Category Archives: Nostalgia

Z80 End-Of-Life

Posted on 2024-04-29 by M. Eric Carr

Zilog has announced that the Z80 processor will go EOL. Almost fifty years is a pretty good run, for a CPU. Continue reading →

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“It’s 2024!”

Posted on 2024-01-24 by M. Eric Carr

In first grade, I attended a school musical play about The Future. It was called “2024.” What would 1980s-me think of the real year 2024? Continue reading →

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Low-Performance Computing

Posted on 2023-11-30 by M. Eric Carr

The Craig M100 Translator might just be the world’s *slowest* electronic calculator. (Video) Continue reading →

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Mini Museum: TRS-80 Model 200

Posted on 2023-02-06 by M. Eric Carr

The Tandy 200 — the Model 100’s larger brother. Continue reading →

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