Tasty » Adam Sampson's retrotech bookmarks

Hammond Novachord: an Instrument Ahead of its Time edit / delete

The waveform diagram is on the "restoration" page here.

to hammond music novachord retrotech synth ... on 05 January

Compton Organs edit / delete

A good companion to the Electrokinetica site about Compton organs - the author of this site is trying to visit as many of the surviving organs as possible and shoot video of them.

to compton music organ retrotech ... on 01 January

Bowditch edit / delete

The US Government's guide to marine navigation. I came here looking for information on how a sextant is used, and ended up reading through the whole thing - it's fascinating. The sections on LORAN and on the unique problems of navigating in the Arctic are particularly interesting...

to arctic gps loran maritime navigation retrotech sextant shipping ... on 21 November 2018

Vintage Technics, Tube stereo cassette player edit / delete

Building a new audio board for a Walkman clone using subminiature valves. Very cute and very silly.

to audio cassette electronics retrotech tape valve ... on 24 October 2018

The CD+G Museum edit / delete

Details and videos of CD+G releases. (Doesn't cover karaoke, which I suspect is where the bulk of this was.)

to cd graphics music retrotech ... on 08 October 2018

The DV, DVCAM, & DVCPRO Formats -- tech details, FAQ, and links. edit / delete

A comprehensive FAQ on DV and related formats.

to dv retrotech tape tv vcr video ... on 11 July 2018

The Strowger Appreciation Site edit / delete

A collector who owns several telephone exchanges, among other things. He's recently restored the Glen Prosen 1950s exchange, which had apparently been sitting in a hut at the top of the glen until 2009 or so...

to aerial clock electronics retrotech telephone tv ... on 26 June 2018

Ordinosaures (ordinateurs anciens): Serel 1001, ODP 505, T1600, Multi 8 et autres vieux ordinateurs edit / delete

A French perspective on computing history. There are some fantastic images here -- lots of early visualisation and graphics.

to graphics history retrocomputing retrotech ... on 04 June 2018

Industrial Alchemy edit / delete

Unusual valves, semiconductors and display devices - all the things that were competing with Nixie tubes, for example.

to electronics history led retrotech semiconductor valve ... on 07 October 2017

Letters for digits in UK telephone numbers edit / delete

How were STD codes assigned to UK telephone exchanges originally? It turns out they were in alphabetical order...

to exchange history phone retrotech std uk ... on 12 September 2017