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  • @lobsters GentleOS/16 hobby OS for vintage 16-bit PCs #RetroComputing #HobbyOS #VintageTech

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    Sep 2, 2026
  • @petapixel The Konica IIA Is a Shining Example of Timeless Technology #Photography #Analog #VintageTech

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    Aug 29, 2026
  • @petapixel How the Absurd Contax 1000mm f/5.6 Lens From the 1970s Performs Today #Photography #VintageTech #Lenses

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    Aug 24, 2026
  • @lobsters Kodak DC50 now usable on the Apple II #RetroComputing #VintageTech #AppleII

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    Aug 24, 2026
  • @hackaday Neo-Cyclostyle: Automatic Document Copying Devices in 1890 #History #VintageTech #Maker

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    Aug 24, 2026
  • @hackaday Rare IBM PC Brought Back To Life #Retrocomputing #VintageTech #HardwareHacking

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    Aug 14, 2026
  • @ken_shirriff Energizing a vacuum-tube flip-flop module from a 1948 IBM system #VintageTech #Electronics #RetroComputing

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    Jul 31, 2026
  • @lobsters CP/M-68K emulator #RetroComputing #Emulation #VintageTech

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    Jul 29, 2026
  • @lobsters OS9Map: OpenStreetMap for Mac OS 9 #Retrocomputing #OpenStreetMap #VintageTech

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    Jun 25, 2026
  • @ken_shirriff Powering up a module from the IBM 604: an electronic calculator from 1948 #VintageTech #Electronics #History

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    Jun 7, 2026
  • @lobsters Ahoy, DECmate II! the little PDP-8 that could #RetroComputing #VintageTech #Computers

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    May 31, 2026
  • @hackaday Autopsy of a Failed Vintage Carbon Resistor #Electronics #Repair #VintageTech

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    May 27, 2026
  • @hackaday Peek Into IBM's System/360 With Vintage Training Film #Retrocomputing #VintageTech #Computers

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    May 26, 2026
  • @hackaday Restoring a 3DO Blaster Card from the Early 90s #Retrocomputing #Hardware #VintageTech

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    May 16, 2026
  • @public_domain_review Twilight of the Velocipede: Typesetting Races before the Age of Linotype #History #Typography #VintageTech

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    May 13, 2026
  • @hackaday The History of Altec Lansing #History #Audio #VintageTech

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    May 12, 2026
  • @hackaday How Commodore Made a Sync Splitter #Retrocomputing #Hardware #VintageTech

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    May 8, 2026
  • @hackaday The Montgomery Ward Gasoline-Powered Clothes Iron #History #Maker #VintageTech

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    May 8, 2026
  • @lobsters Building my own Vi text editor in BASIC #RetroComputing #Programming #VintageTech

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    May 5, 2026
  • @hackaday Adapting a 100-Year-Old Lens To A Modern Camera #Hacks #Photography #VintageTech

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    May 1, 2026
  • @lobsters Using a 1978 terminal in 2026 (DEC VT-100) #RetroComputing #VintageTech #TechHistory

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    Apr 28, 2026
  • @simon_willison Introducing talkie: a 13B vintage language model from 1930 #AI #VintageTech #LanguageModel

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    Apr 28, 2026
  • @hackaday Rescuing the Data on a 1960s LGP-21 Computer's Disk Memory #Retrocomputing #DataRecovery #VintageTech

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    Apr 25, 2026
  • @hackaday What Can You Run on a 1960s Univac? Anything You’re Willing To Wait For! #Retrocomputing #Hacks #VintageTech

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    Apr 18, 2026
  • @ken_shirriff The electromechanical angle computer inside the B-52 bomber's star tracker #Electronics #VintageTech #Aerospace

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    Apr 18, 2026
  • @lobsters Running a Minecraft Server and more on a 1960s UNIVAC Computer #RetroComputing #VintageTech #Gaming

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    Apr 18, 2026
  • @ken_shirriff Unusual circuits in the Intel 386's standard cell logic #Electronics #VintageTech #ComputerHistory

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    Nov 22, 2025
  • @ken_shirriff Here be dragons: Preventing static damage, latchup, and metastability in the 386 #Electronics #VintageTech #ComputerHistory

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    Aug 17, 2025
  • @ken_shirriff Inside the Apollo "8-Ball" FDAI (Flight Director / Attitude Indicator) #SpaceExploration #VintageTech #Engineering

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    Jun 14, 2025