The way ELECTRONICS used to be!
I finally got around to creating a video demonstrating the process mentioned in a previous post where I transferred files from a PC to a TRS-80 Model IV. The remarkable …
Video Blog – Episode 1 – TRS-80 Transfer Read More
I picked this item up from a local hardware store which occasionally puts out “flea market” type product they acquire when they attend property auctions. This is a Monteverdi CCD-4578 …
Recent Find – Monteverdi AM/FM, 8-Track, Phono Console Stereo Read More
I was sitting on a TRS-80 hard drive system for a couple of years without doing anything with it. I did plug it in to my Model IV, just to …
TRS-80 Hard Drive System – Now Operational Read More
For years, I owned a TRS-80 Model IV two-disk system. I purchased it in the late 1990s at a community yard sale for only $25. Since then, there was little …
Transferring programs TO a TRS-80 Read More
Since vintage electronics are a hobby, and not necessarily something I’m able to generally furnish the home with, I needed an adequate space in my house to work with the …
Vintage Electronics Workbench Read More
Forget your Nintendo DS, DSi, 3DS, or one of the many variations of cartridge based games in the past 30+ years. None of them are as innovative as Milton Bradley’s …
Milton Bradley’s Microvision – The First Commercial Interchangeable Electronic Game System Read MoreI’m trying to consolidate my classic computer collection (New Year’s resolution) and came across some magazines which I have acquired over the years and thought I’d post a little bit …
Some of my Timex Sinclair magazine library Read MoreWhen I started the Vintage Volts website, I had one major goal in mind; to share my fondness for classic and vintage technology. Well, for the most part, my heart …
2011 Ending… What to do in 2012? Read More
The last weekend of July 2011 is over, and my first trip to Maker Faire is completed. I took my son along with me on a 500 mile roadtrip to …
Attending Maker-Faire for the first time – Part 1 (a summary) Read MoreAs my son grows older, being about the same age I was when starting in the hobby, I’ve learned that he is developing the same interest in “tinkering” with technology …
Hobbyist Electronics – Old and New Read More