The ingenuity of combining open-source and open hardware in retro computing is a force of creativity and marvel these days. One of the conundrums with running old computers nowadays is how you display video. I love CRT monitors; I’m a proud owner of a classic 1084S that I use with my C128DCR, but they’re not easy to find in good condition, are expensive, and are increasingly prone to failure with passing years.| Celso Martinho
This is a story about restoring and upgrading a Commodore Amiga 1000, the first model of the Amiga series. Many of you might be familiar with the popular Amiga 500 or later models, but the Commodore Amiga 1000 was actually the first model of the Amiga series produced. I consider the A1000 a significant piece of home computing history. Arguably one of the most important machines of the 16-bit revolution period, considered by many to be the first multimedia computer, it marked the beginning of ...| celso.io