Don BarberFloppy-only PC with only blank floppies? No problem.Recently I picked up an original IBM PC off of Facebook marketplace. This was an IBM Model 5150: the PC that started it all. It came with a…9 min read·Aug 29, 2022--3--3
Don BarberPatching An Old OS for the New AltairI’ve really been enjoying the newly built Altair I described building from scratch in my recent posts. Many technologists can claim to have…8 min read·Jul 5, 2022----
Don BarberBuilding a new Altair: hardware debugging, bootstrapping, and success!One may have seen my earlier article about deciding to build up a 1975-style Altair 8800 from components. I left off saying parts were…8 min read·Apr 30, 2022----
Don BarberBuilding a New Altair, 1975-styleBack in 1975, the release of the Altair 8800 in Popular Mechanics heralded the arrival of the personal computer. Built around the Intel…7 min read·Mar 15, 2022----
Don BarberReverse Engineering MacWarsOne may have seen my prior post on Cracking a 35 Year-Old Macintosh Game, wherein I describe cracking Star Trek: The Kobayashi Alternative…11 min read·May 17, 2021----
Don BarberCracking a 35 year old Macintosh GameOne may recall my last post on Reviving a Dead Mac Classic, wherein I repair a damaged Mac Classic. After getting it running again, I…5 min read·May 2, 2021----
Don BarberReviving a Dead Macintosh ClassicFor the past few years, I’ve had an empty Macintosh Classic shell on a table behind me in my home office, the result of a Macquarium…7 min read·Feb 17, 2021----