A few months ago I was browsing aleatory looking for MSX related projects and found a very interesting Spanish website called “Vaderetro (Satanas)”… something like “go to hell, devil” in…

The saga to relive a dead SDMapper!

PCB and components arrived. So many packages, from US, Spain, Czech Republic and China. I bought two sets of PCBs, and they are slightly different. Checking the components and comparing…

My 20 years with Microsoft and almost 40 years of MSX Imagine you my dear friend, that in the early 80’s the PC was yet to be invented. The options…

Looking for cool projects to use with my MSX (and other vintage computers) I found the TZXDuino. It is basically a small board that combines the Arduino, a micro SD…

If you ever attempted to relive a “now vintage” C64 computer, there is a great chance that you just turned it on and got a full black (or full white)…

I’m working on a few side projects that are bringing my “old” 8 bit computers back to life. After some time without playing with them, I confess I’m amazed by…

Do you know what is a RC2014? It is a simple 8 bit Z80 based modular computer designed by Spencer Owen in the UK. It is inspired by the home…

This is the first post of the Let’s Build series. My intention is to share not only posts related to Microsoft software but also general technology subjects. My kids are…