Old newsletters archive
This is the archive of the former Computer Collector Newsletter. We published as an email newsletter almost every week from Jan. 2004 to March 2006. That was more than 100 issues, and then we took a short hiatus before re-launching as this blog. The old articles are mostly not yet online except where hyperlinked. However, you can click the issue dates for summaries or e-mail us for specific articles.
(June 8, 2006 -- update -- the old links on this page are temporarily down for updates. Please check back soon.)
March 2006:
• March 11 2006: Build a DigiComp 1 v.2.0; AltairPC kit from Briel; Plasma Pong game; Apple's 30th birthday; Rockwell printers
Feb. 2006:
• Feb. 28 2006: Perot museum details; Eight bits, baby!; Woz speaks on Apple; Sperry and DEC gear
• Feb. 21 2006: Interview with Grid Systems founder; Altair32 front-panel update; RetroBlast contest and interviews; Mechanical computing projects; Amiga stuff to buy/sell/trade
• Feb. 14 2006: ENIAC is 60, memorial delayed; Atari at another crossroads; Perot's new museum unearthed; A "Top 10" contest
• Feb. 7 2006: 100th issue special edition: The end of software; Meaning of collecting; We're pro-classics; What is obsolete?; Shockley Semiconductor; The little OSes that could
Jan. 2006:
• Jan. 25 2006: PC virus history; Pong wall clock; Rexx programming
• Jan. 17 2006: Computing's anniversaries in '06; Cray-Cyber.org
• Jan. 10 2006: Paul Allen interview; Timex Sinclair archive; Hobby
Dec. 2005:
• Dec. 23 2005: The year in review; Story ideas for '06?
• Dec. 13 2005: SDCM collections adopted; USB converters for vintage controllers; Prodigy for sale
• Dec. 7 2005: CCAG show; HP garage update; Lilith workstations
Nov. 2005:
• Nov. 30 2005: 2006 Buyer's Guide; HP garage tours; Mainframes
• Nov. 22 2005: Windows at 20; Bricklin's wikiCalc; Buyer's Guide
• Nov. 8 2005: VCF 8.0 final report; Medals for Cerf & Kahn; VAX 4000
• Nov. 2 2005: VCF 8.0 travelogue; Best games ever; Hobby blogs
Oct. 2005:
• Oct. 24 2005: Warpstock 9.0 report; VCF 8.0 pre-show update; Flight Simulator books; Our hobby in the media
• Oct. 17 2005: Update: San Diego Computer Museum and CHM; Re-name our newsletter contest; Help celebrate the Homebrew Computer Club
• Oct. 11 2005: Reader mail; Marconi, IBM in the news; Acclaim rights for sale; Trivia questions; Help a Kaypro user
• Oct. 6 2005: San Diego Computer Museum; Your first computer jobs; Commodore book review; The return of Tecmo Bowl
Sept. 2005:
• Sept. 27 2005: SWRAP and HP events wrap-up; Uther card available for Apple 2; Vintage computing down under
• Sept. 14 2005: Reader's amazing stories; Pre-HP history of Silicon Valley; Mockingboard v1 for Apple II; 40th anniversary of Moore's Law
• Sept. 6 2005: Help us please; VCF 8 update; Silicon Valley's heritage; How long does media last?; Vintage computers still in use
Aug. 2005:
• Aug. 23 2005: Homebrew Club newsletters; Put a CD drive in a Mac SE/30; Defend collectors' pride!
• Aug. 16 2005: Midwest events on deck; HP-300A from 1941 donated; Eckert-Mauchly funding news
• Aug. 8 2005: The controversial birth of the TRS-80; Win99/4A 3.004 emulator announced; IMSAI 8080 in good condition for sale
• Aug. 2 2005: The MicroOffice Roadrunner; VCF Midwest and CommVEx reports; Wolfenstein 3D for TI-83/84 calculators; Eckert-Mauchly landmark update; Heathkit systems for sale
July 2005:
• July 25 2005: Helping to save the Eckert-Mauchly building; CP/M updates at ArmchairArcade; Oscilloscope pioneer dies; KansasFest
• July 19 2005: Bring on the BastelCard; Goodnight, OS/2, sort of; Are mainframes back?; VCF Midwest is near!
