Hacker News with Generative AI: Retrocomputing

One-parting some Commodore 64 utilities for fun and profit (blogspot.com)
I've got a few retrocomputing bucket list items I'm slowly working down, and a couple of them involve some little Commodore 64 games I've had kicking around on the backburner.

Retrocomputing, Commodore 64, Games

43 points by todsacerdoti 4 days ago | 9 comments

Testing the Z80 Chip with a 1970s Beauty (mtsi.substack.com)
If you used a Z80 chip back in the 1980s, it almost certainly passed through a single room and its Fairchild Sentry 610 test system.

Retrocomputing, Electronics, Hardware, History

121 points by trakfactri 10 days ago | 23 comments

Virtual Windows 3.11 Computer (pieter.com)
Welcome to my new homepage!

Virtualization, Retrocomputing, Operating Systems

160 points by duck 10 days ago | 75 comments

The History of PC Audio (thejpster.org.uk)
This is a brief, abridged, and possibly inaccurate history of audio on the IBM PC compatible. It's based on an exhibition I prepared for Synthesised, a special event at the Centre for Computing History in Cambridge, England.

Computer History, Audio Technology, IBM PC, Retrocomputing

20 points by lapnect 12 days ago | 12 comments

Refurb weekend: the Symbolics MacIvory Lisp machine I have hated (blogspot.com)
Every collector has that machine, the machine they sunk so much time and, often, money into that they would have defenestrated it years ago except for all the aforementioned time and money.

Retrocomputing, Computers, Personal Computing, History

29 points by zdw 39 days ago | 2 comments

Refurb weekend: the Symbolics MacIvory Lisp machine I have hated (blogspot.com)
Every collector has that machine, the machine they sunk so much time and, often, money into that they would have defenestrated it years ago except for all the aforementioned time and money.

Retrocomputing, Personal Computing, History, Computer Hardware, Lisp

182 points by rcarmo 39 days ago | 99 comments

Are retrocomputers best left on or off? (stackexchange.com)
I have a machine from 1998. I believe its hard drive and RAM are all original. It powers on and loads the OS, so I have reason to believe that nothing major is corrupted. However, is it best to leave it on once it is on, or to power it down unless I'm using it?

Retrocomputing, Hardware, Operating Systems

66 points by azeemba 40 days ago | 75 comments

Linux/4004: booting Linux on Intel 4004 for fun, art, and no profit (dmitry.gr)
In 2012, I ran real Linux on an 8-bit microcontroller (AVR), setting a new world record for lowest-end-machine to ever run Linux.

Linux, Microcontrollers, Operating Systems, Retrocomputing, Projects

572 points by dmitrygr 62 days ago | 162 comments

Lessons from implementing Sokoban for the Intel 8080 (dyer.me)
For a while, I've had the urge to find a project that would give me an excuse to learn more about how computer architectures work at a low level.

Programming, Retrocomputing, Computer Architecture

19 points by franklin_p_dyer 65 days ago | 1 comments

CP/M forty years on – what it was, and why it still matters (2021) (kevinboone.me)
It's now 40 years since the heyday of CP/M -- the first serious attempt at an operating system for microcomputers.

Operating Systems, History, Computing, Retrocomputing

43 points by AlexeyBrin 67 days ago | 4 comments

Rediscovering Turbo Pascal (paoloamoroso.com)

Programming Languages, Retrocomputing, Nostalgia

68 points by AlexeyBrin 81 days ago | 16 comments

Ask HN: Did the "killer poke" reduce Commodore PET sales? (ycombinator.com)

Retrocomputing, Commodore, History, Consumer Electronics, Sales

15 points by amichail 85 days ago | 18 comments

Why the Fascination with Retrocomputing? (kevinboone.me)

Retrocomputing, Technology, History, Computing

9 points by rbanffy 87 days ago | 3 comments

Greaseweazle: Tools for accessing a floppy drive at the raw flux level (github.com/keirf)