Documenting my retro computing one project at a time
It all started with me wanting to use a vintage computer without all the modern distractions to blog about vintage computers. My ideal device was something I could sit on the couch with and type away. A bonus would be an easy…
1 CommentI started work at Apple Australia in January 1996 as an Education Sales Manager selling Macs to K-12 schools and universities. On my first day we got a briefing on a new product that would be launched the following month that was…
Leave a CommentI couldn’t work out why the demo was crashing at the 3 min mark and it bugged me. It turns out the demo is simply a bunch of BASIC programs strung together. It was crashing at a corrupt file. I re-imaged the…
Leave a CommentI have finally got around to recording the Dick Smith CAT in-store demo that was running in Dick Smith stores at the launch of the CAT in 1984. I found the disk in the back sleeve of a bound manual for the…
Leave a CommentAnd a new beginning… I have finally got around to resurrecting this blog and will be putting some more content up soon. My first blog post “In the Beginning…” appeared here in August 2014. It has only taken me 8 years to…
Leave a CommentI just just blew up another power supply in my IIgs. That is two supplies in 10 days.
Leave a CommentThis is my first attempt to document some of my vintage computer collection and projects. I have found that I have spent a lot of time tinkering over the years but never really documented any of it. I am motivated to document my…
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