The way ELECTRONICS used to be!
Programming computers these days is rather simple. Don’t believe me? I do it for a living. While computer programming might not be considered easy to others, it really is just …
Throwback Thursday – TI Programmer Calculator – 1979 Read More
Portable gaming in 1981 was limited to individually configured devices, most of them with a new look and feel to both confuse and amaze the child who just received the …
Throwback Thursday – Mattel Dungeons & Dragons Game – 1981 Read More
Today, many of us are enjoying the high resolution television broadcasts from hundreds of channels fed through a single 1/4” diameter cable… and you still can’t find anything good to …
Throwback Thursday – The Color Console Television – 1983 Read More
OK. I admit it, I’m mixing up the decades a bit… I was referring to the old vacuum tube, thermionic valve, electron tube, or whatever you want to call it, …
“Tube”-ular!!! Read More
UPDATE: 3 AUG 2013 OK. Both videos have been rendered uploaded. Just click the name of the videos below to go directly to them. Part 1 – Detailing the Peripheral …
Summer 2013 Retrochallenge Read More
As an amateur radio operator (HAM radio) I rarely talk for any great length of time during a QSO (meaning, talking with a “single person contact” or in a lengthy …
The Two Hour QSO Read More
If you’re in the market for something retro, you will find that this country is full of thrift stores. At such stores, you’ll find a variety of vintage items which …
My Visit to – Retro Addicts Read More
This article was originally written in October 2008, but was updated (see below) on 13 Apr 2013 to describe the success of my recovery efforts.
Read Error – Saving My Disk Collection Read More
Many of you have read my post about the Magnavox D8443 boombox which details my history of ownership, along with the state of that model boombox as it pertains to …
Repairing the Magnavox D8443 Boombox Read More
On March 17, 2013, I was invited to co-host Episode 47 of the Retro Computing Roundtable (RCR) podcast. RCR is a podcast which discusses retrocomputing of all types in a …
Listen to VintageVolts on the Retro Computing Roundtable Podcast Read More