• July 12 2005: BBS: The Documentary review, part three / MSX-on-a-chip / Goodbye, Phrack
• July 5 2005: Share: The 50th anniversary; Cronosoft games due in original format; VCF update; Fall CHM events
June 2005:
• June 28 2005: Beach reading for nerds / Win a Pac-Man console / "Today in History" web feature
• June 21 2005: Jack St. Clair Kilby remembered / BBS: The Documentary review, part two / summer events
• June 13 2005: Building robots with vintage computer parts / Intel-Apple plan? / Changes at the Smithsonian
• June 7 2005: LUCKI Commodore Expo Spring / BBS: The Documentary review, part one / Sol-20 available
May 2005:
• May 30 2005: The $199,000 eBay auction / Atari Flashback 2 (and 3!) / Help the Houston Computer Museum
• May 24 2005: Ten vintage computing safety tips / BBS: The Documentary / DEC Rainbows available
• May 17 2005: A glimpse into our future / Vintage videogame maps / Graphics book now online
• May 10 2005: The history of Enigma machines / GUI timeline / Warpstock 9.0 / AmigaEast is cancelled
• May 2 2005: VCF Europa 6.0 report / IBM minicomputer rescue / Atari Flashback 2.0 / Silicon Valley culture
April 2005:
• April 25 2005: Review of Ralph Baer's autobiography / Vintage programming books are now online
• April 18 2005: TCF 2005 wrap-up / Funny vintage error messages / Classic cartoons / Doug Engelbart
• April 11 2005: Big changes at ClassicCmp.org and Vintage Computer Festival / Moore's Law turns 40
• April 4 2005: Update on the Semi-Virtual Diskette and Spare Time Gizmos products / Old-computers.com
March 2005:
• March 21 2005: Goodwill stores / Custom Apple II games / Amiga East 2005 / Slide rule retro
• March 14 2005: The story of the Linus WriteTop / NPR interviews Donald Knuth / All about abandonware
• March 7 2005: How to find out stuff, part two / The inventor of multi-user games / Blogs and RSS
Feb. 2005:
• Feb. 28 2005: Interview with Mitch Kapor / New games for Atari / In memory of Jef Raskin
• Feb. 22 2005: Preview of upcoming computer history books / Doug Engelbart and the Bootstrap Institute
• Feb. 15, 2005: Recovering vintage and damaged data / Intellivision lives / Coverage from BusinessWeek
• Feb. 8, 2005: The AT&T acquisition and telephone history / New games for Sega Saturn / eBay ads
Jan. 2005:
• Jan. 31, 2005: Vintage computing auction at Christie's (and interview) / Deem Bristow / Telephone collecting
• Jan. 24, 2005: History of speech synthesis / New VCF events / Hidden BASIC / Vintage screen captures
• Jan. 17, 2005: Update on Erik's Altair restoration project / Save the CMA / Why emulators stink
• Jan. 10, 2005: Vintage computer user groups / Web sites and emulators / 20 years of Usenet highlights
• Jan. 5, 2005: Interview with John Woodall / History of Mario / Commodore sold (again!)
Dec. 2004:
• Dec. 28, 2004: A look back at 2004, a look ahead to 2005 / News from Digibarn
• Dec. 20, 2004: Head-to-head product review: Atari Flashback vs. C-64 30-in-1 Joystick
• Dec. 15, 2004: Lego logic gates, "Jacquard’s Web", Educational kits / Cado Systems: Data still needed!
