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I generally think of the first video game being Pong. That isn’t accurate though, Pong… was one of the first home video games and one of the first commercial coin op games too, but there were other arcade style games before that. Way back in 1947 a couple game
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May 24th, 2011 by: Shane McGlaun

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Boing Boing reader Scott Lloyd and his wife dug up this great bit of retro computer history – a conversation with an old UNIVAC computer……
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July 10th, 2010 by: Technabob
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So now that you’ve bought that brand new 60-inch 3D capable 1-inch thick LED/LCD television for your living room, what’s next? Looks like the guys at LG are going back to the future with their latest TV.
The retro-styled LG Serie 1 television doesn’t just look like an old set,…
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January 24th, 2010 by: Technabob
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If you think that a bunch of old calculators isn’t as interesting as a collection of old toy robots, well you’re mostly right. A calculator is useful – hell, even an abacus is more useful than a toy robot - but it’s also one of the most boring gadgets ever.…
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October 7th, 2009 by: Lambert Varias
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Wanna own a bit of video game history? Then get your ass on over to eBay and put in your bid on one of these original Computer Space machines that are currently up for auction.
The seller “mywantlist”, is offering both an original super-rare yellow Computer Space… machine (only 1800
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September 10th, 2009 by: Technabob
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This just in… It turns out the very first MAC computer was not released in 1984 by Apple. In fact, you can get your hands on a very rare candy apple red MAC made all the way back in 1980 if you’re the high bidder over on eBay.
Gotcha! This…
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August 30th, 2009 by: Technabob
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Some expert computer technician crazy person has managed to get Windows 7 to run on a ridiculously underpowered Pentium II PC. Why? I say, why not?
Amazingly enough, PC enthusiast Hackerman1 got his old 266 MHz Pentium II machine loaded up with Windows 7 Ultimate. The machine has a paltry…
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June 23rd, 2009 by: Technabob
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When somebody says to me that they’ve got a new radio controlled vehicle for me to look at, I usually think of cars, trucks, helicopters or maybe even a tank. The last thing to pop into my mind is someone’s grandma strapped to a wheelchair. But what’s to say that…
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July 17th, 2008 by: Technabob
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For those of you out there who aren’t big fans of electronic paper devices like the Amazon Kindle and Sony’s e-Reader, just be thankful that we didn’t end up in an alternative universe where this was the way you’d receive your daily newspaper.
The guys over at Modern Mechanix dug…
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December 26th, 2007 by: Technabob
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Are you an early adopter like me? If so, I bet you’ve got some old electronic gear lying around and gathering dust. This new service makes it easy to easily make some cold hard lucre in exchange for your old gadgets.
Second Rotation provides all the tools you need to…
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July 24th, 2007 by: Technabob