retro computing

retro computing

The Cult of Coleco Adam

My second true computer, after the TI-99/4a, was the Coleco Adam [http://oldcomputers.net/adam.html]: I remember waiting in line in the snow with my Dad to get our hands on one of the first ADAM computers. Oh, the awful SmartBASIC programs I would write! I spent hours

By Jeff Atwood ·
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The Best of Creative Computing

In the process of researching a few recent blog entries, I found the amazing Atari Archives [http://www.atariarchives.org/]. The title is a little misleading; it isn't completely Atari specific. The archives contain incredible page-by-page high resolution images of many classic computer books, including The Best of

By Jeff Atwood ·
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