• Dec. 7, 2004: Calculator super-collector Katie Wasserman / Call for information about Cado Systems
Nov. 2004:
• Nov. 30, 2004: We celebrate milestones / Commodore for the holidays / Columbia Data Products 1600
• Nov. 22, 2004: The holiday shopping guide / Goodwill stores
• Nov. 16, 2004: 100th anniversary of the vacuum tube / Eye disease from too much computer use?
• Nov. 9, 2004: Our museums book is finally available / High-tech grandma / CommodoreOne update
• Nov. 1, 2004: IBM System 38 rescue / "Simon" says go to VCF! / Two new books
Oct. 2004:
• Oct. 26, 2004: Atari 2600-to-MediaPC conversion project / Maze War exhibit at DigiBarn
• Oct. 19, 2004: Fellows ceremony at CHM / Sellam: Man of Steel / Albuquerque update
• Oct. 12, 2004: We finally review the Apple 1 "Replica 1" kit! (Part 1)
• Oct. 5, 2004: Computer museums all over the U.S. / VCF exhibitors?
Sept. 2004:
• Sept. 27, 2004: Upcoming vintage gaming events / How to write for us (nudge nudge, wink wink)...
• Sept. 20, 2004: The IEEE History Center / Technical bookstores in New York City
• Sept. 15, 2004: An emerging vintage media preservation standard / Our quest for 600
• Sept. 7, 2004: New museum / A death in the family / News from Atari / CCEN @ VCF
Aug. 2004:
• Aug. 30, 2004: Reader poll: The best and worst of everything
• Aug. 17, 2004: Early PDA history and Satyan Pitroda / SAGE follow-up
• Aug. 9, 2004: "My adventures at SAGE" by Robert Morrisette / Call for events listings
• Aug. 3, 2004: KansasFest 2004 (Apple II event) report / Future issues preview
July 2004:
• July 27, 2004: Vintage computers as art / Young collectors / Contest update
• July 18, 2004: VCF East 2.0 wrap-up / Correction for the Tandy article
• July 12, 2004: VCF East 2.0 / Tandy Model 100 laptop / See an IBM 1401 live!
June 2004:
• June 28, 2004: Things that make you go "hmmm"... / Vintage computing jokes?
• June 21, 2004: Vintage computing for kids / VCF East 2.0 update and stuff to do Sunday
• June 14, 2004: A problem and how we plan to solve it / Update on the HP-15C petition
• June 7, 2004: Tale of an early computer retail store / Foolish laptop mistake
• June 1, 2004: Last week’s absence / Our collections / Commodore history / HP-15C
May 2004:
• May 17, 2004: Caring for old computers / Computer Museum of America re-opening
• May 10, 2004: Coverage of PC Software: The First Decade conference
• May 3, 2004: VCF Europa 5.0 report / Corrections
April 2004:
• April 26, 2004: IBM 1401 restoration project / Vintage manuals from Epson
• April 20, 2004: Memories of collecting / Museums directory
• April 12, 2004: Future issue previews / Classic advertising / Joke of the week
• April 4, 2004: Upcoming events / More replicas / Caring for old computers
March 2004:
• March 29, 2004: Vintage computer replicas / Call for events listings
• March 23, 2004: Bookstore expanded / PhillyClassic report / VCF East 2.0>
• March 15, 2004: Brief history of data storage / Altair rewiring project
• March 8, 2004: History of inkjet printing / Win a prize
• March 1, 2004: Win a prize / Software and gaming conferences
Feb. 2004:
• Feb. 23, 2004: Macinstosh 20th anniversary / Some things never change
• Feb. 16, 2004: Collecting in England vs. the U.S. / How to write for us
• Feb. 9, 2004: Creative research advice / Antique radio collecting
• Feb. 2, 2004: Interview with the Ctrl-Alt-Del inventor / Rare Apple II value
Jan. 2004:
• Jan. 26, 2004: Interview with Jef Raskin / Roll-up screens
• Jan. 19, 2004: What’s collectible / Gaming projects
• Jan. 12, 2004: Software restoration, by Dan Bricklin / DigiBarn / Tech Museum
• Jan. 7, 2004: Computer collecting in context / Innovation Futures contest
Old stuff:
2003 and beyond (under construction...)
