http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15813697/posts/summaryFri, 09 Jun 2006 16:55:09 +0000http://www.technologyrewind.com/evan@snarc.net (Evan Koblentz)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15813697/posts/summary/114985223057534011Fri, 09 Jun 2006 11:21:00 +00002006-06-09T07:23:50.586-04:00It seems all the best new products for Commodore computers come out of Europe these days. It makes sense, as Commodore had a bigger foothold there in the post Commodore 64 era. In any case, one of the latest products is a nifty expansion for the Commodore Amiga 600, a more obscure entry in the Amiga line from a US-perspective, but certainly more common in Europe. Read about the expansion and http://www.technologyrewind.com/2006/06/expanding-commodore-amiga-600s-memory.htmlbill@armchairarcade.com (Bill Loguidice)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15813697/posts/summary/114949056202090063Mon, 05 Jun 2006 06:55:00 +00002006-06-08T13:14:23.563-04:00Technology Rewind was founded in June 2006 as a vintage technology news and resources site. It follows the Computer Collector Newsletter which began in Jan. 2004, and which itself followed the Classic Tech E-Letter which began in 2002. But regardless of our name changes, our basic purpose remains unchanged: to cover the hobby of vintage computer collecting for fun and education. The hobby is http://www.technologyrewind.com/2006/06/about-our-site.htmlevan@snarc.net (Evan Koblentz)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15813697/posts/summary/114957456031126005Tue, 06 Jun 2006 06:15:00 +00002006-06-08T13:03:11.023-04:00Houston Computer Museum Houston, Texas Maine Computer Museum Bangor, Maine MARCH Computer Museum Wall, New Jersey Microcomputer Gallery Albuquerque, New MexicoPC Museum North Carolina San Diego State U. (formerly the Computer Museum of America) San Diego, California (Not yet named) Orlando, Floridahttp://www.technologyrewind.com/2006/06/computer-museums-future.htmlevan@snarc.net (Evan Koblentz)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15813697/posts/summary/114975325728703507Thu, 08 Jun 2006 07:52:00 +00002006-06-08T03:56:33.560-04:00We're looking for more blogs to link with! So, if you're also an (antique / classic / retro / vintage / or whatever you like to call it) collector and you are (or know of) a great blogger dedicated to the hobby, then please email us.http://www.technologyrewind.com/2006/06/suggest-blog-about-hobby.htmlevan@snarc.net (Evan Koblentz)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15813697/posts/summary/114969645499061621Thu, 08 Jun 2006 07:31:00 +00002006-06-08T03:30:26.816-04:00As readers of Armchair Arcade know (see Matt Barton's "The Rise and Fall of Game Audio"), the Commodore 64 (C-64/128) is a unique sound machine, not out of place itself as an instrument with its powerful SID chip. The Prophet64 has finally been released and it looks to help take the venerable Commodore system to a higher level of audio integration in today's world (click here to see another http://www.technologyrewind.com/2006/06/prophet64-sid-music-software-system.htmlbill@armchairarcade.com (Bill Loguidice)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15813697/posts/summary/114969632090402999Thu, 08 Jun 2006 07:30:00 +00002006-06-08T03:30:06.703-04:00The new May 2006 issue of A2 News and Notes is now available. This issue has stories on old hardware made new, Apple II 'net access, VGA support, KFest, and much more. Read more here. -------------------------------------- Bill Loguidice, Managing Director Armchair Arcade, Inc. My collectionhttp://www.technologyrewind.com/2006/06/apple-ii-news-and-notes-for-may-2006.htmlbill@armchairarcade.com (Bill Loguidice)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15813697/posts/summary/114974991329922978Mon, 05 Jun 2006 07:24:00 +00002006-06-08T03:06:39.966-04:00This 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 http://www.technologyrewind.com/2006/06/old-newsletters-archive.htmlevan@snarc.net (Evan Koblentz)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15813697/posts/summary/114974938953197595Thu, 08 Jun 2006 05:50:00 +00002006-06-08T02:50:58.713-04:00This section is coming soon. What kinds of events should we include other than vintage computers and retro gaming? We're thinking about major hamfests (there are simply too many for us to try listing all of them), telephone collectors' events, etc. ... email us with your suggestions.http://www.technologyrewind.com/2006/06/peripherals-related-technology-events.htmlevan@snarc.net (Evan Koblentz)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15813697/posts/summary/114974909697245121Thu, 08 Jun 2006 06:33:00 +00002006-06-08T02:44:56.980-04:00Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 2.0, July 15, 2006, West Lafayette, Indiana KansasFest 