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vintage computers, tubes, the MOnSter6502, cross-sectioned electronic parts, capacitors, and other detritus. coauthor of http://nostarch.com/open-circuits
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I propose a solution to our ongoing RAM shortage:
December 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I propose a solution to our ongoing RAM shortage:
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looking for a new writing desk and stumbled across this rare 1980s MacTable just called “drafting table” for $75
December 1, 2025 at 10:40 PM
looking for a new writing desk and stumbled across this rare 1980s MacTable just called “drafting table” for $75
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This Day in Labor History: December 2, 1984. A gas leak in a Union Carbide chemical plant in Bhopal, India killed somewhere between 3787 and 16,000 people. Let's talk about probably the worst industrial disaster in history and how U.S. companies can murder with impunity, then and now!
December 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This Day in Labor History: December 2, 1984. A gas leak in a Union Carbide chemical plant in Bhopal, India killed somewhere between 3787 and 16,000 people. Let's talk about probably the worst industrial disaster in history and how U.S. companies can murder with impunity, then and now!
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Since @averyredbox.bsky.social currently has the other Visitel unit back in the MidWest that I bought during the show and I have mine out tonight we tried testing a picture call over VoIP and it worked!
November 30, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Since @averyredbox.bsky.social currently has the other Visitel unit back in the MidWest that I bought during the show and I have mine out tonight we tried testing a picture call over VoIP and it worked!
unbelievable, scrubbing with a magic eraser and then it works again
Lithium battery fumes got inside the HDD and oxidized the platter. I actually was able to clean this off with a magic eraser AND IT READS... Plenty of bad sectors, but i am getting an image!
November 24, 2025 at 12:57 AM
unbelievable, scrubbing with a magic eraser and then it works again
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Stocking stuffer ideas for your retro collector:
-Amtech flux
-Solder braid
-Sharp tweezers
-Flush cutter
-Machined dip sockets 8 up to 40pin
-Ceramic capacitor assortment up to 10uF
-Eye loupes
-Magic erasers
-kynar wire
-DeoxIT with needle dispenser
-Polypropylene safety cap assortment up to 1uf
-Amtech flux
-Solder braid
-Sharp tweezers
-Flush cutter
-Machined dip sockets 8 up to 40pin
-Ceramic capacitor assortment up to 10uF
-Eye loupes
-Magic erasers
-kynar wire
-DeoxIT with needle dispenser
-Polypropylene safety cap assortment up to 1uf
November 23, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Stocking stuffer ideas for your retro collector:
-Amtech flux
-Solder braid
-Sharp tweezers
-Flush cutter
-Machined dip sockets 8 up to 40pin
-Ceramic capacitor assortment up to 10uF
-Eye loupes
-Magic erasers
-kynar wire
-DeoxIT with needle dispenser
-Polypropylene safety cap assortment up to 1uf
-Amtech flux
-Solder braid
-Sharp tweezers
-Flush cutter
-Machined dip sockets 8 up to 40pin
-Ceramic capacitor assortment up to 10uF
-Eye loupes
-Magic erasers
-kynar wire
-DeoxIT with needle dispenser
-Polypropylene safety cap assortment up to 1uf
take hold of the latest internets
November 22, 2025 at 6:41 AM
take hold of the latest internets
back when apple wasn't good at kerning
November 22, 2025 at 5:55 AM
back when apple wasn't good at kerning
so apparently the electrical system fault on the Dali that caused it to crash into the Francis Scott Key bridge was caused by a feral ferrule.
November 20, 2025 at 5:23 AM
so apparently the electrical system fault on the Dali that caused it to crash into the Francis Scott Key bridge was caused by a feral ferrule.
did you know that you can find free Cortex M0 development boards at the side of the road? folks call them disposable vapes but they're hackable, and i've reverse engineered a bunch of them! see github.com/schlae/VapeRE/
November 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
did you know that you can find free Cortex M0 development boards at the side of the road? folks call them disposable vapes but they're hackable, and i've reverse engineered a bunch of them! see github.com/schlae/VapeRE/
pick one of each:
dot inside or dot outside?
face, arrow, or circle-T?
dot inside or dot outside?
face, arrow, or circle-T?
November 15, 2025 at 6:31 AM
pick one of each:
dot inside or dot outside?
face, arrow, or circle-T?
dot inside or dot outside?
face, arrow, or circle-T?
T H I S I S R E A L T O U C H
November 2, 2025 at 2:06 AM
T H I S I S R E A L T O U C H
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Here's a handy guide to some electronic components.
October 30, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Here's a handy guide to some electronic components.
things are getting pretty complicated
October 13, 2025 at 1:11 AM
things are getting pretty complicated
My coffee table book, Open Circuits, with beautiful cross-section photos of electronics, is 25% off through the 12th. Use the super-secret discount code "SHOWOFF". What, you already have the book? BAM--you just thought of a friend who would enjoy a copy.
nostarch.com/open-circuits
nostarch.com/open-circuits
October 9, 2025 at 1:33 AM
My coffee table book, Open Circuits, with beautiful cross-section photos of electronics, is 25% off through the 12th. Use the super-secret discount code "SHOWOFF". What, you already have the book? BAM--you just thought of a friend who would enjoy a copy.
nostarch.com/open-circuits
nostarch.com/open-circuits
some of you may not know that i'm also on Mastodon: mastodon.social/@tubetime
ToOoOb👻Time (@tubetime@mastodon.social)
3.08K Posts, 161 Following, 9.45K Followers · vintage computers, tubes, the MOnSter6502, cross-sectioned electronic parts, capacitors, and other detritus. coauthor of http://nostarch.com/open-circuits
mastodon.social
October 8, 2025 at 5:46 AM
some of you may not know that i'm also on Mastodon: mastodon.social/@tubetime
well this was a challenge to model!
October 3, 2025 at 2:37 AM
well this was a challenge to model!
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TIL: My Automatic Document Feeder has no problems bulk scanning punched cards. This possibly makes the need for a second card reader solely for digitizing decks not necessary.
September 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
TIL: My Automatic Document Feeder has no problems bulk scanning punched cards. This possibly makes the need for a second card reader solely for digitizing decks not necessary.
today's hike. went up a mountain, saw an antenna.
September 21, 2025 at 1:30 AM
today's hike. went up a mountain, saw an antenna.
i fixed a computer this week. this is the 1960s IBM 1401 at the Computer History Museum in California.
September 20, 2025 at 12:22 AM
i fixed a computer this week. this is the 1960s IBM 1401 at the Computer History Museum in California.
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Happy birthday to the MOS 6502! It was 50 years ago today that people were able to buy their first samples of the chip from a jar in a hotel room at WESCON.
Here's my oldest 6502 from the 52nd week of 1975. Still works perfectly!
Here's my oldest 6502 from the 52nd week of 1975. Still works perfectly!
September 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Happy birthday to the MOS 6502! It was 50 years ago today that people were able to buy their first samples of the chip from a jar in a hotel room at WESCON.
Here's my oldest 6502 from the 52nd week of 1975. Still works perfectly!
Here's my oldest 6502 from the 52nd week of 1975. Still works perfectly!
be sure to check out this Humble Bundle which includes my book, Open Circuits, along with other great titles! (Game Console is one of my faves.)
🚨Our Electronics for the Curious @humblebundle.com is now LIVE. Pay what you want for up to 21 books worth $500+. Build circuits, robots, and gadgets that actually work. Plus: support @eff.org. www.humblebundle.com/books/electr...
September 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
be sure to check out this Humble Bundle which includes my book, Open Circuits, along with other great titles! (Game Console is one of my faves.)
caption this
September 14, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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