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Welcome to This Old Micro!

If you're interested in old computing technology and the company of others who share your enthusiasm, this is the place for you!

This Old Micro is devoted to fans of antique (or almost antique) computing platforms from micros to mainframes, including hardware, operating systems, programming and programming languages, applications, and games. Users of emulation packages are as welcome as users of the originals.

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    DSO Nano Firmware Upgrade

    I've been looking for an inexpensive and compact oscilloscope to round out my test equipment...

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    Electronics

    My undergraduate degree is in Electrical Engineering, but I really can't remember much of it. Heck,...

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    What's Wrong With Me?

    Collecting and using old computers can be an expensive and space-intensive hobby. The newcomers...

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    Rebuilding The Lab

    The back bedroom is free again, and I've reinstalled all the stuff that was most important: the...

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    Spring Cleaning

    Well, it's a little late for Spring, but clean I will. It's time to get rid of some of the clutter....

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    Tape Drive

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    Site Upgrade

    This Old Micro

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    3B2 Software and Documentation

    AT&T 3B2

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    Tom Manos: Been experiencing some network problems. Will be taking the system down for an hour or two in the next couple of days to make sure I don't have wiring problems.

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    Tom Manos: just upgraded thisoldmicro.com to version 3 of ConcourseConnect

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    Tom Manos: All our ancient machines were down for the last week as we prepared for and recovered from hurricane Irene. Everything back to normal now.

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    Tom Manos: Reading the site with an iPad2 is a great experience!

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    Tom Manos: iPhone/Android app coming soon. It's very cool!

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    Tom Manos: Anyone interested in an N8VEM SBC project? Sean and I have started and would enjoy having others build something, too.

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