The way ELECTRONICS used to be!
Before the end of 2013, I was able to slip in episode number 2! In this episode, I provide a brief history of transistor radios. I also discuss a bit …
Vintage Volts Episode 2 – Brief History of Transistor Radios Read MoreThis Christmas day, I had a chance to look back and reflect on some of my earlier days as a computer programmer, working on simple, yet festive graphic demos on …
Christmas Demos – VIC-20 Style Read MoreUPDATE 1 JAN 2013… er 2014 First official day of the Retrochallenge and I reached a significant setback. It was only now when I discovered that PROMAL has absolutely no …
Winter Warmup 2014 Retrochallenge Read MoreFinally!!!! The Vintage Volts Podcast is officially released. Much effort (and worry) went into creating and producing this podcast. I kept delaying it because I simply could not satisfy my …
Vintage Volts – Episode 1!!! Read More
Today (October 31) in 1977 marks a starting milestone in my personal career. It was the day I stopped going out for Trick-or-Treat and got started in the world of …
Throwback Thursday – AM Radio Broadcasting Kit – 1977 Read More
When I was growing up in the 1970’s, I had owned at least three watches between ages 6-12. The first watch was an analog watch (with hands) depicting a picture …
Throwback Thursday – Texas Instruments LED Watch – 1978 Read More
Back before streaming audio, and before the limitless listening options offered by the first commercially successful MP3 player (Diamond Rio), we listened to radio. We had entertainment and listening options …
Throwback Thursday – Rhapsody RY-610 Multi-Band Radio – 1990 Read More
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