RetroLab is AndroidLab's section for living retrocomputing: not a dusty museum, but a lab built around real machines, strange systems, ports, unlikely clients and hardware that still teaches useful lessons.
This is where Amiga, Commodore, VIC-20, C64, Spectrum, AROS, MorphOS, PiStorm, FPGA boards, old CPUs and new bridges belong. The limit is not a defect here. It is the test bench.
What belongs in RetroLab
- development and ports on retro or alternative systems;
- experiments with Amiga, Commodore, Spectrum, AROS and MorphOS;
- technical reflections on efficiency, constraints and machine control;
- real but improbable software stories, including modern clients on non-modern platforms;
- tests, notes and engineering diary entries from the retro lab.
RetroLab starts from a simple idea: retrocomputing is not only nostalgia. Understanding the machine still makes you better when you work on today's systems.
My projects
- Telegram Amiga: A native Telegram client for AmigaOS, MorphOS and AROS, available as an alpha.
Article and downloads · Code on GitHub - EdgeSnap: Window snapping and layout for Amiga systems and AROS, with a separate version for classic 68k Amigas.
Article and downloads · Code on GitHub · Classic Amiga code - BebboSSH AROS: An AROS i386, x86_64 and aarch64 port of Stefan “Bebbo” Franke’s SSH and SFTP suite.
Article and downloads · Code on GitHub - Kaffeine: Open-source infrastructure for running Amiga 68k software on AROS; the first ARM64 preview is experimental.
Article and downloads · Code on GitHub
Latest RetroLab articles
Telegram Amiga 0.0.91: photo captions and GUI
Telegram Amiga 0.0.91 adds photo captions, refines the GUI, improves cache reliability and sets the roadmap toward beta 0.1.0.
Telegram Amiga alpha 0.0.9: inline photos, viewer, JPEG sending and forwarding
Telegram Amiga 0.0.9: inline photos, viewer, JPEG sending, forwarding, configurable cache, decode priority and dithering on AmigaOS 3.x/4.x, MorphOS, AROS.
Telegram Amiga alpha 0.0.8: Transfers Without Blocking
Telegram Amiga 0.0.8 makes transfers non-blocking and adds multi-DC files, drag-and-drop, local search, clickable URLs and AfA/GUI fixes.
Telegram Amiga alpha 0.0.7 makes large file transfers reliable on Amiga-like systems
Telegram Amiga alpha 0.0.7 adds robust streaming transfers, live progress, retries and cancellation, plus GUI editing, TUI drag-and-drop and five platform builds.
Telegram Amiga alpha 0.0.6 brings file sharing to AmigaOS, MorphOS and AROS
Telegram Amiga alpha 0.0.6 adds file upload and download up to 10 MB, Saved Messages as a cloud transfer drawer and a cleaner Workbench...
Telegram Amiga alpha 0.0.5 brings avatars, mentions and optional own-screen mode
Telegram Amiga alpha 0.0.5 adds real avatars, @-mention autocomplete, optional own-screen mode and a cleaner drawer across AmigaOS, MorphOS and AROS.
Telegram Amiga alpha 0.0.4: edit/delete, live read receipts and correct timestamps
Telegram Amiga 0.0.4 adds message editing and deletion, near real-time read receipts, multi-device sync and corrected timestamps across AmigaOS, MorphOS and AROS.
Retro and hybrid systems: when the lab matters more than nostalgia
RetroLab on why VIC-20, PiStorm, AROS and Telegram Amiga matter when old systems become a real technical lab, not just nostalgia.
Telegram Amiga alpha 0.0.3: native replies, checkmarks and a smoother GUI
Telegram Amiga alpha 0.0.3 adds native replies, Telegram-style graphical checkmarks, faster read-state refresh, flicker-free double-buffered drawing and clearer packages for AmigaOS, MorphOS and AROS.
Telegram Amiga Gets a GUI: Alpha 0.0.1 on AmigaOS, MorphOS and AROS
Telegram Amiga reaches alpha 0.0.1 with a native GUI and packages for AmigaOS 3.x, AmigaOS 4.x, MorphOS, AROS i386 and AROS x86_64.
Telegram on Amiga in 2026: Why Start from a Diagnostic Client
Before chasing a full Telegram client on Amiga, the diagnostic client tests the hard parts: network, TLS, JSON, polling, sending messages and portability.
Telegram Amiga Becomes MTProto: The Shift from Bot API to a Real Client
Telegram Amiga moves from a diagnostic Bot API experiment to a real MTProto client: login, local session, dialogs, history and messages on Amiga-like systems.