(June 8, 2006 -- update -- the old links on this page are temporarily down for updates. Please check back soon.)
March 2006:
• March 11 2006: Build a DigiComp 1 v.2.0; AltairPC kit from Briel; Plasma Pong game; Apple's 30th birthday; Rockwell printers
Feb. 2006:
• Feb. 28 2006: Perot museum details; Eight bits, baby!; Woz speaks on Apple; Sperry and DEC gear
• Feb. 21 2006: Interview with Grid Systems founder; Altair32 front-panel update; RetroBlast contest and interviews; Mechanical computing projects; Amiga stuff to buy/sell/trade
• Feb. 14 2006: ENIAC is 60, memorial delayed; Atari at another crossroads; Perot's new museum unearthed; A "Top 10" contest
• Feb. 7 2006: 100th issue special edition: The end of software; Meaning of collecting; We're pro-classics; What is obsolete?; Shockley Semiconductor; The little OSes that could
Jan. 2006:
• Jan. 25 2006: PC virus history; Pong wall clock; Rexx programming
• Jan. 17 2006: Computing's anniversaries in '06; Cray-Cyber.org
• Jan. 10 2006: Paul Allen interview; Timex Sinclair archive; Hobby
Dec. 2005:
• Dec. 23 2005: The year in review; Story ideas for '06?
• Dec. 13 2005: SDCM collections adopted; USB converters for vintage controllers; Prodigy for sale
• Dec. 7 2005: CCAG show; HP garage update; Lilith workstations
Nov. 2005:
• Nov. 30 2005: 2006 Buyer's Guide; HP garage tours; Mainframes
• Nov. 22 2005: Windows at 20; Bricklin's wikiCalc; Buyer's Guide
• Nov. 8 2005: VCF 8.0 final report; Medals for Cerf & Kahn; VAX 4000
• Nov. 2 2005: VCF 8.0 travelogue; Best games ever; Hobby blogs
Oct. 2005:
• Oct. 24 2005: Warpstock 9.0 report; VCF 8.0 pre-show update; Flight Simulator books; Our hobby in the media
• Oct. 17 2005: Update: San Diego Computer Museum and CHM; Re-name our newsletter contest; Help celebrate the Homebrew Computer Club
• Oct. 11 2005: Reader mail; Marconi, IBM in the news; Acclaim rights for sale; Trivia questions; Help a Kaypro user
• Oct. 6 2005: San Diego Computer Museum; Your first computer jobs; Commodore book review; The return of Tecmo Bowl
Sept. 2005:
• Sept. 27 2005: SWRAP and HP events wrap-up; Uther card available for Apple 2; Vintage computing down under
• Sept. 14 2005: Reader's amazing stories; Pre-HP history of Silicon Valley; Mockingboard v1 for Apple II; 40th anniversary of Moore's Law
• Sept. 6 2005: Help us please; VCF 8 update; Silicon Valley's heritage; How long does media last?; Vintage computers still in use
Aug. 2005:
• Aug. 23 2005: Homebrew Club newsletters; Put a CD drive in a Mac SE/30; Defend collectors' pride!
• Aug. 16 2005: Midwest events on deck; HP-300A from 1941 donated; Eckert-Mauchly funding news
• Aug. 8 2005: The controversial birth of the TRS-80; Win99/4A 3.004 emulator announced; IMSAI 8080 in good condition for sale
• Aug. 2 2005: The MicroOffice Roadrunner; VCF Midwest and CommVEx reports; Wolfenstein 3D for TI-83/84 calculators; Eckert-Mauchly landmark update; Heathkit systems for sale
July 2005:
• July 25 2005: Helping to save the Eckert-Mauchly building; CP/M updates at ArmchairArcade; Oscilloscope pioneer dies; KansasFest
• July 19 2005: Bring on the BastelCard; Goodnight, OS/2, sort of; Are mainframes back?; VCF Midwest is near!
