Collaborate Disseminate
There was a time when the line between typewriters and word processing software was a bit fuzzy. [Poking Technology] found a Xerox 6040 which can’t decide what it is. It …read more Continue reading Tearing Down a Vintage Word Processor
We used to say that fixing something was easier than bringing up a design for the first time. After all, the thing you are fixing, presumably, worked at one time …read more Continue reading Repairing a 1955 Classic Radio
If you think about military crypto machines, you probably think about the infamous Enigma machine. However, as [Christos T.] reminds us, there were many others and, in particular, the production …read more Continue reading Combined Crypto, Anglo-American Style
We’ve seen several methods of repairing plastic gears. After all, a gear is usually the same all the way around, so it is very tempting to duplicate a good part …read more Continue reading Plastic Gear Repair
Nowadays, if you have a microscope, you probably have a camera of some sort attached. [Applied Science] shows how you can add an array of tiny LEDs and some compute …read more Continue reading Ptychography for High Resolution Microscopy
Talking computers are nothing these days. But in the old days, a computer that could speak was quite the novelty. Many computers from the 1970s and 1980s used an AY-3-8910 …read more Continue reading Speaking Computers from the 1970s
[Pete] had a friend who would powder coat metal parts for him, but when he needed 16 metal parts coated, he decided he needed to develop a way to do …read more Continue reading Inexpensive Powder Coating
Shopping carts are surprisingly expensive. Prices range up to about $300 for a cart, which may seem like a lot, but they have to be pretty rugged and are made …read more Continue reading Tech in Plain Sight: Shopping Cart Locks
It is a common problem: I have a USB device on a computer out in the shop, and I want to use it from the comfort of my office. What …read more Continue reading Linux Fu: USB Everywhere
Apple likes magnets. They started out with magnetic laptop chargers and then graduated to a system that magnetically holds the phone, charges it, and can facilitate communication between the phone …read more Continue reading Tech In Plain Sight: Magsafe, and How To Roll Your Own