Restoring a 1975 Tektronix 4051 Vector Graphics Computer: Repair and Historical Context

Restoring a 1999 Apple iBook: A Challenging Trip Down Memory Lane

Before the Apple MacBook there was the Apple iBook, fruity 1999 colors included. These PowerPC-based laptops targeted low-cost PC-compatible

Restoring and powering up a vacuum-tube module from IBM's 1948 electronic calculator

1948 was an interesting time for computing. For decades, businesses had used punch card equipment that added and sorted electromechanically.

Old-School Electronics That Defined an Era

My 1993 Atari Mega STE Retro Battlestation

I recently came across a photo of my original Atari Mega STE setup from 1993.

Returning to PC building after 5 years: What's changed and what hasn't in hardware and assembly

Coming back to PC building after 5 years taught me that muscle memory for this hobby never expires

Ingenious father fixes dead RTX 3070 with a jerry-rigged capacitor from an old radio — Saves worried son $120 in repair costs, GPU 'works better than before' now

A Russian family has just saved the house $120 in GPU repairs after the father fixed it with a salvaged capacitor from an old radio.