#RetroTechnology

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2025-05-24

Ah, yes, the groundbreaking revolution of transforming a rotary phone into a Linux kernel input device. 🤦‍♂️ Because who wouldn't want to spin their way through error messages like it's 1970? Next up: turning telegraphs into WiFi routers, because progress! 📞🔧
gitlab.com/sephalon/rotary_dia

2025-05-15

Cleaning out the attic. Why do I still have this? Behold the Toshiba T3400CT from 1994: i486SX-33 microprocessor, 120 MB storage, 4 MB RAM, a Megahertz 14,400 bps Fax Modem in the PCMCIA slot, and 640x480 color LCD (which was a big deal at the time). Ah, the memories. #vintage #RetroTechnology

A vintage Toshiba laptop in my workshop

Oscilloscope Digital Storage, 1990s Style | Hackaday

lemmy.world/post/29394112

The DIY 1982 Picture Phone

lemmy.world/post/29281654

2025-05-01

Found a super top secret military transmission. Who better to decipher it than my green glowing Apple IIe from 1983? What could the message be?

#apple2forever #appleiie #appleii #apple2 #apple2e #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #retrocomputer #vintagecomputer #vintagecomputing #vintagecomputers #retrocomputers #AmateurRadio #hamradio #retrotech #retrotechnology #rtty

The cassette revival rolls on at the first annual NYC Tape Fair on Sunday

lemmy.world/post/28794580

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