Vintage Volts

I have a new podcast episode available for download. In this episode, I get very philosophical about what vintage electronics mean to me. How I perceive them, and how they help me (and others) to remember the past. It deviates from the expected podcast format I plan to use in the future. Consider it more of a fireside chat about vintage electronics. Who knows, it may even trigger some hidden memories of your own. Links mentioned in this show: RCA Brand - RLC28W - Desktop Transistor Radio - YouTube Milton Bradley’s Microvision – The First Commercial Interchangeable Electronic Game System - VintageVolts Texas Instruments LED Watch - VintageVolts The Commodore VIC-20 - VintageVolts

I have a new podcast episode available for download. In this episode, I get very philosophical about what vintage electronics mean to me. How I perceive them, and how they help me (and others) to remember the past. It deviates from the expected podcast format I plan to use in the future. Consider it more of a fireside chat about vintage electronics. Who knows, it may even trigger some hidden memories of your own. Links mentioned in this show: RCA Brand - RLC28W - Desktop Transistor Radio - YouTube Milton Bradley’s Microvision – The First Commercial Interchangeable Electronic Game System - VintageVolts Texas Instruments LED Watch - VintageVolts The Commodore VIC-20 - VintageVolts

I like using vintage electronics. I also like to share the experience with others in order to familiarize people with the wide variety of vintage technology our society had at its disposal. In a compromise between available recording time and the sheer variety of vintage electronic items, I decided to start producing a series of video shorts called, "Vintage Minute." In each short, I demonstrate, in 60 seconds, the basics of an item in order to familiarize others with its operation and purpose. This series will be an ongoing effort, released at random intervals. The subject of each episode will be determined randomly, but will always have one thing in common... it uses electricity in some form to operate. The first episode is completed and released. The episode demonstrates the portable electronic game called, "Computer Perfection."

This Vintage Minute episode provides an overview of the Texas Instruments TI Programmer calculator. I rarely found, but versatile member of the TI “Majestic” line of calculators from the mid 70′s to early 80′s.

Follow along with my guest host, Mike Whalen, as we browse through the 1976 Radio Shack catalog and discuss the technology of the day. If you wish to follow along with us, you can browse an online version of the 1976 Radio Shack catalog at: http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/catalogs/1976/ This Radio Shack catalog series is broken up into multiple parts. This part covers the first half of the 1976 catalog

Mike Whalen and I finish up browsing through the 1976 Radio Shack catalog and discussing the technology of the day. If you wish to follow along with us, you can browse an online version of the 1976 Radio Shack catalog at: http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/catalogs/1976/ This Radio Shack catalog series is broken up into multiple parts. This part covers the second half of the 1976 catalog

This episode is a personal reflection on a hobby, called Amateur Radio (a.k.a. HAM Radio), in which I recently acheived the highest level of proficiency. It is not a thorough discussion about HAM Radio, but I do touch on points that an interested person could make use of to get started in the hobby on their own. I merely wanted to introduce the subject and help define its continued relevancy. You can find the Vintage Volts podcast, along with other quality retro podcasts, at the Throwback Network http://www.throwbacknetwork.net