1983: Apple releases the Lisa, the first commercial computer with a graphical user interface (GUI) — the advance that would finally make computers usable by people with no special training. It doesn't ...

Alas the latest isn’t the greatest It might be cheap but sometimes it’s nasty. Jack Schofield offers a guide to the first-time buyer. 20 October 1983 Choosing a home micro is difficult — probably more ...

Continuing my dust-covered crusade against modern unboxings, here’s another vintage unboxing, in which an Atari 800XL from 1983 is transferred lovingly from the packaging to the outside world. The ...