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Welcome to the new and improved Technology Rewind. We used to be Computer Collector, publishing each week from Jan. 2004 to March 2006 as an email newsletter, and reaching about 1,000 subscribers at our peak. Now we're trying life in the weblog format. We know some readers prefer the old format, but we believe the new format will reach many more people, which is vital to the health and growth

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egfeegergerger

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ignore this test

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As a lifetime technophile primarily interested in computers and videogames, another area that has always intrigued me, but been generally hands-off due to the various barriers to entry, is home robotics. There were some delightful robots and kits in the early to mid-80's to go along with the personal computer boom. However, the personal robotics boom was short lived and ultimately a much

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As you can see, I made some style changes, based on gobs of reader feedback. I changed the style to traditional black text on a white background, instead of the inverse, and I made the page width dynamically resizable to the window.Still working on an email updates solution.

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Regarding my switch from an email newsletter to a weblog, there's been a tremendous about of feedback in support of the old format. Unfortunately the old format was just too much work for me to keep up with. I would keep doing it if I had unlimited time and money, but obviously no one does (except maybe Bill Gates on the money side.)The good news: I finally got an Atom feed working. The

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It seems all the best new products for Commodore computers come out of Europe these days. It makes sense, as Commodore had a bigger foothold there in the post Commodore 64 era. In any case, one of the latest products is a nifty expansion for the Commodore Amiga 600, a more obscure entry in the Amiga line from a US-perspective, but certainly more common in Europe. Read about the expansion and

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We're looking for more blogs to link with! So, if you're also an (antique / classic / retro / vintage / or whatever you like to call it) collector and you are (or know of) a great blogger dedicated to the hobby, then please email us.

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As readers of Armchair Arcade know (see Matt Barton's "The Rise and Fall of Game Audio"), the Commodore 64 (C-64/128) is a unique sound machine, not out of place itself as an instrument with its powerful SID chip. The Prophet64 has finally been released and it looks to help take the venerable Commodore system to a higher level of audio integration in today's world (click here to see another

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The new May 2006 issue of A2 News and Notes is now available. This issue has stories on old hardware made new, Apple II 'net access, VGA support, KFest, and much more. Read more here.--------------------------------------Bill Loguidice, Managing DirectorArmchair Arcade, Inc.My collection

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VCF Midwest 2.0, July 15, West Lafayette, IndianaHOPE Number Six, July 21-23, New York, NYKansasFest 2006, July 18-23, Kansas City, MissouriCommodore Vegas Expo, July 29-30, Las Vegas, NevadaTell us about an event.

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TCF 2005, April 16-17, 2005VCF Europa 6.0, April 30-May 1, 2005LUCKI Commodore Spring Expo 2005, May 13-15, 2005VCF 8.0, Nov. 5-6, 2005, Mountain View, CATrenton Computer Festival 2005by Evan KoblentzEwing, N.J. - This past weekend was the 30th Trenton Computer Festival, held back at its original location of Trenton State College, now called The College of New Jersey. As noted on classiccmp.org

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History of HP Printers, March 2, 2004PhillyClassic 5, March 20-21, 2004VCF Europa 5.0, May 1-2, 2004PC Software: The First Decade, May 6-7, 2004VCF East 2.0, July 16-17, 2004KansasFest 2004, July 21-26, 2004VCF 7.0, Nov. 6-7, 2004History of HP Printersby Evan KoblentzCambridge, Mass. -- Any discussion about vintage computing must eventually cover Hewlett-Packard. But when it does, the talk is

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This section is coming soon. What kinds of events should we include other than vintage computers and retro gaming? We're thinking about major hamfests (there are simply too many for us to try listing all of them), telephone collectors' events, etc. ... email us with your suggestions.

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This is pretty cool: I just learned that I can post things by email via my smartphone.Sent from the Treo 650 of Evan Koblentz ... www.snarc.net

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Every dollar donated to TechnologyRewind.com helps us to continue reporting on the vintage computing hobby. Thank you!

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David Charles/ Colorado Computer MuseumLoveland, ColoradoJim Curry (Cray)Corydon, IndianaBruce Damer / DigiBarn Computer MuseumBoulder Creek, CaliforniaSellam Ismail / VintageTechLivermore, CaliforniaPerot Group / "A Moment in Real-Time" exhibitPlano, TexasReale-Rydell Computer MuseumCanoga Park, CaliforniaBob Roswell / System SourceHunt Valley, MarylandGuy Sotomayor (DEC)Sunnyvale, California

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American Computer MuseumBozeman, MontanaGoodwill Dell Computer MuseumAustin, TexasComputer History MuseumMountain View, CaliforniaIntel MuseumSanta Clara, CaliforniaKishwaukee CollegeMalta, IllinoisMicrosoft Visitor CenterRedmond, WashingtonPaul Gray PC MuseumClaremont, CaliforniaRhode Island Computer MuseumNorth Kingston, Rhode IslandSouthwest Museum of Engineering,Communications, and

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Houston Computer MuseumHouston, TexasMaine Computer MuseumBangor, MaineMARCH Computer MuseumWall, New JerseyMicrocomputer GalleryAlbuquerque, New MexicoPC MuseumNorth CarolinaSan Diego State U. (formerly theComputer Museum of America)San Diego, California(Not yet named)Orlando, Florida

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Charles Babbage InstituteMinneapolis, MinnesotaIEEE History CenterNew Brunswick, New JerseyHistory San Jose (Perham Collection)San Jose, California

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Bradbury Science MuseumLos Alamos, New MexicoChippewa Falls Museum of Industry and Technology (Cray)Chippewa Falls, WisconsinHistorical Electronics MuseumLinthicum, MarylandLawrence Livermore National LaboratoryLivermore, CaliforniaMuseum of Business History and TechnologyWilmington, DelawareNational Cryptologic MuseumFort Meade, MarylandSmithsonian Institution (under renovation)Washington, D.C.

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My name is Mark, and I am a 22 year old CS major from Indiana. My passion for computers began at a very young age with my father's TRS-80. I developed a fascination for programming which led to an eventual fascination with hardware and collecting. I started building my collection when I was 10 or 11, a TI-994A being the first "classic" machine in my collection. I have been collecting both vintage

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Loved the link to the Lego logic gates - takes me back to my first year at college, building an ALU out of 74-series logic. Happy days. I'm 40 next year and have a couple of kids of my own, go I guess that makes me "mature". My wife wouldn't agree though :-) The course I studied in the early-mid 80's was half hardware, half software. We spent much of the first year learning about De Morgans Laws,

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I first "discovered" Boolean logic and logic gates in the form of switch logic, implemented with relays, when I was in grade school in the mid-1950s. I built simple relay logic circuits and flip flops. This experience came in handy in high school for fixing pinball machines! I soon realized the "need for speed" and, even more important, reliability, which led me to electronic logic, using vacuum

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My introduction to vacuum tubes dates back to 1934 when we got a new Philco table radio (one of the famous round-topped types). We were depression-poor and my mother was going slowly crazy with the frustration of living on $90 a month for a family of five. My father saved for a year and got the radio for her for Christmas. That radio lasted until I took it apart in 1949 to learn something about

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