2006, July 18-23, 2006, Kansas City, Missouri Tell us about an event.http://www.technologyrewind.com/2006/06/calendar-of-events-2006.htmlevan@snarc.net (Evan Koblentz)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15813697/posts/summary/114974781998180195Thu, 08 Jun 2006 06:19:00 +00002006-06-08T02:23:40.003-04:00TCF 2005, April 16-17, 2005 VCF Europa 6.0, April 30-May 1, 2005 LUCKI Commodore Spring Expo 2005, May 13-15, 2005 VCF 8.0, Nov. 5-6, 2005, Mountain View, CA Trenton Computer Festival 2005 by Evan Koblentz Ewing, N.J. - This past weekend was the 30th Trenton Computer Festival, held back at its original location of Trenton State College, now called The College of New Jersey. As noted on http://www.technologyrewind.com/2006/06/past-events-2005.htmlevan@snarc.net (Evan Koblentz)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15813697/posts/summary/114974618884350962Thu, 08 Jun 2006 05:51:00 +00002006-06-08T01:58:42.186-04:00History of HP Printers, March 2, 2004 PhillyClassic 5, March 20-21, 2004 VCF Europa 5.0, May 1-2, 2004 PC Software: The First Decade, May 6-7, 2004 VCF East 2.0, July 16-17, 2004 KansasFest 2004, July 21-26, 2004 VCF 7.0, Nov. 6-7, 2004 History of HP Printersby Evan Koblentz Cambridge, Mass. -- Any discussion about vintage computing must eventually cover Hewlett-Packard. But when it doeshttp://www.technologyrewind.com/2006/06/past-events-2004.htmlevan@snarc.net (Evan Koblentz)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15813697/posts/summary/114949853582120336Mon, 31 Dec 2007 05:00:00 +00002006-06-07T22:18:13.923-04:00Welcome to the new and improved Technology Rewind. We used to be Computer Collector, publishing each week from Jan. 2004 to March 2006 as an email newsletter, and reaching about 1,000 subscribers at our peak. Now we're trying life in the weblog format. We know some readers prefer the old format, but we believe the new format will reach many more people, which is vital to the health and growth http://www.technologyrewind.com/2007/12/welcome-back.htmlevan@snarc.net (Evan Koblentz)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15813697/posts/summary/114958175365614823Tue, 06 Jun 2006 08:15:00 +00002006-06-06T08:30:47.706-04:00This is pretty cool: I just learned that I can post things by email via my smartphone.Sent from the Treo 650 of Evan Koblentz ... www.snarc.nethttp://www.technologyrewind.com/2006/06/test-by-email.htmlevan@snarc.net (Evan Koblentz)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15813697/posts/summary/114957851883146157Tue, 06 Jun 2006 07:20:00 +00002006-06-06T03:21:58.846-04:00Every dollar donated to TechnologyRewind.com helps us to continue reporting on the vintage computing hobby. Thank you!http://www.technologyrewind.com/2006/06/made-donatation-thanks.htmlevan@snarc.net (Evan Koblentz)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15813697/posts/summary/114957451358555814Tue, 06 Jun 2006 06:16:00 +00002006-06-06T02:21:43.026-04:00David Charles/ Colorado Computer Museum Loveland, Colorado Jim Curry (Cray) Corydon, Indiana Bruce Damer / DigiBarn Computer Museum Boulder Creek, California Sellam Ismail / VintageTech Livermore, California Perot Group / "A Moment in Real-Time" exhibit Plano, Texas Reale-Rydell Computer Museum Canoga Park, California Bob Roswell / System Source Hunt Valley, Maryland Guy Sotomayor (DEC) Sunnyvalehttp://www.technologyrewind.com/2006/06/computer-museums-private.htmlevan@snarc.net (Evan Koblentz)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15813697/posts/summary/114957463163702269Tue, 06 Jun 2006 06:16:00 +00002006-06-06T02:21:24.960-04:00American Computer Museum Bozeman, Montana Goodwill Dell Computer Museum Austin, Texas Computer History Museum Mountain View, California Intel Museum Santa Clara, California Kishwaukee College Malta, Illinois Microsoft Visitor Center Redmond, Washington Paul Gray PC Museum Claremont, California Rhode Island Computer Museum North Kingston, Rhode Island Southwest Museum of Engineering, http://www.technologyrewind.com/2006/06/computer-museums-public.htmlevan@snarc.net (Evan Koblentz)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15813697/posts/summary/114957441033429595Tue, 06 Jun 2006 06:12:00 +00002006-06-06T02:14:25.280-04:00Charles Babbage Institute Minneapolis, Minnesota IEEE History Center New Brunswick, New Jersey History San Jose (Perham Collection) San Jose, Californiahttp://www.technologyrewind.com/2006/06/computer-museums-research.htmlevan@snarc.net (Evan Koblentz)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15813697/posts/summary/114957432557239950Tue, 06 Jun 2006 06:10:00 +00002006-06-06T02:14:07.256-04:00Bradbury Science Museum Los Alamos, New Mexico Chippewa Falls Museum of Industry and Technology (Cray) Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin Historical Electronics Museum