Brussels / 31 January & 1 February 2026

schedule

Retrocomputing


09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Sunday Crunching code like it is 1982
Eliza: Rewriting the original AI chatbot from 60 years BC (Before ChatGPT)
Charming Gray Buttons of the XX century: how widget toolkits evolved with computer architectures
MEP2, a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (but not that one)
ngdevkit: Free and Open Source C/C++ development on the Neo Geo in 2026
The joys and horrors of NES dynamic recompilation
Hacking the last Z80 computer ever made
Early Electronic Computing in Belgium: Analysis and Simulation of the IRSIA FNRS Mathematical Machine
Why build an 8-bit homebrew computer in 2026
Dial-up revisited: Why it's needed and how to run an oldschool ISP
Behind the beam spring keyboard: Mainframe technology through the lens of an IBM 3278 terminal

Read the Call for Papers at https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2025q4/003685.html.

Event Speakers Start End

Sunday

  Crunching code like it is 1982
Sebastian Eggermont 13:15 13:25
  Eliza: Rewriting the original AI chatbot from 60 years BC (Before ChatGPT)
Steven Goodwin 13:25 13:45
  Charming Gray Buttons of the XX century: how widget toolkits evolved with computer architectures
Dmitriy Kostiuk 13:45 14:05
  MEP2, a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (but not that one)
HP van Braam 14:05 14:30
  ngdevkit: Free and Open Source C/C++ development on the Neo Geo in 2026
Damien Ciabrini 14:30 14:50
  The joys and horrors of NES dynamic recompilation
Alex Andreba 14:50 15:10
  Hacking the last Z80 computer ever made
Michal Pleban 15:10 15:30
  Early Electronic Computing in Belgium: Analysis and Simulation of the IRSIA FNRS Mathematical Machine
Christophe Ponsard 15:30 15:55
  Why build an 8-bit homebrew computer in 2026
Benoit Aveline 15:55 16:15
  Dial-up revisited: Why it's needed and how to run an oldschool ISP
Özcan Oğuz 16:15 16:40
  Behind the beam spring keyboard: Mainframe technology through the lens of an IBM 3278 terminal
Hans Hübner 16:40 17:00