A comprehensive buyer's guide for the PC-9800 series, a Japan-exclusive computer line. It advises potential buyers on hardware selection across different generations, recommends emulation for casual users, and warns against purchasing aged laptops due to reliability issues. The guide emphasizes the need for technical knowledge in MS-DOS, disk imaging, and system configuration before attempting physical hardware ownership.
Two new retro computing organizations have launched in northern New England: Derek Lemay's New England RetroFest, occurring October 24, 2026 in Concord, New Hampshire with $10 general admission, and Mark Leaman's Maine Vintage Computer Society, which held its first virtual meeting and plans future in-person meetups near Brunswick, Maine starting after the RetroFest.
Commodore's Amiga Unix, a historically underdog operating system, is experiencing a modern revival after years of obscurity. The project represents renewed interest in preserving and updating legacy computing platforms for contemporary use.
Amiga Unix (Amix), Commodore's 1990s System V implementation, is being revived by the amigaux.org community project with modern toolchain support, package management, and drivers for classic and accelerator hardware. The project supports 68040/68060 processors, various Zorro cards, and provides installation via floppy/CD with remote package installation, with X11 and Mesa in development.