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Recently a friend of the museum sent us his breadbin Commodore 64 that he acquired online with complains that there is garbage on the screen and there is no cursor. As much as we like restoring vintage computers and dealing with newer problems that enrich our knowledge base, we have never actually...
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Recently we found another Pravetz 8D on auction for a good price and in good condition. No matter that we have a few units in our collection, we decided to save this one as well. You can never have too many Pravetz computers. On first sight the unit was in mint condition, even the waranty seal...
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Recently, we acquired some teletypes for the collection, one of them is the RFT F2000. The F2000 features microprocessor control, not like the earlier models which rely on motor driven mechanisms for the encoding and decoding of the signals. Here are some photos of the restoration process. Another...
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One of the many tasks in the museum is to have the appropriate era-correct monitor for our Pravetz 82. We managed to acquire one or two throughout the years, but they had missing transformers and CRT yokes that were stolen from scrapers for their expensive copper. Well, a recent donation to the...