Collaborate Disseminate
[Bea Thurman] had a retro music conundrum. She loved the classic Greengate DS:3 sampler, but couldn’t buy one, and couldn’t find enough information to build her own. [Bea’s] plea for help …read more Continue reading Solving a Retrocomputing Mystery with an Album Cover: Greengate DS:3
Ever been working on a project and get stuck on one of those last little details? That’s what happened to [Empire of Scrap]. He’s building an Ohio Scientific (OSI) superboard …read more Continue reading The Hidden Crystal Method
There’s something inspiring about echos. Who among us hasn’t called out or clapped hands in a large space just to hear the sound reflected back? Radio takes this to a …read more Continue reading Moonbounce Music
The QN8066 is a fun little FM transmitter chip. It covers the full FM broadcast band and has built-in DSP. You would find this sort of part in car cell …read more Continue reading Be your own DJ with QN8066 and an Arduino Library
The QN8066 is a fun little FM transmitter chip. It covers the full FM broadcast band and has built-in DSP. You would find this sort of part in car cell …read more Continue reading Be your own DJ with QN8066 and an Arduino Library
[Usagi Electric] is breathtakingly close to having his Bendix G15 vacuum tube computer up and running. This week he is joined by a new friend, [Lloyd] who is restoring a …read more Continue reading [Usagi Electric’s] Bendix G15 Gets DC Power
In the 60’s and 70’s there were many ways to display numeric data. Nixie tubes, Vacuum Florescent Displays (VFD), micro projection systems, you name it. All of them had advantages …read more Continue reading Plight of The Lowly Numitron Tube
[Gilles Messier] at the Our Own Devices YouTube channel recently took a look at an interesting device — an electric lantern powered by a candle. At first glance, this sounds …read more Continue reading Candle Powered Lantern Isn’t as Silly as You Think
“WARNING: DO NOT Hammer on this mechanism” sounds like the start of a side quest. A quest is exactly what [CelGenStudios] started when he came upon a strange box with …read more Continue reading Target Lifting Mechanism Goes Wireless
What does it take to get a 47-year-old printer working? [Usagi Electric] shows us it’s not too hard, even if you don’t exactly know what you’re doing. When we last …read more Continue reading [Usagi] Whips a Chain Printer Into Shape