This site details connecting a Guitar Hero controller to a C64. The idea is to eventually write a Guitar Hero-type game for the C64.
In the old days, people hooked Commodore 1541 floppy drives to their PCs through serial or parallel connectors, for use with emulators.
This site provides instructions for connecting a 1541 up via USB. Again, for the purpose of running an emulator.
Specializes in the sale, repair and restoration of vintage computers, peripherals and other vintage computer related items. Books, software, hardware, parts (ICs) and anything else we may come across in our travels.
(Just a quick note that the Museum doesn't endorse any linked products and services. We're just providing a link.)
An extensive timeline on the history of computing in the widest meaning of the word. The site provides numerous links, images, and reference material.
A collection of Notebooks and PCMCIA Cards.
It's a Commodore 64 PDA. Complete with itty-bitty screen and keyboard.
Truly an amazing little hack.
Make your own Altair!
Yes, make. From the raw components. Doesn't look easy. But sure looks cool!
General old computer (and game console) museum in Finland. Site text is in both Finnish and English.
Entries include pictures and descriptions.
Nice.
What do you do with an old, small USB drive? Stick a Mac 128K on it, that's what.
Too cool! Playing cards with various Amiga hardware on each and every one!
This website covers the successful restoration of a DEC PDP-1 to working order at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View California. Also included in the site is a history of the computer, historic PDP-1 photos from the Museum's collection, interviews with the original PDP-1 team from DEC, interviews with the creators of SpaceWar! which was written for the PDP-1 and is consdered the first video game.
Some geek sticks a wireless card into an eMate and actually gets it to work, turning it into a wireless telnet client.
The history of computing, as told in stamps. This is really early history of computing. Includes stamps of some innovators.
I'm honestly not sure whether this is cool or blasphemy.
Someone gutted a CBM 3032 and replaced the innards with a PC motherboard and monitor. At least he kept the original keyboard. Well, the original keys. The underlying hardware is from the PC.
Makes me faint just thinking about it.
Vintage Computing and Gaming (VC&G) is a regularly updated "blogazine" that covers collecting, playing, and hacking vintage computing and gaming devices.
General old computer museum run from England. Contains photos, including many interior shots, along with detailed descriptions.
In many ways, it's like the Obsolete Computer Museum, only currently updated.
General old computer museum. Appears to be run from Italy. Has photos and brief descriptions. Some timeline info.
Interestingly, contains a large number of scans of covers of books and magazines.
Also features calculators and electronic games.
General old computer museum. Instead of trying to catalog all of them, an impossible task, it contains specific milestone computers. Short descriptions and single photos.
Also has a special focus on Swedish computers. (Yes, in Swedish.)
Site for a private collection based in New Zealand. Contains info and photos of various Commodores, including Amigas. Features a nice comparison chart of the different models.
Also contains some interesting info and diagrams of how early Commodore printers worked.
Hasn't been update in awhile. Still, an interesting visit.
Wikipedia entry for the IBM 7030 Stretch Computer. Contains history, technical specs, external links, and a retro black and white photo.
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