TypeStore
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
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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Refurbishing an AN/UGC-74
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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Workshop Weekend
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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Installing a Large SSD Drive in a Stock Amiga 1200
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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Screen Rot…
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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Archiving Flux
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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Retrochallenge R̶C̶2̶0̶1̶8̶/̶0̶9̶ R̶C̶2̶0̶1̶9̶/̶1̶0̶ RC2020/04
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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Retro Christmas Wishlist: Day 20 – 25
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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Retro Christmas Wishlist: Day 16 – 20
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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