In a somewhat expected and inevitable move, Sony has announced that starting in January 2028 they will no longer be releasing any of their games on physical discs. Even though I don’t own a PlayStation 5, this is probably the beginning of the end for physical media for other consoles, as all it takes is one company to get the ball rolling.

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The Vintage Computer Federation hosted the VCF Montréal event on January 24th and 25th, 2026. This was the first time that I have ever attended this type of event, and it has been something that I have wanted to do for a long time. I was originally planning on attending the VCF Midwest event in September of 2025, but recent events changed my plans. I had a great time, but unfortunately it was cut short due to circumstances beyond my control.

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The 8-Bit Guy recently posted a video about the history of the Atari 8-Bit computers, and the impact that they had on the industry. I was never the biggest fan of Atari consoles when I was a kid, mostly because more modern consoles were available by the time I was playing games. I was not aware of the extra capabilities of these computers, mostly because there was little documentation available in the pre-Internet era, and I was too young to know how to program.

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I recently saw a post about the newest release of FreeDOS and I wanted to take some time and see how well it works in 2022 on a laptop that was designed to run it from the late MS-DOS era.

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I have been collecting retro computers for the last few years, mostly replacing devices that I have owned since the early 2000’s that I have gotten rid of. I spent a lot of time moving around between 2004 and 2011, and I wasn’t always able to store things easily, so I got into the habit of traveling light.

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The 8-Bit Guy has been working on a comprehensive history and review of the Commodore Computer family starting from the Commodore PET to the Commodore 64, all the way to the Commodore C128. I admit that I am complete nerd and I find this entire video series very interesting, mostly because for a brief time when I was a kid, I had a Commodore 64, and it was technically the first computer that I ever owned.

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