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PDF downloads of old-school programming books for languages like BASIC.

Disk images of original games and programs. Old magnetic media is degrading and unique software is being lost. This site wants to prevent that.

Watch 1980's computer shows that were produced by the BBC for their Computer Literacy Project.

Many early IBM PC compatible games between 1981 and 1988 were known as PC booters. These games were distributed on 5¼" or, later, 3½", floppy disks that booted directly, meaning once they were inserted in the drive and the computer was turned on, a custom operating system on the diskette took over and ran the program. This was commonly used as a form of copy protection until it became obsolete as games grew larger.