• July 12 2005: BBS: The Documentary review, part three / MSX-on-a-chip / Goodbye, Phrack
• July 5 2005: Share: The 50th anniversary; Cronosoft games due in original format; VCF update; Fall CHM events
June 2005:
• June 28 2005: Beach reading for nerds / Win a Pac-Man console / "Today in History" web feature
• June 21 2005: Jack St. Clair Kilby remembered / BBS: The Documentary review, part two / summer events
• June 13 2005: Building robots with vintage computer parts / Intel-Apple plan? / Changes at the Smithsonian
• June 7 2005: LUCKI Commodore Expo Spring / BBS: The Documentary review, part one / Sol-20 available
May 2005:
• May 30 2005: The $199,000 eBay auction / Atari Flashback 2 (and 3!) / Help the Houston Computer Museum
• May 24 2005: Ten vintage computing safety tips / BBS: The Documentary / DEC Rainbows available
• May 17 2005: A glimpse into our future / Vintage videogame maps / Graphics book now online
• May 10 2005: The history of Enigma machines / GUI timeline / Warpstock 9.0 / AmigaEast is cancelled
• May 2 2005: VCF Europa 6.0 report / IBM minicomputer rescue / Atari Flashback 2.0 / Silicon Valley culture
April 2005:
• April 25 2005: Review of Ralph Baer's autobiography / Vintage programming books are now online
• April 18 2005: TCF 2005 wrap-up / Funny vintage error messages / Classic cartoons / Doug Engelbart
• April 11 2005: Big changes at ClassicCmp.org and Vintage Computer Festival / Moore's Law turns 40
• April 4 2005: Update on the Semi-Virtual Diskette and Spare Time Gizmos products / Old-computers.com
March 2005:
• March 21 2005: Goodwill stores / Custom Apple II games / Amiga East 2005 / Slide rule retro
• March 14 2005: The story of the Linus WriteTop / NPR interviews Donald Knuth / All about abandonware
• March 7 2005: How to find out stuff, part two / The inventor of multi-user games / Blogs and RSS
Feb. 2005:
• Feb. 28 2005: Interview with Mitch Kapor / New games for Atari / In memory of Jef Raskin
• Feb. 22 2005: Preview of upcoming computer history books / Doug Engelbart and the Bootstrap Institute
• Feb. 15, 2005: Recovering vintage and damaged data / Intellivision lives / Coverage from BusinessWeek
• Feb. 8, 2005: The AT&T acquisition and telephone history / New games for Sega Saturn / eBay ads
Jan. 2005:
• Jan. 31, 2005: Vintage computing auction at Christie's (and interview) / Deem Bristow / Telephone collecting
• Jan. 24, 2005: History of speech synthesis / New VCF events / Hidden BASIC / Vintage screen captures
• Jan. 17, 2005: Update on Erik's Altair restoration project / Save the CMA / Why emulators stink
• Jan. 10, 2005: Vintage computer user groups / Web sites and emulators / 20 years of Usenet highlights
• Jan. 5, 2005: Interview with John Woodall / History of Mario / Commodore sold (again!)
Dec. 2004:
• Dec. 28, 2004: A look back at 2004, a look ahead to 2005 / News from Digibarn
• Dec. 20, 2004: Head-to-head product review: Atari Flashback vs. C-64 30-in-1 Joystick
• Dec. 15, 2004: Lego logic gates, "Jacquard’s Web", Educational kits / Cado Systems: Data still needed!
• Dec. 7, 2004: Calculator super-collector Katie Wasserman / Call for information about Cado Systems
Nov. 2004:
• Nov. 30, 2004: We celebrate milestones / Commodore for the holidays / Columbia Data Products 1600
• Nov. 22, 2004: The holiday shopping guide / Goodwill stores
• Nov. 16, 2004: 100th anniversary of the vacuum tube / Eye disease from too much computer use?
