by musovern | May 27, 2019 | Vintage Computer
The story of the development of the Apple I is well known and has become a “legend”. Steve Wozniak, who was working for Hewlett-Packard at the time, wanted to build his own computer. He couldn’t afford the Intel 8080 CPU, which was very popular, as it was used in the...
by musovern | May 20, 2019 | Vintage Computer
The Tandy TRS 80 model 1 was the first member of one of the most famous computer family. It was one of the first home computer and was launched at the same time as famous computers like the Apple II or the Commodore PET. Beside, Tandy competitors nicknamed was...
by musovern | May 19, 2019 | Vintage Computer
The ZX81 is a home computer that was produced by Sinclair Research and manufactured in Dundee, Scotland by Timex Corporation. It was launched in the United Kingdom in March 1981 as the successor to Sinclair’s ZX80 and was designed to be a low-cost introduction...
by musovern | Apr 21, 2019 | Vintage Computer
The EDUC-8 micro-computer was first published in the well known Electronics Australia magazine way back in August 1974. It was designed by Jim Rowe and was to be presented as the first do it yourself home build computer. Sadly though just before publication, the...
by musovern | Apr 20, 2019 | Vintage Computer
The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer introduced by Commodore International in January 1982. Volume production started in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to the market in August at a price of US $595.Preceded by the Commodore VIC-20 and...
by musovern | Jan 30, 2019 | Vintage Computer
The PCW 8256 was launched in September 1985, and had 256 KB of RAM and one floppy disk drive. Launched a few months later, the PCW 8512 had 512 KB of RAM and two floppy disk drives. Both systems consisted of three units: a printer; a keyboard; and a monochrome CRT...
