via Hackaday: Classic Heathkit OL-1 Scope Gets Some TLC
These days, not only are oscilloscopes very common, but even a cheap instrument today would…
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via Hackaday: Access the Information Superhighway With a Mac Plus
For some time now, Apple has developed a reputation for manufacturing computers and phones that…
via Hackaday: A VIC-20 with no VIC
has started a new video series to show his latest recreation of a Commodore…
via Hackaday: There’s No Lower Spec Linux Machine Than This One
It’s not uncommon for a new distro version to come out, and a grudging admission…
via Hackaday: Usagi Electric’s Paper Tape Reader is Ready to Hop With the Tube Computer
After previously working out a suitable approach to create a period-correct paper tape reader for…
via Hackaday: Braun TS2 Radio Turns 68, Gets Makeover
The Braun TS2 radio was a state-of-the art tube set in 1956. Today it still…
via Hackaday: Broadcast TV Simulator Keeps the Nostalgia Flowing
Watch out, Gen X-ers — there’s a nostalgia overload heading your way, courtesy of this…
via Hackaday: Revisiting 1990’s Mac Games That Never Were
was digging around their old MAC hard drives, revisiting some abandoned shareware games…
via Hackaday: Steel Reinforcement Toughens Cracked Vintage Knobs
Nothing can ruin a restoration project faster than broken knobs. Sure, that old “boat anchor”…
via Hackaday: The Hidden Crystal Method
Ever been working on a project and get stuck on one of those last little…
via Hackaday: Repairing a Hallicrafters S-120
claims he’s not a radio repair guy, but he agreed to look at a…
via Hackaday: Happy Birthday to Dad, Retrocomputer Style
For those of us who lived through the early 8-bit computing revolution — the tail…
Ham Radio Call Signs Discovered During Clayton UC Renovation Revive Memories of Lehigh’s Amateur Radio Society (Pennsylvania)
Mysterious letters and numbers etched into the wall of a sealed-off, fifth-floor room in the Clayton…
via HACKADAY: A Trip Down Electronic Toy Memory Lane
Like many of us, had a lot of electronic toys growing up. In a…
via HACKADAY: Old Knobs with a Cast of Thousands
You have an old radio — in the case of , a Stromberg…
via HACKADAY: Building and Testing a 1912-style Radio
Doing electronics in the 1910s was rather rough, with the radio probably the pinnacle of…
via HACKADAY: How Do You Fill The 1N34 Void?
The germanium point contact diode, and almost every semiconductor device using germanium, is now obsolete….
via HACKADAY: Spend an Hour in the Virtual Radio Museum
You have an hour to kill, and you like old communication technology. If you happen…
via HACKADAY: Crystal Radio Kit from the 1970s
If you read the December 1970 issue of Mechanix Illustrated, you’d be treated to ’s…
via HACKADAY: Voice Control for a Vintage Heathkit Radio
Most modern ham rigs have a voice activated transmission (VOX) mode, although we don’t know…
via HACKADAY: 1950s Switching Power Supply Does it Mechanically
When you hear about a switching power supply, you think of a system that uses…
via HACKADAY: A 65-in-1 the 2024 Way
If necessity is the mother of invention, nostalgia must be its stepmother, or its aunt…
ICHMS collaborates with IRARC (Michigan)
The Iron County Historical & Museum Society (ICHMS) will have two new exhibits this summer…
via HACKADAY: Tandy Pocket Computer Assembly is… Weird
Radio Shack had a long history of buying things overseas, having their name slapped on…
via HACKADAY: In Praise of Old Meters
We are spoiled with multimeters today. Even the cheapest meter you will get these days…