro-computing: null modem communication

In a previous post, I presented the restoration of an Apple IIc that I acquired a couple of months ago.  Since it was my first steps with an Apple II …

On retro-computing: Apple IIc

It’s been over 5 months since my last vintage computer acquisition. In the meantime, I had a lot of fun with RecalBox 9, emulating tons of oldies. But now, we …

On retro-computing: 15 vintage computers and their OS on RecalBox 9

It’s been a couple of months since my last vintage computer acquisition. I have been hunting for a DDI-1 external disk drive and a Vortex internal expansion RAM card for …

On retro-computing: MARCHintosh 2023

Last year, right on time for MARCHintosh 2022, I acquired my very first classic Macintosh, that I have been enjoying ever since. But the vintage-computing fever troubled my mind, pushing …

On retro-computing: Oric Atmos

At the end on the previous post (on the Matra-Hachette Alice 90) I was left with an open question: which vintage computer shall I work on next ? I had …

On retro-computing: Matra-Hachette Alice 90

After the short LEGO break from last post, let’s go back to vintage computers. I had explored a few 16-bit computers (Atari ST and Mac Plus), so I decided to …

On LEGO

Let’s take a (short) break from quantum-computing and retro-computing. LEGO sets have been an important part of my childhood. I believe I started having fun with LEGO bricks while I …