Quantum physics, Retro computing and Geeky stuff
In the previous post, I finally took the time to announce the creation of the Quantum-Bits Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@quantum-bits-org. The first videos, published almost a year ago, were dedicated to ...
I haven’t posted for quite some time. Actually … over a year. It’s been challenging and very difficult times, where I had to take care of the health of both ...
France is a strange country. We tend to argue about anything. Nonsensical – yet tenacious – “troll wars” have been raging for years, for the naming of delicious viennoiseries or ...
In a previous post, I presented the restoration of an Apple IIc that I acquired a couple of months ago. Since it was my first steps with an Apple II ...
It’s been over 5 months since my last vintage computer acquisition. In the meantime, I had a lot of fun with RecalBox 9, emulating tons of oldies. But now, we ...
It’s been a couple of months since my last vintage computer acquisition. I have been hunting for a DDI-1 external disk drive and a Vortex internal expansion RAM card for ...
Last year, right on time for MARCHintosh 2022, I acquired my very first classic Macintosh, that I have been enjoying ever since. But the vintage-computing fever troubled my mind, pushing ...
At the end on the previous post (on the Matra-Hachette Alice 90) I was left with an open question: which vintage computer shall I work on next ? I had ...
After the short LEGO break from last post, let’s go back to vintage computers. I had explored a few 16-bit computers (Atari ST and Mac Plus), so I decided to ...
Let’s take a (short) break from quantum-computing and retro-computing. LEGO sets have been an important part of my childhood. I believe I started having fun with LEGO bricks while I ...
After months of hard work restoring a Macintosh Plus, this time, I sailed towards more familiar shores: the Atari 1040STF. I owned an Atari 1040STF back in the late 80’s ...
I am an Apple Fanboy. Always been. Nevertheless, it took me a long time to actually own an Apple device. The first Mac I ever bought was a 12″ PowerBook ...
Let’s go a little further into retro-computing. After these first steps with the Sinclair ZX81 and ZX Spectrum, if was time for another British 8bit computer from the 80’s: the ...
Let’s take a (short) break from vintage computers. As a consequence to the COVID-19 pandemics and lock-downs, home-office turned from an occasional to a day-to-day way of working. We had ...
After my first baby steps into the retro-computing world with a ZX81, I thought I should add a new member to the family. In memory of the late Lord Sinclair, ...