News & Updates

The Gotek USB emulator is more than just a hardware upgrade. It is a bridge between eras, allowing the beloved Tatung Einstein to thrive in a modern digital environment while maintaining its original character and charm.

The first ZX Spectrum emulator board has been built and is working, thanks to Tony Ellis's build and Wayne Robins's casing. Buy-ready boards are coming soon.

Mike Halliday uses AI (Gemini) to port the MSX game Football Manager to the Tatung Einstein, iterating over two weeks until the crowd and ball-kick sounds work fully.

TatungBytes asks for reader feedback after two months live, highlighting eight newly ported MSX games and hinting at a brand-new original game coming soon.

A community-submitted circuit diagram for the Einstein PSU, now available to download from the hardware schematics section.

This blog explores how I modified Jet Set Willy on the Tatung Einstein TC-01 to make it easier to play. Combining nostalgia with modern tools, I extracted and disassembled the game’s code, used ChatGPT to identify the logic controlling player lives, and patched it using assembly language to prevent lives from decreasing. The project blends retro computing, digital archaeology, and AI-assisted coding, breathing new life into a 1980s classic while celebrating the enduring charm of early home computing.

CVBasic, a free QBasic-style cross-compiler by Óscar Toledo Gutiérrez, now supports the Tatung Einstein alongside platforms like the ColecoVision, MSX and TI-99/4A.

Create your own TC01 motherboard- The Gerber files are now available from this website

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