A project has cloned the Apple II Plus, but instead of using emulation, it goes the harder route by rebuilding Apple's ...

While old Apple hardware is mostly long-gone, there are ways to run some of your antique software on your current Mac. Here's how to get started emulating old Apple computers on your new machine. At ...

What’s more fun than porting an old game released for an old system such as the Apple IIgs to its 10-year-older predecessor, the Apple II from 1977? Cue [Deater]’s port of the classic video game ...

As various antique computers age, it becomes increasingly hard to operate them as hardware begins to physically fail. Keeping these systems up and running often requires scavenging parts from other ...

Disclaimer: After hearing about Steve Jobs’s taking a medical leave of absence–and after my dealing with some of my own inner demons–I’m waxing a little nostalgic for this week’s Casual Friday. It was ...

The Olimex Neo6502pc is a modern mini computer designed to run some very old software. At its heart is a single-board computer that features a 6.25 MHz W65C02 processor that’s similar to the 6502 chip ...

Jason Scott is an archivist and the enthusiasm for what he curates is the kind ascribed to 15th-century manuscripts or Jamestown colony artifacts – not software on obsolete floppy disks written for a ...

Back in the 1980s, a lot of people wanted to own an Apple II, the first blockbuster product from the company cofounded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. But certain electronics manufacturers based in ...

This will take you back to your Oregon Trail days. Photo: Rocky Bergen Even amid the three-quarters of a million residents of Winnipeg, Canada, Rocky Bergen felt alone when it came to his love of ...

It was my birthday, 1984. I’d spent the better part of a month convincing Dad that a new computer would help me. I’d use it for homework. I’d learn how to program. Oh, who was I kidding? I wanted to ...