Magnetic Bubble Memory Mega-Post
I’ve been doing projects based on Magnetic Bubble Memory for the last few years and I’ve created this post to aggregate information and pointers to one place. I got started on this adventure after...
View ArticleScott’s 4-bit single board computer using the Intel 4004 or Intel 4040
In this post, I build a single-board computer that uses the world’s first commercially available CPU, the Intel 4004. Background I’ve previously done projects using the 8008, the world’s first...
View ArticleBurroughs B21 / Convergent AWS Vintage Computer Restoration
In this post, I restore a Burroughs B21 Vintage Computer Background The Burroughs B21 was one of the computers that I used as a teenager. It was a long, long time ago. My Dad had brought the machine...
View ArticleMonitor Cataract Repair on my Burroughs B21 Vintage Computer CRT
This is a continuation of my post series on the Burroughs B21, a rebranded version of the Convergent Technologies AWS. If you’re interested in the B21 / AWS, then please start with my first post in...
View ArticleSharp PC-5000, Vintage Laptop with Bubble Memory Cartridge System
In this blog post, I restore a vintage Sharp PC-5000 Background As people may have noticed from my other blog posts, I’m a collector of bubble memory and computers that use bubble memory. The Sharp...
View ArticleNostOS: The Nostalgia Operating System, for RC2014
In this blog post, I design and implement a brand new operating system for old computers. Why implement a new operating system? Let’s face it, there’s already RomWBW and Fuzix for the RC2014, and if...
View ArticleRestoring a GRiD Compass and Building the World’s First GPIB Speech Synthesizer
In this post, I restore a GRiD Compass computer, and I build a speech synthesizer for it. Background The GRiD Compass has been on my most-wanted list for a while because it is an early computer that...
View ArticleSpeech Plus Prose 2000 Speech Synthesizer — original model used by Stephen...
In this video, I get a Speech Plus Prose 2000 Speech Synthesizer up and running. Background As anyone who visits this website is well aware, I collect, restore, and design vintage speech synthesizers....
View ArticleTeleram 4000 / T-4000 Vintage Computer with Magnetic Bubble Memory
In this blog post, I restore a Teleram 4000, a portable vintage computer from 1983 that ran CP/M and used Magnetic Bubble Memory. Teleram 4000 Video – Teardown, Power-Up, Speech Synthethis, Bubble...
View ArticleOnline RC2014 Emulator!
Try My RC2014 Emulator Online, Right in Your Browser In this post, I put an RC2014 Z80 computer up on the web so that anyone can tryit out, right from their browser, with nothing to install. If you’ve...
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