Monthly Archives: August 2012

Craigslist What the heck? A Commodore Pet in Long Island

Posted on August 30, 2012 by admin

It’s bad enough he has the computer wrong, but $300?

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Hans Camenzind inventor of the 555 timer passed away

Posted on August 16, 2012 by admin

  Hans R Camenzind the famous engineer who created the 555 Timer integrated Circuit passed away. The EE Times has an article on it and you can read about it here: http://eetimes.com/electronics-news/4394166/Hans-Camenzind-dies

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World Maker Faire New York Sept. 29 & 30, 2012

Posted on August 14, 2012 by admin

  Again Maker Faire is coming back to New York and my friends from MARCH (http://www.midatlanticretro.org/) and I will be around to show off old computers and show off what makers are doing with vintage technology. Maker Faire is an awesome … Continue reading →

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Altair Serial # 992 on Ebay.

Posted on August 14, 2012 by admin

    My friend Cameron Cooper is selling this fine Altair 8800. Cameron is a fellow aficionado and I know he takes care of his equipment. His blog of his collection is here: Cameron’s Closet. He posted a video of the … Continue reading →

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Arstechnica shows us 35 years of Personal Computer Marketshare.

Posted on August 14, 2012 by admin

Jeremy Reimer from Arstechnica has an article on computer market share from the Altair to the IPad. It is an update to a previous article “Total share: 30 years of personal computer market share figures“. Here is a link to the … Continue reading →

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Time Online posts nice article about the History of the TRS-80 for it’s 35th birthday

Posted on August 6, 2012 by admin

The TRS-80 Model 1 was released on Aug 3 1977 and Time Magazine’s Technologizer has a nice article of the History of the TRS-80. Here is a link to the article: techland.time.com/2012/08/03/trs-80/      

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Sotheby’s sells Apple I for $374,500. Vintage computer collectors around the world faint

Posted on August 5, 2012 by admin

I actually thought I published this before, but I didn’t. Oh well I’m late but better late than never. A well documented and true original Apple I was sold at Sotheby’s for $374,500 by an unknown phone in bidder. The … Continue reading →

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Someone in the U.S. still makes Floppy Disks

Posted on August 5, 2012 by admin

ATHANA International, is based out of California they manufacture 3.5″, 5.25″ and 8″ disks as well as Magnetic Tape and Data Cartridges. I think it’s great that there are companies that still make media for our vintage computers Thanks to … Continue reading →

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MARCH Shows off Apple 1 replica at HOPE 9 and it makes SLASHDOT

Posted on August 5, 2012 by admin

MARCH (MidAtlantic Retro Computing Hobbyists) showed of their Apple 1 replica and the people at Slashdot.org picked up on it Here is link to he article http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/07/31/2319249/march-presents-apple-i-reproduction-in-action-at-hope-9

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30 Years ago the Commodore 64 was released to the public

Posted on August 5, 2012 by admin

Yes, 30 years ago Commodore International started to ship the Commodore 64 to the public. It was announced at the 1982 Winter Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in Jan 1982. What they didn’t know was the icon that they created.. The … Continue reading →

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