People have been emulating classic computers and games consoles on Raspberry Pi since we launched back in 2012. For those of us who bough our first hardware in the 1980s, this is a fun way to take a trip down memory lane, but our relatively modest CPU performance restricted us to third – and fourth -generation platforms. Anything with 3d graphics hardware was pretty much out of the question
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Miss 8-Bit Gaming? Revive 80s Commodore 64 Computer Using Raspberry Pi International Business Times UK To that end, a group of Commodore fans are working on a new emulator with the ability to turn the Raspberry Pi £30 computer into a fully functioning Commodore 64 fresh from the 1980s. The Commodore 64 was an 8-bit home computer considered as a
Google partnership will see thousands of UK children get Raspberry Pis The Guardian Upton argues the Raspberry Pi exemplified the spirit of a more open era where users could more readily program their devices. “In the 1980s people bought 8-bit computers like the ZX Spectrum and the BBC Micro,” he said.
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Google partnership will see thousands of UK children get Raspberry Pis – The Guardian