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Friday Afternoon listening with vintage Koss KO-727b headphones

2021-03-19T17:24:30Z

I have a pair of 1971 headphones from Koss.After a few crazy months at work, I have a free Friday afternoon.The plan is to play loads of music, enjoy the off-time and share a few photos. source: https://www.koss.com/history .(read more)

How to Convert old mobiles into Gsm for Home Automation(Recycle<=>Reuse)

2020-12-24T06:09:25Z

IntroductionSo guys iam introducing all of you reading this blog to a new way of reusing our old mobiles phones which we are not using now may be due to it ithe emergence of new high spec Smart phones.We all have our old mobile phones in our home may...(read more)

Mr. Machine gets an upgrade - Mostly working, but still needs a little some help.

2020-12-22T04:09:00Z

In my prior blogs (Mr. Machine gets an upgrade - working on the pieces. , Mr. Machine gets an upgrade - new internals, motors installed and new PCBs , Mr. Machine gets an upgrade - time is running down and Mr. Machine gets an upgrade - New boa...(read more)

An Upcycled LED Decoration

2020-12-21T18:54:25Z

Recycle & RetrofitEnter Your Electronics & Design Project for a chance to win a $200 shopping cart!Submit an Entry Submit an Entry Back to homepage Project14 Home Monthly Themes Monthly Theme Poll I hadn't planned to submit an entry f...(read more)

WiFi9600 Modem: Demos! | Part 4 (Final)

2020-12-21T04:36:00Z

players.brightcove.net/.../index.html WiFi9600 Modem retro-cycles my childhood Practical Perpherials 9600SA RS-232 based modem to use the Internet. The goal of the project is to enable my vintage computers to telnet to modern BBSes. (Which, ...(read more)

WiFi9600 Modem: Disaster! And Retro-Brighting | Part 3

2020-12-16T05:37:00Z

WiFi9600 Modem retro-cycles my childhood Practical Perpherials 9600SA RS-232RS-232 based modem to use the Internet. The goal of the project is to enable my vintage computers to telnet to modern BBSes. (Which, of course, is so that I can pla...(read more)

WiFi9600 Modem: Adding LEDs to the firmware and 3d printing | Part 2

2020-12-15T19:19:00Z

OldTablet to NewPiMonitor! (OT2NPM)

2020-12-15T07:51:00Z

I have been collecting an assortment of old tablets from my kids and wife (as well as myself) as over the years we have upgraded. The tablets of course still worked but the technology and android versions were outdated enough that they were no...(read more)

WiFi9600 Modem: Introduction and Prototype Demo | Part 1

2020-12-15T06:21:00Z

Introduction It's a crisp autumn day. Shortly after the sun goes down, the outside temperature drops enough that it's time to go inside. After washing up and eating some dinner, you have a choice. Watch the latest episode of "Cheers" or fire up th...(read more)

Mr. Machine gets an upgrade - New boards, but not enough time

2020-12-15T03:11:00Z

In my prior blogs (Mr. Machine gets an upgrade - working on the pieces. , Mr. Machine gets an upgrade - new internals, motors installed and new PCBs and Mr. Machine gets an upgrade - time is running down ) I walked through Mr. Machine's history and ...(read more)

Virucidal Oven

2020-12-14T20:58:00Z

Virucidal means - having the capacity to or tending to destroy or inactivate viruses. In this project, I am using an out of order old microwave oven to make a very simple DIY ‘disinfector’ device to destroy or inactivate viruses, intende...(read more)

Lens from an old camera for a digital camera and macro photography.

2020-12-13T11:18:00Z

Introduction. I got an old Chajka II camera. Chajka II was produced in 1967-1972 by the Vavilov Minsk Mechanical Plant. The apparatus was popular. It produced about 1.25 million units. This camera is semi-format. A semi-form...(read more)

RaspberryPI VU-EDITOR

2020-12-12T22:42:00Z

Hello, For Recycle&Retrofit monthly project, I tried to bring a new life to an old OHNAR VU-EDITOR. I bought this device few years ago at a flea market and since I saw it I knew I'll fit some kind of electronics and display on it. Althoug...(read more)

LiFi Pi Lamp

2020-12-11T09:11:44Z

Recycle & RetrofitEnter Your Electronics & Design Project for a chance to win a $200 shopping cart!Submit an Entry Submit an Entry Back to homepage Project14 Home Monthly Themes Monthly Theme Poll Hey,Hope all of you are in great heal...(read more)

Mr. Machine gets an upgrade - time is running down

2020-12-10T22:43:19Z