We miss the old Heathkit. You could build equipment that rivaled or even surpassed commercial devices. The cost was usually...
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Not so long ago, most computer users didn’t own their own machines. Instead, they shared time on mainframes or servers,...
The classic design of a mechanical clock generally consists of a display, a way to store energy, a way to...
Although we do often see projects that take antiques and replace some or all of their components with modern equipment,...
Finding, collecting, and restoring vintage tech is the rewarding pastime of many a Hackaday reader. Working with old-school gear can...
Plenty of readers will be familiar with CRT televisions, not least because many of us use them with retrocomputers and...
While most hams and hackers have at least heard of Heathkit, most people don’t know the strange origin story of...
There’s something magical about the clunk of a heavy 1950s portable radio – the solid thunk of Bakelite, the warm...
made an interesting observation. Old-style rotary phones were made to last and made for service. Why? Because you didn’t own...
Shortwave radio has a charm all its own: part history, part mystery, and a whole lot of tech nostalgia. The...
We hear a lot about how ham radio isn’t what it used to be. But what was it like? Well,...
Portability has been a goal of a sizable section of the computing world for many decades now. While the obvious...
With so many cheap oscilloscopes out there, the market for old units isn’t what it used to be. But if...
Who wouldn’t want to have a scanning electron microscope (SEM)? If you’re the person behind the ProjectsInFlight channel on YouTube, you...
Conventional wisdom has it that the solid state era in electronics began in 1948 with the invention of the transistor,...
These days, not only are oscilloscopes very common, but even a cheap instrument today would have been the envy of...
For some time now, Apple has developed a reputation for manufacturing computers and phones that are not particularly repairable or...
has started a new video series to show his latest recreation of a Commodore VIC-20. The core of the machine...
It’s not uncommon for a new distro version to come out, and a grudging admission that maybe a faster laptop...
After previously working out a suitable approach to create a period-correct paper tape reader for his tube-based, MC14500B processor-inspired computer,...
The Braun TS2 radio was a state-of-the art tube set in 1956. Today it still looks great, but unsurprisingly, the...
Watch out, Gen X-ers — there’s a nostalgia overload heading your way, courtesy of this over-the-air TV simulator. And it...
was digging around their old MAC hard drives, revisiting some abandoned shareware games they wrote over three decades ago, and...
Nothing can ruin a restoration project faster than broken knobs. Sure, that old “boat anchor” ham rig will work just...
Ever been working on a project and get stuck on one of those last little details? That’s what happened to...
