My first experience of programming computers was on a Sinclair ZX80 in the Autumn of 1980 when my dad borrowed one from a colleague for half-term week.  I was hooked.

Then my family got a Video Genie (a TRS-80 clone) for Christmas that year.  That started me on a path that lead to my current career.

I now collect old computers from the 8-bit era that got me into computing in the first place:

My collection

Here are my main posts about my old computers:

• Amstrad CPC: repairing disk drives
• Video Genie: nostalgia and repairs/enhancements
• Commodore PET: fault diagnosis
• TRS-80: Model III and repairs
• Osborne 1: index page
• RetroMatic 2000: an attempt to interface old and new hardware: index page

To browse all my retro-computing posts, follow the retro category.