Collaborate Disseminate
We’re big fans of calculators, computers and vintage magazines, so when we see something at the intersection of all three we always take a look. Back in 1966, Electronics Illustrated …read more Continue reading Early “Computer Kit” Really Just a Fancy Calculator
When a vintage computer is all but unobtanium, software emulation is often all that remains. Unless you are [Michael Gardi], who saw an opportunity to reproduce Canada’s home-grown MCM/70 microcomputer …read more Continue reading MCM/70 Replica Embodies Proud Canadian Heritage
[HolGer71] had a Mini-ITX Intel Atom-powered mainboard that he found useful for its vintage interfaces like COM and LPT. On a whim, he decided to give it even more vintage …read more Continue reading Workbench PC With A 50s Twist
A lot of people had a Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I. This was a “home computer” built into a keyboard that needed an external monitor or TV set. Later, Radio …read more Continue reading TRS-80 Model II Lives Again
We know, we know. A lot of you don’t like projects that consist of gutting a vintage computer (or anything else, for that matter) and replacing its internals with modern …read more Continue reading Compaq 286 Laptop Gets Raspberry Transfusion
We have a soft spot for synthesizers – seriously, who doesn’t? So when [Joshua Coleman] combined his retro-looking DIY modular synth with the equally retro Apple II computer, we just …read more Continue reading Modular Synth Pairs Perfectly With The Apple II
We don’t really think anyone in the Victorian era had a COSMAC Elf — the homebrew computer based around the RCA 1802 CPU. But if they did, it might have …read more Continue reading Queen Victoria’s Secret (Teletype and COSMAC Elf)
[Alta’s Projects] built a two-in-one cyberdeck that not only contains the requisite Raspberry Pi (a zero in this case) but also eschews a dumb LCD and uses an iPad mini 5 for a display.
We need to address the donor …read more
Continue reading Cyberdeck Running On Apple Silicon, Though An A12 Not An M1
Folks who like the take the old Amiga out for the occasional Sunday drive usually do it because they have wistful memories of the simpler times. Back when you could edit documents or view spreadsheets on a machine that had …read more
If you are the operator of a vintage computer, probably the only one of its type remaining in service, probably the worst thing you can hear is a loud pop followed by your machine abruptly powering down. That’s what happened to the Elliott 803B in the UK’s National Museum Of …read more
Continue reading The Case Of The Vintage Computer, The Blown Fuse, And The Diode