Moderators note: This topic split out from a discussion that was originally here The Beeb's cassette storage input circuit. Mark (1024MAK)Where the effort was concentrated was reliability and functionality rather than speed, e.g. the ability to rewind and …

A long time ago I was a Sydney schoolkid who had an australian Applied Technology S-100 system which my brother and I built from a series of kits. It comprised a DG680 CPU, ETI-640 VDU, ETI-681 PCG, and I honestly can't remember how much memory but it was …

I'm working on a documentary about Personics, which used what was described as an IBM AT-compatible NCR industrial PC to control a CD changer and high-speed audio cassette tape duplicator. This was in 1987, so it was probably a 286, but maybe a 386. Here's …

For this year's Finnish Independence Day celebratory blog post, I decided to take a closer look at all four games by Simo Ojaniemi, who is one of the pioneers in Finnish game developing. He started out developing games on his brother Juha's Commodo …

I'm looking to acquire the following items: DEC PDP8-E rack header panels, especially items 1, 2 and 4 (rack filler strips) PC04 paper tape reader & punch. I'd also consider a PC05 - I believe it can be reworked/retrofitted to be a PC04? …

If you are a fan of the best Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle games between 1989 and 1993 then this news from Limited Run Games is going to make you scream COWABUNGA! In total there were 9 games released in this time, and with the ever increasing popularity …

I've recently been talking to David Buckley about the Zero 2 educational robot (turtle) he created in 1984 and sold through Intergalactic Robotics (IGR) http://davidbuckley.net/DB/... in the process of building one of these including recrea …

... Pays In TI-99/4A Cassette Tape Data Recovery In the three or four decades since storing programs on audio cassettes has been relevant, a lot of irreplaceable personal …

In this byte sized episode I take a look at a pack in that came with the first Macintosh. Along side Apple stickers, manuals, and the computer itself there was a single cassette tape labeled "A Guided Tour of the Macintosh". The purpose? It's a strange add …