Category Archives: Retro Computing

Digital Apollo – the story of the first computers in space

Digital Apollo book covers the computer technology of the Apollo space missions
Digital Apollo book covers the computer technology of the Apollo space missions

Have you ever thought about how amazing it was when the Apollo space missions actually took someone to the moon considering that they didn’t have the fancy technology we have today? This book recounts the design and use of the on-board Apollo digital computers.
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Build your own FPGA based Amiga 500 clone

An Amiga 500 designed in an FPGA
The Amiga 500 was one of the very popular “non-IBM” choices back in the day thanks to its great selection of games powered by then-cutting-edge graphics chips and incredible stereo sound processors. If you long for the days of the Amiga and have a desire to build a project, this open-source hardware design might just what you need!
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