Retro Dream

oh yea, legendary adventure :)

Good old machines, we all wanted at least one of them back then

I think MSX had really interesting and underrated capabilities, and their BASIC was arguably the best.

The GEM Little Green Desktop of the Atari ST has become iconic for a generation of 1980s micro computer users

I like programming in BASIC on my various MSX systems.
The output you see here is the result of all possible characters from this simple loop:

FOR I=32 TO 255
PRINT CHR$(I);
NEXT

King's Quest III on IBM PS/2 model 30

Thanks a lot for the positive words

And I coveted both of those when only my friends had them

Oh yes, these were the days !

Playing golf on my Toshiba HX-21 Pasopia MSX.
This was the second line of Pasopia machines, released by Toshiba in 1985.
Isn't it a beauty, with its black & white contrasted keyboard?
For more about MSX machines, this is part of my collection: youtu.be/MyS7dnxBTi0

I had the 1512 before that.
Thanks for sharing your experience!

King's Quest, Amstrad PC 1640.
Here's my take on the Amstrad PC line: youtu.be/3WJUpNgOx_c

CPU: Zilog Z80A (Sharp LH0080A)

Clock speed: 3.579 MHz

RAM: 32 KB

VRAM: 16 KB

ROM: 32 KB (MSX BASIC + firmware utilities)

Operating system: MSX BASIC v1.0

Graphics (MSX1 standard)

Resolution: 256 × 192 pixels

Colors: 16 colors

Sound chip: AY-3-8910 compatible (PSG)

Sorry for the throwing of games!
But I can assure you they were unscathed :)
I don't have any of those you mentioned.
Yashica, Toshiba HX-10 and 21, Yamaha, Philips, Hitachi, Sanyo

Sorry for the throwing of games!
But I can assure you they were unscathed :)
I don't have any of those you mentioned.
Yashica, Toshiba HX-10 and 21, Yamaha, Philips, Hitachi, Sanyo

The Hitachi H21 is one of the newest additions to my MSX computer shelf.
No less than 40 years separate it from my first #MSX Yashica YC-64.
This is my tribute to both these machines: youtu.be/MyS7dnxBTi0
Your comments welcome!

Now this is the French corner of my studio, where sits the Thomson TO7/70 seen here running L'Aigle D'Or, THE game of 1985 in France.
It takes 15 minutes to load from cassette tape. As a kid back then, I anxiously waited these 15 minutes, knowing that it could crash at any time.

What...Model is that?

Would love to know that!

Haha yes, but here the question is: which one. Because even the 5150 could do it in 1983

That reminds me I need to install Windows, and OS/2

Nice one too!

2133 ?

Yes, it can run Doom!! 😀

IBM PS/1 Model 2133/486.
Photo shot in my studio. Retro setups, CRT scanlines, genuine hardware, floppy disks, ball mouse and wild joystick.

For more authentic retro, visit
youtube.com/@RetroDream

Wow, that's something. Quite an experience!

Both of them!

I didn't try that one but it would be interesting to. Thanks for sharing!

Hehe 😀

Thanks 😊

I have wanted it for a very long time too :)