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Beware of Vail Resorts' Epic Coverage

Vail Resorts is a ski resorts company which owns a large number of resorts, including Kirkwood in California. We have been skiing at Kirkwood for many years, and have always enjoyed the re...

Building an Apple 1 Reproduction in 2024 - Part 1: Components

The Apple 1 The Apple 1 doesn’t need much of an introduction anymore: it is an iconic computer, the first made and sold by Apple (then the Apple Computer Company) for a short period of time of abo...

Replacing a VIC-20 key

Introduction In late 2023, I acquired a Commodore VIC-20 computer. I had been thinking about getting one (or a Commodore 64) if I could get a good deal, and this was one. It came with a few cartri...

The IBM Magnetic Tape Selectric Composer - Part 2

The IBM Magnetic Tape Selectric Composer (MT/SC) Introduction This is part 2 of a two-part post. See also The IBM Magnetic Tape Selectric Composer - Part 1. In the first part, I placed th...

The IBM Magnetic Tape Selectric Composer - Part 1

The IBM Magnetic Tape Selectric Composer (MT/SC) Introduction This is part 1 of a two-part post. See also The IBM Magnetic Tape Selectric Composer - Part 2. For a few years now, I have be...

Restoring a Yost 20 Typewriter

Spoiler: The restored Yost 20 Introduction A few years ago, I bought a Yost 20 typewriter in Switzerland (serial number KM00370). The brand is named after George Washington Newton Yost, a ...

Restoring an IBM Electronic Selectric Composer - Part 1

Introduction In 2021, I wrote about my IBM Memory Typewriter project. See the following posts: The IBM Memory Typewriter Restoring an IBM Memory Typewriter - Part 1 Restoring an IBM Memory...

Restoring a TeleVideo TS-800A Terminal

Introduction Concurrently with my work on the 1979 TeleVideo TVI-912, I acquired a TeleVideo TS-800A. The terminal in its glory The full name of the device is “TeleVideo TS 800A Satellite...

The TeleVideo TVI-912 terminal - Part 3

Background See also: The TeleVideo TVI-912 terminal - Part 1, where I gather background information about the TeleVideo TVI-912 terminal, as well as my initial cleaning and testing of the term...

The TeleVideo TVI-912 terminal - Part 2

Background See also: The TeleVideo TVI-912 terminal - Part 1, where I gather background information about the TeleVideo TVI-912 terminal, as well as my initial cleaning and testing of the term...