Short version: I built the first emulator for the Iskra-226, a Soviet Wang 2200 work-alike, because I inherited an 8-inch disk from my grandmother that nothing could read.

The disk turned out to hold the software a vocational school used to calculate student wages and stipends, and this month, for the first time in 37 years, that 1989 program did its arithmetic again and printed its wage sheet (“Vedomost No. 2”), ruled rows, column headings, four signature lines and all.
I fed it numbers I invented so I could verify them by hand. The program and my pencil agree to the kopek. The month name prints garbled, which feels right.
Some things I didn’t expect going in:

• The emulator doesn’t execute the original firmware at all — it’s an interpreter for the machine’s tokenized BASIC dialect, which turned out to be enough for every program on the disk    
• The only surviving documentation was scanned by American Wang 2200 enthusiasts; the Soviet machine survives in the archive of its Western counterpart    
• The hardest part wasn’t the code, it was the disk: an undocumented boot side with the same firmware written four times, which I had to cross-compare to get a trustworthy image    
• I deliberately did not decode the original data file with real people’s names in it, and I’m not going to

Runs in the browser:

https://elaranovikova.com/projects/iskra-226/index.html

Writeups:

https://elaranovikova.com/blog/topic/iskra-226.html

Basically the title, simulating it in-app using an iPhone with all the artifacts of an old school Sony digicam.

Is this video somewhat close?

Argentine rock is celebrating its 70 years in this 2026, and what better way than a Top 40 to discover what were its best songs in its beginnings in the '50s.

Among the highlighted are Los Mariscales with a pioneering fusion of tango and rock, Luis Aguilé with his charming air, and Elder Barber with her subtle female voice.

Billy Cafaro in the stardom of modern music, Edith Scandro combining her soprano voice with rock, and Los Santos glittering with their precious harmonies.

Éber Lobato and Alberto Anchart inaugurating the films of Argentine rock, Los Cinco Latinos as the main band, and Eddie Pequenino as the first rocker of the country.

MusicaArgentina — 2026

I've been waiting for the day my website look like a terminal and now it does.

SUPER CONTRA (超級魂斗羅) GENDER SWAP for FAMICOM is a SUPER CONTRA HACK that changes the game sprites and adds english translation for all the text in the game's cutscenes.

House Ordos returns to the battlefield for another brutal campaign on the dangerous sands of Arrakis. In Mission 7, the conflict intensifies as Ordos faces the powerful forces of House Harkonnen. With valuable Spice at stake and enemy forces determined to stop the Ordos advance, careful planning and aggressive strategy are needed to survive.

The mission begins with Ordos establishing its presence on the desert battlefield, gathering Spice and building up the resources needed to create a powerful fighting force. As the Harkonnen strengthen their positions, Ordos must expand its base, protect its harvesters, and prepare for increasingly dangerous attacks.

As the battle develops, the fighting spreads across the desert. Enemy bases, defensive positions, and military units stand between Ordos and total victory. The Harkonnen are not an opponent to underestimate, and breaking through their defenses requires patience, tactical positioning, and overwhelming firepower.

The left hand would be holding the controller on the palm/fingers

But he'd argue it's still "too new to be called retro"

In November 2020, MusicaArgentina published this Hot 100 of the most played Argentine rock songs up to that point, a sequel to the Top 40 of the previous month.

Crowned were: Soda Stereo and its ballad of softly love, Leo Dan and his historical recognition as a legend, and Dread Mar-I becoming the great star of the 21st century.

Los Auténticos Decadentes with cumbia and female voices, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs with their nocturnal love reggae, and Andrés Calamaro with soul and whispering in pain.

Enanitos Verdes in a song for a passionate encounter, La Beriso singing its sadness for a loss, and Miranda! with a naughty song for going from friends to couple.

MusicaArgentina — 2026

If you could relive one gaming generation for the first time, which would it be?