Friday, April 19, 2024

So long, Z80

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You can still buy 6502s from Western Design Center and others, but Zilog's getting out of Z80s (PDF), announcing earlier this week that...
Saturday, March 30, 2024

Refurb weekend: Data General/One (and the worst LCD in the world)

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I mentioned earlier that while I prefer specializing in non-x86 laptops, that doesn't mean I don't collect interesting or unusual x8...
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Monday, March 18, 2024

After 41 years, my first assembly program on my first computer, the Tomy Tutor

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We got it in 1983, I think, so it only took me about 41 years to get around to it. This Tomy Tutor isn't a replacement system I secondar...
Tuesday, March 5, 2024

xa (xa65) 2.4.1

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A quick one: xa ( xa65 ), André Fachat's compatible fast two-pass cross-assembler for 6502, 65C02, R65C02 and 65816 processors that And...
Saturday, March 2, 2024

An Apple district manager's Macintosh Portable in 1989-91 (featuring GEIS AppleLink and a look at System 7.0 alpha)

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A few months ago I introduced you to one of the more notable Apple pre-production units in my collection, a late prototype Macintosh Porta...
Saturday, February 10, 2024

CAP-X and COMP-X: how the Tandy Pocket Computers got a sucky Japanese assembler

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I grew up primarily with the Commodore 64, where if you wanted to do anything really cool and useful, you had to do it in 6502 assembly lang...
Saturday, February 3, 2024

Thou shalt follow these Vintage Computing Commandments

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Since vintage computing is supposed to be a spiritual experience, I point out that today, February 3, 2024, the Torah reading for this wee...
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