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Microsoft Windows 3.10 | PCjs Machines

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Performing the sacred ritual of capacitator replacement. [4032x3024 - 1.46MB]

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Under steam [4032x3024 - 1.41MB]

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$900 (adjusted) in 1938 vs. $900 today. [1600x1908 - 383KB]

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The MP944 was the ‘real’ world’s first microprocessor, but it was top secret for nearly 30 years — F-14 Tomcat's chip lived in the shadow of the Intel 4004, but was eight times faster

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Computers made Morse Code easy. [3024x4032 - 779KB]

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Examining The First Mechanical Calculator

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A nice, cold 807

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Examples of early television sets [4032x3024 - 1.37MB]

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I took the cathedral speaker and the radio underneath of it home for $35 [4032x3024 - 1.82MB]

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A camera for mechanical television. [960x1280 - 186KB]

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At the Early Television Museum Swap Meet [4032x3024 - 2.19MB]

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Making A 2-Transistor AM Radio With A Philips Electronic Engineer EE8 Kit From 1966

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Finished up another device tonight and did the operational check on it. [4032x3024 - 697KB]

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Don Lancaster's 'Hardware Hacker' and Guru Lair page - Check it out, before it's too late

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This device. This one, right here. [1500x1125 - 182KB]

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Going through that big batch of old chips before someone comes to pick it up and found these. [2888x1760 - 379KB]

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A Treasure Trove Of Random Vintage Tech Resources

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End of an era: AOL discontinues dial-up internet service after more than 30 years

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Picked up this small, old soldering iron at the Cleveland Hamfest today. [1280x489 - 121KB]

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An old floor speaker from the TRF days. [3024x4032 - 2.49MB]

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Don't be vague - ask for SPRAGUE. [3621x1435 - 868KB]

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Old chips in my inventory. One last look before they go. [4032x3024 - 1.07MB]

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"The Magic Of Fluorescence” 1940S General Electric Fluorescent Lightbulb Promo Film

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1969 Mergenthaler Linotype Linotron 505 Promo Film Phototypesetting Printing System

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