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vintage computers, tubes, the MOnSter6502, cross-sectioned electronic parts, capacitors, and other detritus. coauthor of http://nostarch.com/open-circuits
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Also, electronic television will be 100 years old in 2027 (the combination of electronic camera and display, though it would take another decade or so for it to be practical).
The CRT itself actually dates back to the 19th century.
The CRT itself actually dates back to the 19th century.
December 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Also, electronic television will be 100 years old in 2027 (the combination of electronic camera and display, though it would take another decade or so for it to be practical).
The CRT itself actually dates back to the 19th century.
The CRT itself actually dates back to the 19th century.
100 watt resistors normally don't look like this, but it's perfectly natural
December 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
100 watt resistors normally don't look like this, but it's perfectly natural
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My digital logic simulation of the IBM CGA now has color!
And a release!
github.com/dbalsom/cga_...
#retrocomputing
And a release!
github.com/dbalsom/cga_...
#retrocomputing
December 14, 2025 at 12:46 AM
My digital logic simulation of the IBM CGA now has color!
And a release!
github.com/dbalsom/cga_...
#retrocomputing
And a release!
github.com/dbalsom/cga_...
#retrocomputing
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This is so friggen cool, I want it
December 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This is so friggen cool, I want it
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I propose a solution to our ongoing RAM shortage:
December 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I propose a solution to our ongoing RAM shortage:
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looking for a new writing desk and stumbled across this rare 1980s MacTable just called “drafting table” for $75
December 1, 2025 at 10:40 PM
looking for a new writing desk and stumbled across this rare 1980s MacTable just called “drafting table” for $75
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This Day in Labor History: December 2, 1984. A gas leak in a Union Carbide chemical plant in Bhopal, India killed somewhere between 3787 and 16,000 people. Let's talk about probably the worst industrial disaster in history and how U.S. companies can murder with impunity, then and now!
December 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This Day in Labor History: December 2, 1984. A gas leak in a Union Carbide chemical plant in Bhopal, India killed somewhere between 3787 and 16,000 people. Let's talk about probably the worst industrial disaster in history and how U.S. companies can murder with impunity, then and now!
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Since @averyredbox.bsky.social currently has the other Visitel unit back in the MidWest that I bought during the show and I have mine out tonight we tried testing a picture call over VoIP and it worked!
November 30, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Since @averyredbox.bsky.social currently has the other Visitel unit back in the MidWest that I bought during the show and I have mine out tonight we tried testing a picture call over VoIP and it worked!
unbelievable, scrubbing with a magic eraser and then it works again
Lithium battery fumes got inside the HDD and oxidized the platter. I actually was able to clean this off with a magic eraser AND IT READS... Plenty of bad sectors, but i am getting an image!
November 24, 2025 at 12:57 AM
unbelievable, scrubbing with a magic eraser and then it works again
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Stocking stuffer ideas for your retro collector:
-Amtech flux
-Solder braid
-Sharp tweezers
-Flush cutter
-Machined dip sockets 8 up to 40pin
-Ceramic capacitor assortment up to 10uF
-Eye loupes
-Magic erasers
-kynar wire
-DeoxIT with needle dispenser
-Polypropylene safety cap assortment up to 1uf
-Amtech flux
-Solder braid
-Sharp tweezers
-Flush cutter
-Machined dip sockets 8 up to 40pin
-Ceramic capacitor assortment up to 10uF
-Eye loupes
-Magic erasers
-kynar wire
-DeoxIT with needle dispenser
-Polypropylene safety cap assortment up to 1uf
November 23, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Stocking stuffer ideas for your retro collector:
-Amtech flux
-Solder braid
-Sharp tweezers
-Flush cutter
-Machined dip sockets 8 up to 40pin
-Ceramic capacitor assortment up to 10uF
-Eye loupes
-Magic erasers
-kynar wire
-DeoxIT with needle dispenser
-Polypropylene safety cap assortment up to 1uf
-Amtech flux
-Solder braid
-Sharp tweezers
-Flush cutter
-Machined dip sockets 8 up to 40pin
-Ceramic capacitor assortment up to 10uF
-Eye loupes
-Magic erasers
-kynar wire
-DeoxIT with needle dispenser
-Polypropylene safety cap assortment up to 1uf
take hold of the latest internets
November 22, 2025 at 6:41 AM
take hold of the latest internets
back when apple wasn't good at kerning
November 22, 2025 at 5:55 AM
back when apple wasn't good at kerning
so apparently the electrical system fault on the Dali that caused it to crash into the Francis Scott Key bridge was caused by a feral ferrule.
November 20, 2025 at 5:23 AM
so apparently the electrical system fault on the Dali that caused it to crash into the Francis Scott Key bridge was caused by a feral ferrule.
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My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Rebecca Heineman - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
did you know that you can find free Cortex M0 development boards at the side of the road? folks call them disposable vapes but they're hackable, and i've reverse engineered a bunch of them! see github.com/schlae/VapeRE/
November 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
did you know that you can find free Cortex M0 development boards at the side of the road? folks call them disposable vapes but they're hackable, and i've reverse engineered a bunch of them! see github.com/schlae/VapeRE/
pick one of each:
dot inside or dot outside?
face, arrow, or circle-T?
dot inside or dot outside?
face, arrow, or circle-T?
November 15, 2025 at 6:31 AM
pick one of each:
dot inside or dot outside?
face, arrow, or circle-T?
dot inside or dot outside?
face, arrow, or circle-T?
T H I S I S R E A L T O U C H
November 2, 2025 at 2:06 AM
T H I S I S R E A L T O U C H
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Here's a handy guide to some electronic components.
October 30, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Here's a handy guide to some electronic components.
things are getting pretty complicated
October 13, 2025 at 1:11 AM
things are getting pretty complicated
My coffee table book, Open Circuits, with beautiful cross-section photos of electronics, is 25% off through the 12th. Use the super-secret discount code "SHOWOFF". What, you already have the book? BAM--you just thought of a friend who would enjoy a copy.
nostarch.com/open-circuits
nostarch.com/open-circuits
October 9, 2025 at 1:33 AM
My coffee table book, Open Circuits, with beautiful cross-section photos of electronics, is 25% off through the 12th. Use the super-secret discount code "SHOWOFF". What, you already have the book? BAM--you just thought of a friend who would enjoy a copy.
nostarch.com/open-circuits
nostarch.com/open-circuits
some of you may not know that i'm also on Mastodon: mastodon.social/@tubetime
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mastodon.social
October 8, 2025 at 5:46 AM
some of you may not know that i'm also on Mastodon: mastodon.social/@tubetime
well this was a challenge to model!
October 3, 2025 at 2:37 AM
well this was a challenge to model!
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TIL: My Automatic Document Feeder has no problems bulk scanning punched cards. This possibly makes the need for a second card reader solely for digitizing decks not necessary.
September 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
TIL: My Automatic Document Feeder has no problems bulk scanning punched cards. This possibly makes the need for a second card reader solely for digitizing decks not necessary.
today's hike. went up a mountain, saw an antenna.
September 21, 2025 at 1:30 AM
today's hike. went up a mountain, saw an antenna.