Linthicum, Maryland Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Livermore, California Museum of Business History and Technology Wilmington, Delaware National Cryptologic Museum Fort Meade, Maryland Smithsonian Institution (under renovation) http://www.technologyrewind.com/2006/06/computer-museums-misc.htmlevan@snarc.net (Evan Koblentz)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15813697/posts/summary/114949899697157618Mon, 05 Jun 2006 09:18:00 +00002006-06-06T01:56:18.856-04:00My name is Mark, and I am a 22 year old CS major from Indiana. My passion for computers began at a very young age with my father's TRS-80. I developed a fascination for programming which led to an eventual fascination with hardware and collecting. I started building my collection when I was 10 or 11, a TI-994A being the first "classic" machine in my collection. I have been collecting both vintagehttp://www.technologyrewind.com/2006/06/tales-of-collecting-7.htmlevan@snarc.net (Evan Koblentz)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15813697/posts/summary/114949897847997127Mon, 05 Jun 2006 09:17:00 +00002006-06-06T01:55:57.163-04:00Loved the link to the Lego logic gates - takes me back to my first year at college, building an ALU out of 74-series logic. Happy days. I'm 40 next year and have a couple of kids of my own, go I guess that makes me "mature". My wife wouldn't agree though :-) The course I studied in the early-mid 80's was half hardware, half software. We spent much of the first year learning about De Morgans Laws,http://www.technologyrewind.com/2006/06/tales-of-collecting-6.htmlevan@snarc.net (Evan Koblentz)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15813697/posts/summary/114949895383153560Mon, 05 Jun 2006 09:16:00 +00002006-06-06T01:55:30.773-04:00I first "discovered" Boolean logic and logic gates in the form of switch logic, implemented with relays, when I was in grade school in the mid-1950s. I built simple relay logic circuits and flip flops. This experience came in handy in high school for fixing pinball machines! I soon realized the "need for speed" and, even more important, reliability, which led me to electronic logic, using vacuum http://www.technologyrewind.com/2006/06/tales-of-collecting-5.htmlevan@snarc.net (Evan Koblentz)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15813697/posts/summary/114949615876261656Mon, 05 Jun 2006 08:27:00 +00002006-06-06T01:54:03.746-04:00Once upon a time, there was a teenager who didn’t really fit into the crowd. He wasn’t insane or crazy, he just wasn’t that social, not in real life. He lived on the Internet though. This outcast fellow was named Michael. Michael was always interested in computers and machines, since he was way small. He used computers since he was 3! Of course his dad was introducing him to the machine, http://www.technologyrewind.com/2006/06/tales-of-collecting-1.htmlevan@snarc.net (Evan Koblentz)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15813697/posts/summary/114949885944314753Mon, 05 Jun 2006 09:13:00 +00002006-06-06T01:53:43.323-04:00A few years ago, I was working for a local computer repair and network consulting firm in upstate New York (anyone from NY knows that upstate really is just 40 miles or more north of NYC and not really the upper part of the state.) This older gentleman comes in one day to have his old Pentium II computer worked on (modem fried due to lightning strike.) Being that he is an older gentleman, he is http://www.technologyrewind.com/2006/06/tales-of-collecting-2.htmlevan@snarc.net (Evan Koblentz)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15813697/posts/summary/114949890412010498Mon, 05 Jun 2006 09:14:00 +00002006-06-06T01:53:25.886-04:00I recently got into computer collecting. I am especially biased toward the TI-99 family of computers and accessories. In my collection I have several interesting and rare items. I have one TI-99/4 and several TI-99/4A computers of the black and silver and beige varieties. I have one each that is NEW in the box. I have several expansion systems that are filled with a complete complement of Texas http://www.technologyrewind.com/2006/06/tales-of-collecting-3.htmlevan@snarc.net (Evan Koblentz)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15813697/posts/summary/114949893039805648Mon, 05 Jun 2006 09:15:00 +00002006-06-06T01:53:07.836-04:00My introduction to vacuum tubes dates back to 1934 when we got a new Philco table radio (one of the famous round-topped types). We were depression-poor and my mother was going slowly crazy with the frustration of living on $90 a month for a family of five. My father saved for a year and got the radio for her for Christmas. That radio lasted until I took it apart in 1949 to learn something about http://www.technologyrewind.com/2006/06/tales-of-collecting-4.htmlevan@snarc.net (Evan Koblentz)