Werner Randelshofer of ETH Zurich university maintains an online archive of the fledgling computer graphics of eighties and nineties home computers. Werner Randelshofer of ETH Zurich university ...

We take powerful computer graphics for granted nowadays, to the point where we complain when 4K games won't play at 60fps. But YouTube's iBookGuy showed how tough designers had it back in the 80s just ...

One of [aepharta]’s ‘before I die’ projects is a homebrew computer. Not just any computer, mind you, but a fabulous Z80 machine, complete with video out. HDMI and DisplayPort would require far too ...

There was a time when even the best computer graphics available were lousy. In this ancient time, called "the Eighties," graphics were cool for computer games to have, but really much less important ...

For over half a century, if you wanted to buy electronics parts and gadgets in the United States, one retail chain loomed large above all others: RadioShack. Its combination of distinctive, often ...

There was a time when the coolest attitude a person could display, in regards to computers and technology, was a scornful contempt for those who talked about the potential that such things carried.

For a computer that debuted in the early 80s the MSX was a very respectable machine. Of course these were the days that superimposing graphics over a video was an amazing feat, but [Danjovic] and ...

Apple is exploring the possibility of integrating a fully functioning Mac within a keyboard, reminiscent of home computers of the 80s, such as the Commodore 64 and Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Image credit: ...