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Picked this up at the show today. [3024x4032 - 1MB]
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"Understanding Electronics: Vacuum Tubes" --- 1970 Educational Film Diodes & Triodes. Video (18:40)
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EPROMS, erasable PALs, programmers and erasers waiting for the trash. [4032x3024 - 4.05MB]
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Finished up another device tonight and did the operational check on it. [4032x3024 - 697KB]
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1920s era vacuum tubes. [1280x960 - 243KB]
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90s PC cool kids will remember these. You could backup everything on your HDD back then. I do miss my Colorado Memory Systems tape drives.
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A camera for mechanical television. [960x1280 - 186KB]
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Beautiful Glowing Tubes - Jimmy's Junkyard
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It's always a treat to find OEM tubes in an old device. [3024x4032 - 899KB]
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At the Early Television Museum Swap Meet [4032x3024 - 2.19MB]
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Picked this up at the last antique show I went to [4032x3024 - 3.15MB]
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The transparent chip inside a vintage Hewlett-Packard floppy drive
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The Air Force's 50,000 Ton Press - A Crushing Success
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Working on an old device, correcting the original builder's mistakes.
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Old vs. New [1280x1245 - 259KB]
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Performing the sacred ritual of capacitator replacement. [4032x3024 - 1.46MB]
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Mystery Tool Quiz - What is this for? (Solution will follow)
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Yes, in the 1980s we downloaded games from the radio
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Without internet connection russians started using SSTV technology... >_> [0:54]
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Picked up some flour at the old mill today. (Short video below)
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1940s Bell Telephone "mobile Telephones" Movie - Early Cell Phone / Mobile Telephone System [10:22]
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Just finished a tune-up on my audio generator. Here's all the old tubes. [2000x2667 - 532KB]
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When you have to get the old old stuff out, shit's getting serious. [4032x3024 - 988KB]
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A genuine Tek scope camera [4032x3024 - 2.72MB]
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Snooping On US & Russian Satcom With Military Surplus Antenna
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![Picked this up at the show today. [3024x4032 - 1MB]](https://poal.co/static/images/134cccb2cec96b33.jpg){kind=link}
![EPROMS, erasable PALs, programmers and erasers waiting for the trash. [4032x3024 - 4.05MB]](https://poal.co/static/images/z3m7ql.jpg){kind=link}
![Finished up another device tonight and did the operational check on it. [4032x3024 - 697KB]](https://poal.co/static/images/cbcb9b8989856079.jpg){kind=link}
![1920s era vacuum tubes. [1280x960 - 243KB]](https://poal.co/static/images/H4jhP5.jpg){kind=link}
![A camera for mechanical television. [960x1280 - 186KB]](https://poal.co/static/images/ccc4a3244c633032.jpg){kind=link}
![It's always a treat to find OEM tubes in an old device. [3024x4032 - 899KB]](https://poal.co/static/images/iQbPOx.jpg){kind=link}
![At the Early Television Museum Swap Meet [4032x3024 - 2.19MB]](https://poal.co/static/images/bc99ece44c202233.jpg){kind=link}
![Picked this up at the last antique show I went to [4032x3024 - 3.15MB]](https://poal.co/static/images/pYUdjD.jpg){kind=link}
![Old vs. New [1280x1245 - 259KB]](https://poal.co/static/images/a66687f66e0fb0cb.jpg){kind=link}
![Performing the sacred ritual of capacitator replacement. [4032x3024 - 1.46MB]](https://poal.co/static/images/d5c1825ff6ba73ce.jpg){kind=link}
![Just finished a tune-up on my audio generator. Here's all the old tubes. [2000x2667 - 532KB]](https://poal.co/static/images/q22Fls.jpg){kind=link}
![When you have to get the old old stuff out, shit's getting serious. [4032x3024 - 988KB]](https://poal.co/static/images/260659794965983c.jpg){kind=link}
![A genuine Tek scope camera [4032x3024 - 2.72MB]](https://poal.co/static/images/XeLGAZ.jpg){kind=link}