The Olivetti Prodest PC128 is an 8-bit home computer that was distributed in Italy from 1986 to 1989 by the Olivetti company. The computer was produced by the company French Thomson (model MO6) and was distributed in Italy, with some changes to the keyboard [...]
The Atari ST is a series of personal computers produced by Atari Corporation since 1985. It is based on the 16-bit Motorola 68000 processor, the same microprocessor as the Commodore Amiga series. In particular, the Atari 1040STf model that I [...]
The Commodore 16 is an 8-bit home computer, manufactured by Commodore International from 1984 to 1985. It is the next generation of the Commodore Vic20, as well as a lower-cost alternative to the Commodore 64. It is part of the Commodore series [...]
The Commodore Vic20 (Vic-20 or Vic 20) is an 8-bit home computer produced by Commodore Business Machines from 1980 until 1985. In other states it was marketed under other names: in Japan it was called Commodore VIC-1001, [...]
I received a gift! Thanks Filippo! Filippo gave me an Olivetti Peripherals DM 282 dot matrix printer, to combine with the Olivetti PCs I have in my collection:
The Olivetti Prodest PC1 is a personal computer with NEC V40 processor (compatible with the Intel 80188). It was produced, in 1987-1988, by the Italian company Olivetti. It is a computer with a bit of poor performance, even compared to the production era, in fact it was intended for [...]
The Commodore Amiga 600 is a 16-bit home computer, based on the Motorola MC68000 processor. It was produced by Commodore International from 1992 to 1993. Other names by which the Amiga 600 is known are: Commodore A600, CBM A600. In the [...]
The Commodore 128D is an 8-bit personal computer produced by Commodore Business Machines between 1985 and 1989. It is also known as C128D and CBM 128D. It has the same features as the Commodore 128, but has a case [...]
The Olivetti M15 is a personal laptop with 80C88 processor. It was produced in 1987 by the Italian company Olivetti. It is a laptop with monochrome LCD display and internal NiCd battery. The operating system is MSDOS. With regard to the supports of [...]
I present to you my โnewโ 100% NOT tested Commodore 128D, which I purchased on eBay. Shall we try it? In your opinion, will it work? Purchase of the Commodore 128D 100% NOT tested I happen, from time to time, to buy some vintage computers for [โฆ]
The Atari 130XE is an 8-bit home computer produced by Atari, an American company, starting in 1985. It is the successor to the Atari 800XL, with more RAM. It was put on the market the same year as the ST series, more performing, at [...]
The Commodore Amiga 1200 is a 32-bit home computer, based on the Motorola MC68EC020 processor. It was produced by Commodore International from 1992 to 1994. After the bankruptcy of Commodore, which occurred in 1994, the Amiga 1200 was produced by Amiga [...]
Good morning and welcome back to the blog and the ValorosoIT channel. If you like retrocomputers and vintage electronics, you've come to the right place! Today we do the test of the Commodore Amiga 1200, which I just got from eBay, through the AmigaTestKit utility. It was [...]
Is it possible to boot the Commodore Amiga from the external drive, instead of from the internal floppy disk to the computer? Sure! It is also possible to start it from USB pendrive! Let's see how to do this with the various models of Commodore Amiga. What is the [...]
Several times I was asked how to copy a game or program, from USB pendrive to diskette, directly to the Amiga. Here is the answer! We use X-Copy Pro! This procedure is fine on all Commodore Amiga, although, in this article, [...]
The vintage Amstrad CPC 464 computer is the first 8-bit home computer produced by Amstrad, an English company. It was in production from 1984 to 1990. It is equipped with Zilog Z80 processor and supports CP/M operating system. The [...]
Here is another video game found in a lot that I had purchased and I had ... Forgot! It is the video game SeaWolf, released for the first time in 1976 and converted into a cartridge for C64 in 1982. The player must hit and destroy [...]
I'll unlock a memory: when you loaded the cassette of the video game Ghosts'n Goblins with the datassette Commodore 1531 C2N! ๐
The Commodore 64G (also C64G, C=64G, C 64 G) is an 8-bit home computer produced by Commodore Business Machines since 1987. It is a particular version of the Commodore 64, intended for the German market. It should not be confused with [...]
The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer produced by Commodore Business Machines since 1982. It is also known as C64, C = 64 and CBM64 and almost 20 million units were sold, in different versions, up to [...]
Today short video... on the road! Como Fun, at LarioFiere, Erba (CO). I visited Como Fun, a new and immense fair of comics, games and pop culture in Lariofiere, between the provinces of Como and Lecco, less than an hour [...]
Do you know what ASMR videos are? They are those videos in which you record only the sound of some objects, rather than the sound of people while eating... So here is an ASMR video on the sound of all the keyboards of the back [...]
The Atari 600XL is an 8-bit home computer manufactured by Atari, along with its older brother the Atari 800XL, between 1982 and 1985. Unlike the Atari 800XL, the 600XL is smaller and has 16KB of RAM instead of [...]
The Atari 800XL is an 8-bit home computer manufactured by Atari, a US company, between 1982 and 1985. The computer was competing with the Commodore 64, but failed to beat the dreaded opponent. To expand the [...]
The ZX Spectrum+ (ZX Spectrum Plus) is a low-cost home computer, manufactured in 1984 by Sinclair Research Ltd in the United Kingdom. It is a restyle of the ZX Spectrum with 48 KB of RAM: it has a larger case and [...]
The ZX Spectrum is a low-cost home computer, produced from 1982 until 1984 by Sinclair Research Ltd in the United Kingdom.In the 80s, the ZX Spectrum was a competitor to the Commodore 64, thanks to a cheaper price [...]
The Sinclair ZX81 was a low-cost home computer manufactured in the United Kingdom by Sinclair Research. Introduced in 1981 as a successor to the Sinclair ZX80, the Sinclair ZX81 was produced until 1984. The computer was sold by mail order, [...]
In this article, I list the complete list of commands, functions and variables reserved for the Commodore PET Basic V4.0. The computers that use Basic V4.0 are the CBM and PET series 2001, 3000, 4000 and 8000. [...]
Of this retro computer, the Commodore PET, CBM 8032, I have already made a couple of videos: when I bought it and when I tried it. The computer came from the United States, so it is powered by 110V alternating current. Of this [...]
The Texas Instruments TI-99/4A is a home computer manufactured between 1981 and 1983. The interesting aspect of the TI99/4A retro computer is the CPU: it already works at 16 bits. The standard home computers produced at that time, such as the Commodore [...]