On This Day in Typewriter History (LXXXIV)

AUGUST 12 GENESIS OF THE GOLFBALL 100 Years of Influences on the Selectric 1856 to 1956 Whenever I give a typewriter presen...

VIDÉO. Les Français qui n’ont pas inventé Internet, le rendez-vous manqué de l'Histoire de l'informatique

À la fin des années 60, la France a inventé un réseau informatique baptisé Cyclades qui aurait pu devenir Internet. Un Bourguignon, Louis Pouzin, a fait partie de cette grande aventure. Malheureusement, le gouvernement de...

The Roland System 100 from 1975

A look at Roland's System 100 from 1975, their first foray in (semi) modular synthesis. 0:00 Intro Jam 0:57 The System 100 1:59 Demo 1: Falcon 3:02 Talk: The Basic Unit et al 4:28 Demo 2: Proto Acid 5:33 Talk: 101 & 102 7:57 Demo 3: Ring in...

Retro Gadgets: The CB Cell Phone

There was a time when one of the perks of having a ham radio in your car (or on your belt) was you could make phone calls using a “phone patch.” In the 1970s, calling someone from insid…

HowTo: Running the 1G Analog Phone from 1997

Analog mobile phones were popular in the 90s and the last operators ended their service only in 2007. Is it possible to run this phone now…

How To Run A First-Generation Cell Phone Network

Retro tech is cool. Retro tech that works is even cooler. When we can see technology working, hold it in our hand, and use it as though we’ve been transported back in time; that’s when …