Computing, Retro Systems and Digital Culture

This computing journal gathers my notes on retro computers, early personal systems, analogue logic, software culture, electronic learning kits, workstations, peripherals and the strange promises once attached to the digital age. It is less a catalogue of old machines than a map of how people imagined computers would change work, play, learning and everyday life.

Latest Additions and Updates

Commodore 64 in Sweden: A 1990 Advertisement

Commodore 64
1990 Swedish Advert

Commodore MAX Machine: Reproduced 1982 Japanese Sales Flyer

Commodore MAX
1982 Sales Flyer

Commodore MAX: The Japanese Proto-Commodore 64

Commodore MAX
Japanese Proto-C64

M5Stack Cardputer
Newsletter June 2026

Commodore 64 jailbreak culture and retro homebrew computing

Jailbreak culture
on the Commodore 64

GENIAC Kit Parts List and Modern Rebuild Guide

GENIAC Parts List
Modern Rebuild Guide

GENIAC Project List: Building Thinking Machines and Circuits

GENIAC Project List
Thinking Machines

GENIAC analogue computer kit with switches, wires, and glowing bulbs demonstrating electric brain logic

GENIAC and the
Electric Brain Revolution

Collections and Topic Journals

Some computing subjects deserve more than a single article. These collections have grown into living topic journals that gather together related computers, software, magazines, hardware, historical research and ongoing discoveries. Each serves as a central reference point that expands over time, allowing the story of a platform to unfold naturally rather than being confined to one page.

Commodore Computing

Everyone has their first love in computing, and Commodore was mine. From the humble VIC-20 and Commodore MAX Machine through to the legendary C64, C128 and Amiga, these systems shaped how I learned to program, create and think about computers. This collection brings together decades of articles, memories, software, magazines and ongoing discoveries celebrating one of the most influential families of home computers ever built.

Commodore C64
retro journal

Commodore C128
retro journal

Commodore C65
retro journal

Commodore MAX
Japanese Proto-C64

Commodore Amiga
retro journal

RetroGames A500
Mini journal

Vintage Computing Collection

Not every memorable computer wore a Commodore badge. This collection celebrates the remarkable machines, consoles and specialist systems that helped shape the history of computing, from pioneering portables and powerful workstations to educational kits and wonderfully eccentric commercial experiments. Each topic continues to grow as new research, stories and historical material are uncovered.

Bally Astrocade
8-bit journal

GENIAC Journal: Hands-On Analogue Computer Kit (1950s)

GENIAC Journal
Analogue Computer Kit

Adventure Vision
game console

IBM 5100
the first portable

Texas Instruments TI-92 retro-computer calculator

Amazing TI-92 has
officially gone retro

Sharp X68000
Computer

Cray Supercomputer
Quirky Furniture

Honeywell 200
Public Utility Computer

Honeywell 312
Kitchen Computer

Pixar Image Computer
graphics workstation

Burroughs B-280
ACT!ON computer

Hitachi 505
analogue computer

Retro-Computing

These articles explore individual machines, operating systems, software and forgotten technologies that caught my attention. Some were commercial successes, others spectacular failures, but each tells us something about how computing evolved.

Apple's Secret
Scorpius CPU

Microsoft Word v1.0
DOS Word Processor

Scorpion Game Enginer for the Commodore Amiga

Scorpion Amiga
Game Engine

Microsoft
Windows 1.0

Windows 10
Journal

Fred Fish collection
complete list

Amiga Public Domain
Fred Fish Disks

Can you think faster
than this machine?

Storyboard

These connected pieces extend the computing cluster into adjacent ideas: public domain software, workstation habits, demo culture, robotics, operating systems and the media worlds that shaped computer enthusiasm.