This time I want to start with a big thank you to Franco Sassaro of Microsystem Engineering for this important donation of vintage computers, electronic equipment, PC cards, development tools and material used during his professional activity. Everything is […]
In this article I provide two Word templates to create and print 3.5 and 5.25 inch floppy disk covers. The files were created by Massimiliano Gnecchi, who I thank for sharing them with ValorosoIT users. Cover […]
Anyone who grew up in front of a PC with MS-DOS, a Commodore 64 or an 8-bit console knows well the difficulty of starting video games of the time today. You need to recover the files, install an emulator and correctly configure […]
In this article I show how I restored an original Competition Pro joystick (dated November 1990), starting from a dirty specimen with some directions not working, up to the final test on a Commodore 64 with dedicated software. The joystick does not […]
The Sound Blaster Clone sound cards, made by David E Larsson in Sweden, are replicas of the original Sound Blaster sound cards, with some improvements geared towards compatibility and sound quality. In this article, we analyze in detail the two [...]
In the world of retrocomputing, modern interfaces and innovations allow us to breathe new life into our beloved vintage computers. During Varese RetroComputing 2024, a reference event for fans of historical technologies, I interviewed Lorenzo Bolla, creator of the [...]