We’ve reached a tipping point with technology that ‘decent processor power is cheap, we’ve had decades of development of software, and real synthesizers haven’t moved on much’. Or to sell them for loads of money… What can ‘junk’ computers do? It is possible to find uses for retro computers – when I started this site, those were the old ones people were throwing out – but for the most part, owners of Commodores and Amigas, Ataris, Sinclairs and Apple IIs just want them to be what they were when they were new. If it’s a design icon, comes from the ’80s or earlier, or you haven’t heard of the company making it or a few years, it’s retro. If it is based on an Intel (or compatible AMD) processor, runs Windows or Mac OS primarily, and isn’t supported by the latest software or updates, you can consider it ‘old’. What’s retro, and what’s old?įortunately, defining what’s old, and junk, and what’s retro and valuable has become a lot easier as all of the computer companies of the ’70s and ’80s died off. Like everything on GeeXtreme, this page will evolve as I try new things, find interesting bits of kit or get distracted – consider it an outline. Technology from the same era is equally cheap – and some of it’s pretty powerful, because today’s trash was yesterday’s cutting edge platform.
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