Culminating a year-long project, [Usagi Electric] aka [David] has just wrapped up his single-bit vacuum tube computer. It is based on the Motorola MC14500 1-bit industrial controller, but since [David ...

Although we do often see projects that take antiques and replace some or all of their components with modern equipment, we can also sympathize with the view that (when possible and practical) certain ...

Anyone looking to upgrade their headphones might be interested in the new écoute vacuum tube headphones specifically created to compensate for the deficiencies of digital listening. Launched via ...

For most electrical engineers, the vacuum tube or, more formally, the vacuum electron device (VED), is a quaint curiosity and artifact of the past, and with good reason: The world of solid-state ...

The transistor revolutionized the world and made the abundant computing we now rely on a possibility, but before the transistor, there was the vacuum tube. Large, hot, power hungry, and prone to ...

Editor’s Note: This is the second in our on-going What It’s Worth series that keeps you up to date on what’s hot in Antique Technology. For Part 1, click here ...