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title: "Retro Computing, Vintage Hardware & FPGA | moonweb"
section: "retro"
tags: "retro"
description: "Physical retro hardware collection, Raspberry Pi units, Pi 400, and vintage computing setups."
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sections:
  - heading: "Atari ST Corner"
    cards:
      - title: "🖥️ The Mega ST Fleet"
        summary: "Three Mega ST 4 machines and a Mega ST 2, each with a clearly defined role from heirloom to workstation."
        href: "/retro/atari-mega-st-fleet/"
      - title: "⚡ ET4000 Experiment"
        summary: "Why bolting a graphics card onto a Mega ST overloads a 1980s power supply, and what actually solved the resolution problem."
        href: "/retro/et4000-experiment/"
      - title: "📺 Monitor Compatibility"
        summary: "The 15kHz problem explained, and which modern monitor panels actually cooperate with Atari colour modes."
        href: "/retro/atari-monitor-compatibility/"
      - title: "🔌 Networking & BBS"
        summary: "Getting an Atari ST online via STinG and Wi-Fi modem hardware, and dialing into classic bulletin board systems."
        href: "/retro/atari-networking-bbs/"
  - heading: "Amiga Corner"
    cards:
      - title: "💾 AmigaOS on Modern Platforms"
        summary: "Running AmigaOS 3.2.3 on MiSTer FPGA versus Amiberry on a Raspberry Pi, and the HDF pitfalls to avoid."
        href: "/retro/amiga-modern-platforms/"
      - title: "🥧 The PiMiga Journey"
        summary: "Three generations of the PiMiga distro compared, and why the newest release isn't automatically the best one."
        href: "/retro/pimiga-journey/"
      - title: "⚔️ Vampire, A600GS or MiSTer"
        summary: "Why comparing modern Amiga hardware by benchmark numbers alone is actively misleading."
        href: "/retro/amiga-hardware-landscape/"
      - title: "📦 The A1200"
        summary: "What's confirmed so far about Retro Games Ltd.'s upcoming Amiga 1200 console, ahead of its 2026 launch."
        href: "/retro/the-a1200/"
  - heading: "FPGA & Emulation"
    cards:
      - title: "🧩 MiST and MiSTer"
        summary: "Two FPGA boards with two very different personalities, and why the newer one doesn't win every category."
        href: "/retro/mist-mister-fpga/"
      - title: "🛋️ Batocera in the Living Room"
        summary: "The couch-friendly, software-emulation counterpart to the FPGA rigs, covering everything from Atari ST to arcade."
        href: "/retro/batocera-living-room/"
      - title: "🕹️ Mini Arcades & Handhelds"
        summary: "A buyer's guide to compact retro gaming devices, and how to spot a bootleg clone before you buy one."
        href: "/retro/mini-arcade-handheld-roundup/"
  - heading: "DOS & PC"
    cards:
      - title: "💻 The 486 DX2-66"
        summary: "A complete DOS environment rebuilt 1:1 on MiSTer FPGA, down to the original AUTOEXEC.BAT."
        href: "/retro/dos-486-tower/"
  - heading: "Overview"
    cards:
      - title: "🏠 The Retro Corner Today"
        summary: "A room-by-room snapshot of every retro system currently active across the home."
        href: "/retro/retro-corner-snapshot/"

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<h1>Retro Computing</h1>
<p class="site-intro">Hardware I've collected and kept running over the years. From Atari ST and Amiga to MiSTer FPGA and DOS environments.</p>

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