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Sound on Sound's "Classic Tracks" | MetaFilter edit / delete

List of all the articles. Fascinating reading!

to audio history mixing music recording retrotech ... on 13 May

Bullet III - A Part of UK Network History. edit / delete

to bullet if janet mud retrotech ... on 09 April

The AberMUD 1 History Site edit / delete

to abermud if janet mud retrotech ... on 09 April

A Cyberpunk Manifesto - Revised | Neon Dystopia edit / delete

"The original translation of Kirtchev’s A Cyberpunk Manifesto, now 20 years old and translated from Bulgarian, is not exactly known for its perfect English." Although if you're filing this under "fashion/lifestyle" then I think you're kind of missing the point...

to culture cyberpunk manifesto politics retrotech ... on 06 April

Account of the Skerryvore lighthouse - Stevenson, Alan edit / delete

Having recently read "The Lighthouse Stevensons", here's Alan Stevenson's book. Well worth flipping through -- even if just for the diagrams!

to engineering history lighthouse retrotech ... on 06 April

rangerovers.pub edit / delete

gordonjcp's Range Rover forum. Interesting reading but I'm now pretty convinced I'd never want to own one!

to car mechanica range-rover repair retrotech ... on 15 January

ROTWSI (Remains Of The Welsh Slate Industry) edit / delete

"[...] a personal collection of photographs covering various remains of the slate industry in North and Mid Wales." Surrounding Ffestiniog and Talyllyn.

to festiniog history mining rail retrotech slate wales ... on 11 January

Teletext Art – TARL Teletext Art Research Lab UK edit / delete

Exactly what it sounds like.

to art graphics mode7 retrotech teletext ... on 24 December 2016

Welkom op www.bandrecorder.be edit / delete

Philips tape recorders of the 60s and 70s.

to audio electronics philips retrotech ... on 26 November 2016

Sinclair Radionics - an inside view edit / delete

"I worked for Sinclair Radionics for the above period, being the second engineer employed by Clive. The first was Jim Westood. These are some recollections, both technical and anecdotal, and data from that period." i.e. this is Sinclair in their pre-digital period -- hifi amplifiers and the like.

to audio electronics hifi retrotech sinclair ... on 18 October 2016