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January 26, 2023January 26, 2023 - by Jeff - Leave a Comment

What is a TypeStore? Well… if you would have done a Google search before this blog initially got posted and got picked up by search engines, you’d be very hard-pressed …

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Silent 2022

December 29, 2022December 29, 2022 - by Jeff - Leave a Comment

No… this is not about an unusually rare (technically, non-existent) version of a Texas Instruments Silent series of terminal devices, like the Silent 700. It’s about the fact that I …

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HAM Radio / Nostalgia

Refurbishing an AN/UGC-74

January 31, 2022February 2, 2022 - by Jeff - 2 Comments.

Way back in the 1980s, I enlisted in the US Army. My MOS (Military Occupational Specialty) was 31C, or Single Channel Radio Operator. This MOS was a change from the …

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TRS-80 / Vintage Computers

Workshop Weekend

January 10, 2022January 11, 2022 - by Jeff - Leave a Comment

I was attending a repair workshop this weekend along with other vintage computer aficionados. These (paid) workshops are typically to provide working space for those who need an area to …

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Workbench 3.0
Amiga / Vintage Computers

Installing a Large SSD Drive in a Stock Amiga 1200

February 28, 2021March 4, 2021 - by Jeff - Leave a Comment

This project started as a need to come up with a solution for my Amiga 1200 that recently suffered floppy disk failure. Although I am able to attach an external …

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LCD Screen Rot
Calculators / Old Calculators

Screen Rot…

December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 - by Jeff - Leave a Comment

Back in the day… who knew?!? Who knew that one day, the technological devices of the era would have issues with their displays. LCD displays were a welcome advancement over …

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Greaseweazle setup
Vintage Computers

Archiving Flux

August 20, 2020December 4, 2020 - by Jeff - Leave a Comment

For quite some time, I was buying devices to allow me to archive the over 1000 floppy disks I have acquired over the decades when collecting vintage computer systems. I …

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MOBIDIC Operator
Nostalgia / Other / Retrochallenges

Retrochallenge R̶C̶2̶0̶1̶8̶/̶0̶9̶ R̶C̶2̶0̶1̶9̶/̶1̶0̶ RC2020/04

April 30, 2020December 4, 2020 - by Jeff - Leave a Comment

Update (again) – 30 APR 2020: I’m, again, back at it. Something mysteriously fell through with the operation of the RC2019/10 Retrochallenge. The entire contest just went stale with no …

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Realistic PRO-2002 Scanner
Arcade / Games / Handheld Electronic Games / Nostalgia / Vintage Electronics / Watches

Retro Christmas Wishlist: Day 20 – 25

December 21, 2019December 25, 2019 - by Jeff - Leave a Comment

Have you been enjoying this vintage electronics advent wishlist, along with the chocolates you’ve been snacking on in your boxed advent calendars? Five more days to go. Make sure you …

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Heathkit GC-1107 kit
Games / Nostalgia / Radios / Vintage Computers / Vintage Electronics

Retro Christmas Wishlist: Day 16 – 20

December 16, 2019December 21, 2019 - by Jeff - Leave a Comment

We’re past the halfway point on this Wishlist series. I know it’s bringing back a flood of memories for me. How about you? Do you now suddenly feel the urge …

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