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Paul Lefebvre
Personal blog · goto10retro.comhistoryhardwaregames
Paul Lefebvre writes Goto 10, a personal blog at goto10retro.com about history, hardware and games. Since 2023, 14 different Hacker News readers have linked it 151 times, most often “A Look at Some Retro Desktop Graphical User Interfaces”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-29, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Retro computing blog by Paul Lefebvre. Commenters link posts on an Atari ST digital magazine and the inflation-adjusted cost of a 1995 custom PC build.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
All things Atari (consoles, 8-bit computers and the ST) plus Apple, Commodore and other retro favorites.
Most-linked posts?
- A Look at Some Retro Desktop Graphical User Interfaces3 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2026-03-26
- Reminiscing About Retro3 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2025-07-23
- APX Forth: A Surprise3 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2026-10-08
- An Atari 8-bit Computer Timeline3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2026-04-08
- When Computers Were Magic3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2026-09-10
- I tried vibe coding in BASIC and it didn't go well3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2025-07-10
- The 800XL – full-size mechanical keyboard, a working cartridge slot, HDMI output2 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2026-10-14
- The Atari 800 – By Paul Lefebvre2 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2026-05-07
- New England RetroFest and the Maine Vintage Computer Society2 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2026-09-18
- The Atari 1200XL – By Paul Lefebvre2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2026-04-23
What Hacker News says?
Somebody commented in the post that the little devil logo is Beastie: https://www.goto10retro.com/p/faster-atari-st-digital-magazi... Interesting that it shows up on an Atari ST magazine. Maybe somebody there was a BSD fan in 1987?
Comment linking /p/faster-atari-st-digital-magazine/comment/78088797
on “FaSTer: Atari ST Digital Magazine”Submitted I tried vibe coding in BASIC and it didn't go well as a story · 160 points
HN discussionI'm not happy about the, most likely temporary, price increases, but come on, it has never been an accessible hobby. It has always been an elitist, expensive hobby. Console game is the cheap way into gaming. Here is 1995 custom PC build. Adjusted for inflation, it would be $4,276.37 today. https://www.goto10retro.com/p/building-a-pc-in-1995 And it doesn't even have a gaming video card. You'd have to throw in another…
Comment linking /p/building-a-pc-in-1995
on “The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else”Submitted Atari Means Business with the Mega ST as a story · 154 points
HN discussionSubmitted Dad’s Custom Atari Peripherals as a story · 148 points
HN discussionSubmitted Atari Falcon030 as a story · 145 points
HN discussionSubmitted ST Book, the Notebook Atari ST as a story · 118 points
HN discussionSubmitted Altair at 50: Remembering the first Personal Computer as a story · 111 points
HN discussionSubmitted FaSTer: Atari ST Digital Magazine as a story · 108 points
HN discussionSubmitted Atari 520ST Review in Creative Computing – By Paul Lefebvre as a story · 100 points
HN discussionSubmitted Action was the best 8-bit programming language as a story · 92 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Atari 1200XL fiasco as a story · 85 points
HN discussionSubmitted 40 Years of the Amiga as a story · 84 points
HN discussionSubmitted Sublogic Flight Simulator as a story · 79 points
HN discussionSubmitted About Asteroids, Atari's biggest arcade hit as a story · 66 points
HN discussionSubmitted Tempted by the Dark Side, I now have a Commodore 128 as a story · 66 points
HN discussionSubmitted My original Palm IIIx as a story · 61 points
HN discussionSubmitted When Computer Magazines Were Everywhere as a story · 57 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Atari 7800 as a story · 55 points
HN discussionSubmitted What ever happened to Modula-2? as a story · 49 points
HN discussionSubmitted Atari 2600+ vs. Atari 7800+ – Which Should You Get? as a story · 38 points
HN discussionSubmitted Action was the best 8-bit programming language as a story · 37 points
HN discussionSubmitted Atari ST 40th Anniversary as a story · 31 points
HN discussionSubmitted Computer Cousins: The Atari ST and DOS PCs as a story · 28 points
HN discussionSubmitted Looking at the Atari 400 Part 1 – By Paul Lefebvre as a story · 26 points
HN discussionSubmitted 40 Years of the Amiga, from Commodore as a story · 19 points
HN discussionSubmitted The 800XL – full-size mechanical keyboard, a working cartridge slot, HDMI output as a story · 18 points
HN discussionSubmitted Atari TT: The affordable workstation – by Paul Lefebvre as a story · 14 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Coleco Adam: An 8-Bit Personal Computer Failure as a story · 10 points
HN discussionSubmitted I tried Vibe coding in BASIC and it didn't go well as a story · 9 points
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