The way ELECTRONICS used to be!
For those following this blog, you may have seen my writeup on the first pinball machine I ever purchased… a Williams Smarty, which was in “less than perfect condition” to …
Finally found a replacement backglass! Read More
As people get older, nostalgia tends to creep up on many of them, thus attempting to vividly remember what it is that they did when they were younger. Most of …
Timeline Arcade – Keeping the memories alive! Read More
I picked up this interesting gem from a local Craigslist ad in March of 2009. As with most older pinball machines, it had it’s share of quirks. It was the …
Pinball Collection – 1979 Stern Trident Read More
This is the first blog entry in my Pinball Collection series of posts. In these blog entries, I describe one of the pinball machines in my collection, along with a …
Pinball Collection – 1968 Williams Smarty Read More
Back in 1985, during my first full year in the U.S. Army, I walked into a rather modest department store in the great town of Killeen, TX and bought a …
The Magnavox D8443 “Boombox” Read More
On August 11, 2012, my family and I decided to take a trip to Baltimore to see the National Pinball Museum located at 608 Water St., Baltimore, MD. We enjoy …
My Visit to the National Pinball Museum Read More
UPDATE!!! – MAJOR FAIL!!! I admit it. I simply could not get my project done in the time allotted. Spare time is precious in my household these days. With work, …
My 2012 RetroChallenge Entry – UPDATE Read More
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