The Book 8088 was a neat experiment, but as a clone of the original IBM PC, it was pretty limited in what it could do. Early MS-DOS apps and games worked fine, and the very first Windows versions ran… ...

If you’re on the US East Coast, you should head on over to Wall, NJ and check out the Vintage Computer Festival East. After all, [Brian Kernighan] is going to be there. Yes, that [Brian Kernighan].

Nostalgia's hot with restoring MS-DOS era PC's and building Sleeper's. I spoke with "PC Philantrophy" today and he's planning road trip to buy interesting 90's / early 2000's towers scouted on CL ...

Spec Showdown: The Original IBM 5150 vs. Today's PCs Just for kicks, let's compare the specs of the 1981-vintage computer that inspired the birth of PC Magazine to some modern-day desktops.

If you’ve got thousands of dollars, lots of storage space, and a fetish for old, musty computers, then this is the auction of your wet dreams. Check it. 6,000 pounds worth of vintage computer goodness ...

Photo: Drew Dalzell Cutting-edge computer setups are cool. Vintage computer museums are also cool. But do you know what’s super-cool? Both. Together. Los Angeles-based sound designer Drew Dalzell sent ...

Old parts such as EPROMs will often find themselves for sale on sites such as eBay, where they are sometimes snapped up by retrocomputing enthusiasts in search of interesting code. Vintage Computer ...