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<p class="MsoNormal">This Wiki shows (off) my collection of computers from the 1980's and early 90's and my experience of programming them.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This Wiki is dedicated to computers from the 1980's and early 90's and my experience of programming them.  The ones currently illustrated are from my collection but if you have others please feel free to add a page and a picture and add your own programming or other experiences of these old beasts.</p>
   
<p class="MsoNormal">Please feel free to add your own programming or other experiences of these old beasts.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you do start another computer page please put your signature on it so I know it's not mine!</p>
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As this Wiki is not about the hardware, only the basic specification of the machines are given with links to sites where you can get much more detail. However, If I have anything interesting to write I will.
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As this Wiki is not primarily about the hardware, only the basic specification of the machines are given with links to sites where you can get much more detail. However, If I have anything interesting to write, I will.
   
 
PS - Some of the pictures are a bit crabby as my photographic skills are sub-optimal; but I will replace the worst ones eventually!
 
PS - Some of the pictures are a bit crabby as my photographic skills are sub-optimal; but I will replace the worst ones eventually!
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Sinclair Computers
 
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*[[Tatung Einstein]]
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*[[Sinclair Z88]]
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*[[Commodore 64C]]
 
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Latest revision as of 21:33, 8 May 2014

Welcome to the Retro Computers Wiki (Started Apr 2014)

BBC

This Wiki is dedicated to computers from the 1980's and early 90's and my experience of programming them.  The ones currently illustrated are from my collection but if you have others please feel free to add a page and a picture and add your own programming or other experiences of these old beasts.

If you do start another computer page please put your signature on it so I know it's not mine!

As this Wiki is not primarily about the hardware, only the basic specification of the machines are given with links to sites where you can get much more detail. However, If I have anything interesting to write, I will.

PS - Some of the pictures are a bit crabby as my photographic skills are sub-optimal; but I will replace the worst ones eventually!


Contents

Acorn Computers

Sinclair Computers

Mobile Computers

Micro-Professor

Tatung Computers

Commodore

Other


About Programming




The end for now




Controlling Things

Computers that time forgot that I want


Random snippet


300 DEFPROCiterate
301 LOCAL iter%,test
310 WHILE iter%<101 AND test<5
320 s0= x0*x0 - x1*x1 - x2*x2 - x3*x3 - 0.745
330 s1= x0*x1 + x1*x0 + x2*x3 - x3*x2 + 0.113
340 s2= x0*x2 - x1*x3 + x2*x0 + x3*x1 + 0.01
350 s3= x0*x3 + x1*x2 - x2*x1 + x3*x0 + 0.01
360 x0=s0:x1=s1:x2=s2:x3=s3
370 test=(x1*x1+x2*x2+x3*x3+x0*x0)
380 color%=iter%:iter%=iter%+1
390 ENDWHILE
400 ENDPROC

Random Old Fact


Kernel = Key Entry Read Network and Link