When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. "Computers aren't the thing," the new TV spot for AMC's Halt and Catch Fire notes. "They're the ...

The return of scrunchies and shoulder pads and the popularity of throwback shows such as “Stranger Things” left you pining for the 1980s? Now there’s a place you can go to actually relive the days ...

For most people, the IBM name is a fragment of the past, something that only comes up in old '80s sci-fi movies or in documentaries of ancient tech. The company's still up and running, and it does ...

Ah, the '80s. They may not have had the Internet revolution yet, but computers were still major characters in some of the biggest movies of the time. According to this supercut of '80s films — think ...

The dawn of the personal computer in the 1970s promised the greatest change in American instructional methods since the 19th century—which is when schools began to use standardized textbooks. While ...

August 3, 1977: The Tandy TRS-80 personal computer makes its debut. The first affordable, mass-market computer gives the Apple 1 some serious competition. The success of Tandy’s TRS-80 built on the ...

I can’t remember exactly when my teenage fascination with computers collided with the federal government, but I will never forget the morning in 1983 when two FBI agents showed up on my parents’ ...

[Alex Zaikin] made a modern reproduction of an early-80s Soviet hobbyist home computer. Although the design was open, indeed it was published in “Radio” magazine, the project was a mammoth undertaking ...

The 1980s were a great decade, especially for groundbreaking tech innovations. It gave us consumer electronics like the Sony Walkman, compact discs, and mobile phones, and also introduced medical ...

Even massive Sega fans would be forgiven for not being too familiar with the Sega AI Computer. After all, the usually obsessive documentation over at Sega Retro includes only the barest stub of an ...

My father, an electronics engineer by trade, was restless for most of his life. He constantly sought novel experiences, and he often grew bored with gadgets and machines. As a result, he was known to ...