TV Typewriter Remembered
With the recent passing of Don Lancaster, I took a minute to reflect on how far things have come in a pretty short period of time. If you somehow acquired …read more Continue reading TV Typewriter Remembered
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Computer Thing Might be Garbage
[Tech Time Traveller] has a lot of voices in his head this week, and most of them are worried about his wife’s reaction to him buying other people’s garbage. We …read more Continue reading Computer Thing Might be Garbage
The Computer of Yesterday, Today
There are a handful of computers that have become true museum pieces. The Altair, of course, is tucked away in the Smithsonian’s warehouse waiting for some time in the future when Apple’s legacy fades or until there’s a remake of War Games. Likewise, the French Micral and American SCELBI are important historical artifacts, and even a modern component-accurate reproduction of an Apple I could fetch a decent amount of cash at the right auction.
There’s something special about these old kit computers – even though the instructions for these machines provided volumes of documentation, no one is building these …read more
