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...

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...

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...

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...

Introduction I recently won a computer terminal at a local auction. I bid on it because I had been hoping to find a vintage computer terminal for a while, so I could connect it to my Altair-Duino ...

The symptoms Recently, I started feeling that the touch of our 15-year-old Yamaha Clavinova CLP-280 in the mid-range was different: the responsiveness of the keys was not good anymore, and differe...

The problem Last year, I fixed my Yamaha Clavinova CLP-280. But recently, I encountered a new problem: the damper pedal started working erratically. At first, I wasn’t sure it was a problem with t...

Introduction In a previous post, I covered the shipping of seven boxes of typewriters in 2021. This year, I shipped another three boxes. Here is my report on this new experience. The boxes Box 1...

Introduction In July 2021 I shipped 7 large boxes containing typewriters from Switzerland to the US. In total the boxes contained 15 typewriters: 12 portables in their cases 3 “antique” stan...

The problem Over the last few months our Yamaha Clavinova CLP-280, which we bought around 2007, had developed issues: some keys, starting with A3, but then also G3, and then a couple of other keys...