• Nov. 9, 2004: Our museums book is finally available / High-tech grandma / CommodoreOne update
• Nov. 1, 2004: IBM System 38 rescue / "Simon" says go to VCF! / Two new books
Oct. 2004:
• Oct. 26, 2004: Atari 2600-to-MediaPC conversion project / Maze War exhibit at DigiBarn
• Oct. 19, 2004: Fellows ceremony at CHM / Sellam: Man of Steel / Albuquerque update
• Oct. 12, 2004: We finally review the Apple 1 "Replica 1" kit! (Part 1)
• Oct. 5, 2004: Computer museums all over the U.S. / VCF exhibitors?
Sept. 2004:
• Sept. 27, 2004: Upcoming vintage gaming events / How to write for us (nudge nudge, wink wink)...
• Sept. 20, 2004: The IEEE History Center / Technical bookstores in New York City
• Sept. 15, 2004: An emerging vintage media preservation standard / Our quest for 600
• Sept. 7, 2004: New museum / A death in the family / News from Atari / CCEN @ VCF
Aug. 2004:
• Aug. 30, 2004: Reader poll: The best and worst of everything
• Aug. 17, 2004: Early PDA history and Satyan Pitroda / SAGE follow-up
• Aug. 9, 2004: "My adventures at SAGE" by Robert Morrisette / Call for events listings
• Aug. 3, 2004: KansasFest 2004 (Apple II event) report / Future issues preview
July 2004:
• July 27, 2004: Vintage computers as art / Young collectors / Contest update
• July 18, 2004: VCF East 2.0 wrap-up / Correction for the Tandy article
• July 12, 2004: VCF East 2.0 / Tandy Model 100 laptop / See an IBM 1401 live!
June 2004:
• June 28, 2004: Things that make you go "hmmm"... / Vintage computing jokes?
• June 21, 2004: Vintage computing for kids / VCF East 2.0 update and stuff to do Sunday
• June 14, 2004: A problem and how we plan to solve it / Update on the HP-15C petition
• June 7, 2004: Tale of an early computer retail store / Foolish laptop mistake
• June 1, 2004: Last week’s absence / Our collections / Commodore history / HP-15C
May 2004:
• May 17, 2004: Caring for old computers / Computer Museum of America re-opening
• May 10, 2004: Coverage of PC Software: The First Decade conference
• May 3, 2004: VCF Europa 5.0 report / Corrections
April 2004:
• April 26, 2004: IBM 1401 restoration project / Vintage manuals from Epson
• April 20, 2004: Memories of collecting / Museums directory
• April 12, 2004: Future issue previews / Classic advertising / Joke of the week
• April 4, 2004: Upcoming events / More replicas / Caring for old computers
March 2004:
• March 29, 2004: Vintage computer replicas / Call for events listings
• March 23, 2004: Bookstore expanded / PhillyClassic report / VCF East 2.0>
• March 15, 2004: Brief history of data storage / Altair rewiring project
• March 8, 2004: History of inkjet printing / Win a prize
• March 1, 2004: Win a prize / Software and gaming conferences
Feb. 2004:
• Feb. 23, 2004: Macinstosh 20th anniversary / Some things never change
• Feb. 16, 2004: Collecting in England vs. the U.S. / How to write for us
• Feb. 9, 2004: Creative research advice / Antique radio collecting
• Feb. 2, 2004: Interview with the Ctrl-Alt-Del inventor / Rare Apple II value
Jan. 2004:
• Jan. 26, 2004: Interview with Jef Raskin / Roll-up screens
• Jan. 19, 2004: What’s collectible / Gaming projects
• Jan. 12, 2004: Software restoration, by Dan Bricklin / DigiBarn / Tech Museum
• Jan. 7, 2004: Computer collecting in context / Innovation Futures contest
Old stuff:
2003 and beyond (under construction...)
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