Collaborate Disseminate
Time is almost up for magnetic storage from the 80s and 90s. Various physical limitations in storage methods from this era are conspiring to slowly degrade the data stored on …read more Continue reading Preserving Floppy Disks
Computers and digital sensors have allowed for the collection and aggregation of data barely possible to imagine to anyone in the instrumentation scene even sixty years ago. Before that, things …read more Continue reading Digital Replica of Antique Weather Monitoring Instrument
Some of us who’ve been online since the early days fondly remember the web of yore — with its flashing banners, wildly distracting backgrounds, and automatic side-scrolling text. But there …read more Continue reading A Handy Guide To The Humble BBS
Plugging in something like an antique radio to see if it works is a good way to have a bad time, because some old components don’t age well. For vintage …read more Continue reading Power Up Vintage Electronics Less Unsafely With a Dim-Bulb Tester
Ever wanted a good, good look at the insides of a 1950s radio, along with fantastic commentary on the internals and the purpose of various components? Then don’t miss [Adam …read more Continue reading Everything You Wanted to See About Restoring a 1956 Radio
We wrote up an astounding old use of technology – François Willème’s 3D scanning and modeling apparatus from 1861, over 150 years ago. What’s amazing about this technique is that …read more Continue reading Mommy, Where Do Ideas Come From?
Vintage electronics and capacitor replacements tend to go hand-in-hand. Why? Because electrolytic capacitors just don’t last, not the way most other components do, anyway. It’s one thing to swap old …read more Continue reading Fix Old Caps, But Keep That “Can Capacitor” Look
The Commodore 64 was a revolutionary computer for its day and age. After four decades, though, it gets harder and harder to use these computers for anything more than educational …read more Continue reading New OS For Commodore 64 Adds Modern Features
Keeping older technology working becomes exponentially difficult with age. Most of us have experienced capacitor plague, disintegrating wire insulation, planned obsolescence, or even the original company failing and not offering …read more Continue reading A ’70s TV With ’20s Parts
The handheld computing market might seem dominated by smartphones today, but before their mass adoption there were other offerings for those who needed some computing power on-the-go. If a 90s …read more Continue reading IBM PalmTop Running Modern (Modified) Linux