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A simulator for 1996 chat rooms connected to Windows 95 and System 7 web desktops, recreating vintage online experiences.
This article explores forgotten key symbols from old PC keyboards, discussing how iconography evolved and was replaced by modern text-based keys.
The Commodore 64 was released on September 1, 1982, as an affordable home computer with 64K memory, becoming the best-selling computer of all time.
This article provides a detailed examination of the core memory module from a 1980 Spacelab computer, highlighting its design and role in early space computing. It explores how magnetic core memory was used in the French-built Mitra 125 MS minicomputer for space shuttle missions.
A hobbyist builds a portable wide-screen electromechanical TV called the Scanwheel, using a 3D-printed drum and Raspberry Pi Pico to achieve a 4K by 20 resolution, inspired by early television technology like Nipkow disks.
This article highlights the world's first wrist computer system released by Seiko in 1984, which included a watch, a controller with a printer, and a keyboard for programming in BASIC.
An article exploring AT&T's rare Security-Plus Telephone from 1987, part of the NSA's STU-III secure voice encryption standard, and its place in the history of secure communications.
A detailed examination of two circuit boards from the Space Shuttle's I/O Processor, explaining its multi-threaded architecture, network interfaces, and microcode storage using fuse-based PROMs.
An article examining the historical development of the Minostigmat lens for the VEF Minox Riga camera and investigating whether Hans R. Schulz was its true designer, challenging the conventional narrative.