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
Amigram: development diary through Beta 0.1
From Bot API to Beta 0.1: the Amigram development diary, formerly Telegram Amiga, in 19 chapters.
VIC-20 and Portfolio: What Efficiency Means When You Have 3.5 KB
The Portfolio program on an unexpanded VIC-20 still teaches a current lesson: efficiency is not a slogan, it is representing the problem well under...
BebboSSH on AROS: When SSH Turns Retrocomputing Into a Real Lab
RetroLab: the AROS port of BebboSSH as practical infrastructure for developing, testing and automating on Amiga-like systems.
Amiga and PiStorm: Why Hybrid Machines Are the Liveliest Retrocomputing
PiStorm does not turn the Amiga into a disguised PC: it makes it a hybrid machine, useful for development, networking and real tests inside...
Telegram Amiga alpha 0.0.2: usability, stability and portability improvements for the MTProto client
Telegram Amiga alpha 0.0.2 brings a more usable native GUI to AmigaOS, MorphOS and AROS, with history paging, online chat search, persistent unread badges,...