From the clatter of ZX Spectrums to the disciplined prose of the Amstrad CPC, this shootout dives deep into the best word processors of the 1980s. We compare Tasword, Protext, Brunword and more to reveal how they shaped a generation’s writing habits—escape codes and all.
In 1980s Spain, kids didn’t just play games — they copied them, hacked them, and built a golden age of bedroom-born code. This is the punk history of Spain’s homegrown 8-bit rebellion.
Before the internet was a marketplace, France built a public information commons. From Minitel to school-issued TO7s, this is the story of how the Republic once taught its children to code — and imagined a civic internet.
From ceiling-fanned classrooms to late-night BBS logins, Australia’s 8-bit era was hot, dusty, and fiercely DIY. Discover how the MicroBee and mail-order micros shaped a unique chapter of home computing history.
Before downloads became instant, gaming was an act of patience, hope, and whirring cassette decks. Sophie Calder takes us back to an era where every screech and shimmer held the promise of a new pixelated world — and why those rituals still matter today
In 1986, AI on home computers was a fantasy—until Amstrads and Artificial Intelligence made it real. Discover how an 8-bit machine with just 64K of RAM ran poetry generators, translators, and learning algorithms decades before today’s AI revolution.
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