Retro-futuristic computing

I sometimes have fun imagining hardware, software and file formats that never were, but could have been.

This is more than an idle exercise. The Apollo Guidance Computer had a 16-bit CPU running at 2MHz, with 4K of RAM and 72K of ROM. Nowadays many of us carry millions of times more computing power literally in our back pockets, yet we seem hard-pressed to find worthy uses for it. We could do so much more with so much less, if only we'd care about what we do with computers, instead of treating them like toys to be fooled around with then thrown away. We'd be helping save the planet, too, by cutting down on the waste.

So here it goes. Allow yourself to dream.

ZX Nevermore

The perfect machine for your retro-futuristic computing needs. A computer that never was, but could have been.

C16M

The main competitor to the ZX Nevermore.

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