My first iPod was the iPod 3G so I was a little late to the game. I’ve own several iPods after that but the iPod 3G I felt was a perfect distillation of the original iPod experience. Four separate buttons in a row and a touch wheel (nothing moves) seemed like peak iPod design to […]
Category Archives: RetroElectronics
HP 7585B Pen Plotter Repair
This blog post is a repair thread from social media that began on February 24, 2018. February 24, 2018 So, this happened. My latest retro delivery. Any guesses? It is, yet, another plotter. An HP 7585B wide format plotter with a 36” wide paper path. Unfortunately it failed the first power on test and now […]
Self Referential Pen Plotter Floppy Disks
In November 2021, I posted a short video on Twitter of my Roland DXY 1150 pen plotter drawing a generative wobbly circle design on top of a 5.25″ floppy disk. A few people responded that they would buy one of the floppies. This got me thinking about the medium of a floppy disk that I […]
Datavue 25 Lunchbox PC Power Supply Repair
(This was originally a Twitter thread from May 7, 2019.) May 7, 2019 New addition: Datavue 25 portable lunchbox PC. Keyboard stows on front, two 3.5 floppy drives, 13 pounds.
Hayes Chronograph Display Repair
(This was originally a Twitter thread from January 24, 2022.) January 24, 2022 Many of you know that I have an affinity for the Hayes Chronograph. I have several of them, I made a WiFi controller to set the time automatically, and I’ve repaired several of them. Here’s another page in the repair chapter.
Zenith ZL-1 MinisPort Laptop repairs
(This was originally a Twitter thread from June 14, 2020.) June 14, 2020 Say “Hello, World” to my new Zenith ZL-1 MinisPort laptop from 1989 with an 8088 running 8Mhz, 1MB RAM, and a backlit LCD display. Weighs just under 6 pounds.
Another Visit to The Computer Museum at System Source in Baltimore MD.
On July 10, 2021, I visited the Computer Museum at System Source in Baltimore MD as part of the Vintage Computer Federation (VCF) Repair Workshop. I also visited the museum in 2020. Warning: Image heavy page ahead!
A Visit to The Computer Museum at System Source, Baltimore, MD
On Feb 15, 2020, I visited the Computer Museum at System Source in Baltimore, MD as part of a VCF Federation Repair Workshop weekend. The museum there is mind blowing. Want to see some pictures? Warning: Image heavy page ahead!
Commodore PET 2001 Repair
(This was originally a Twitter thread from November 6, 2017.) November 6, 2017 A huge box has just arrived! And inside are lots and lots of packing peanuts. Wait, wait, there’s something else in here. It looks like it’s from the future. Say 10 PRINT”HELLO WORLD” to the Commodore PET 2001 from 1977, one of […]
Radio Shack TRS-80 PC-2 Pocket Computer and Plotter Refurbishment
(This was originally a Twitter thread from November 15, 2019.) November 15, 2019 Say 10 PRINT “Hello, World!” to my new Radio Shack TRS-80 PC-2 pocket computer with printer cassette docking interface. Has BASIC and “2640-character program and data memory”— so a little over 2.5K of RAM. Many thanks to @FloppyDays, it’s all in tip-top […]