Preserving Floppy Disks

Time is almost up for magnetic storage from the 80s and 90s. Various physical limitations in storage methods from this era are conspiring to slowly degrade the data stored on things like tape, flop…

Brompton Cemetery's Time Machine - a Victorian Contraption Hidden in a London Tomb?

If you were to stroll through West London's Brompton Cemetery, you'd notice that – above the gothic tombs, the Celtic crosses, the ivy-strangled gravestones – there looms a strange and imposing mausoleum. By far the graveyard's largest, this house...

Digital Replica Of Antique Weather Monitoring Instrument

Computers and digital sensors have allowed for the collection and aggregation of data barely possible to imagine to anyone in the instrumentation scene even sixty years ago. Before that, things lik…

A Handy Guide To The Humble BBS

Some of us who’ve been online since the early days fondly remember the web of yore — with its flashing banners, wildly distracting backgrounds, and automatic side-scrolling text. But th…

Explore Ancient Rome in Virtual Reality with the Unimersiv app...

Explore Ancient Rome in Virtual Reality with the Unimersiv app. Read more: https://unimersiv.com/ancient-rome-virtual-reality/

Power Up Vintage Electronics Less Unsafely With A Dim-Bulb Tester

Plugging in something like an antique radio to see if it works is a good way to have a bad time, because some old components don’t age well. For vintage electronics, inspection and repair are…

Everything You Wanted To See About Restoring A 1956 Radio

Ever wanted a good, good look at the insides of a 1950s radio, along with fantastic commentary on the internals and the purpose of various components? Then don’t miss [Adam Wilson]’s re…

Mommy, Where Do Ideas Come From?

We wrote up an astounding old use of technology – François Willème’s 3D scanning and modeling apparatus from 1861, over 150 years ago. What’s amazing about this technique is that it used absolutely…

46 Aigles aux couleurs vives révélés sur le plafond d’un ancien temple égyptien | Le savoir perdu des anciens

Pour la première fois dans l'histoire moderne, nous sommes maintenant en mesure de voir les inscriptions détaillées et colorées sur les plafonds

Fix Old Caps, But Keep That “Can Capacitor” Look

Vintage electronics and capacitor replacements tend to go hand-in-hand. Why? Because electrolytic capacitors just don’t last, not the way most other components do, anyway. It’s one thin…

New OS For Commodore 64 Adds Modern Features

The Commodore 64 was a revolutionary computer for its day and age. After four decades, though, it gets harder and harder to use these computers for anything more than educational or hobby electroni…

A ’70s TV With ’20s Parts

Keeping older technology working becomes exponentially difficult with age. Most of us have experienced capacitor plague, disintegrating wire insulation, planned obsolescence, or even the original c…

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IBM PalmTop Running Modern (Modified) Linux

The handheld computing market might seem dominated by smartphones today, but before their mass adoption there were other offerings for those who needed some computing power on-the-go. If a 90s lapt…