my hobbies

Vintage Computers

*** Looking for info on the HONEYWELL 1646 Timesharing Minicomputer System ***
        this was our school computer back in the '70s,  please email me



Vintage computer stuff
I started collecting vintage computers, calculators, radios and gadgets since the late 80's.

History of Systems Engineering Laboratories [SEL]
I started documenting some of the history of this early computer company. This was my first job in 1980,  but it has been around since the early 60's. This was a classic small startup company which beat the odds and made a name for themselves in the business. This company designed mini and supermini computers during the 60's, 70's and 80's. SEL was very successful with many of the prominent corporations, government labs, NASA and military organizations. There's alot of history in this company which hasn't yet been documented.

                                                                                                                                 
I started a Yahoo! newsgroup called Pittsburgh Vintage Computer Society for anyone from the Pittsburgh region that's interested in restoring the old computers, feel free to contact us.

Vintage Computing Exhibit at Breezeshooters Hamfest 2008 - Pics [html]
Vintage Computing Exhibit at Breezeshooters Hamfest 2009 - Pics [html], YouTube [html]

Trenton Computer Festival 2007
             Pics                              Youtube          
                                               Ragooman [html]

VCF East 5.0, 2008
             Pics                              Youtube            My Exhibit
                                               MARCH [html]       
                                               Ragooman [html]

VCF East 6.0, 2009
             Pics                              Youtube            My Exhibit
             vintagecomputer.net [html]        
MARCH [html]       [html]    
             From Page2Pixel [html]            Ragooman [html]    [html]
             Switched.com [html]               
Bios [html]        [html]
             Old Technology Collection [html]  
             billsaturno [html]
             FCUG [html]

My Computer collection in the Media [html]

Exploring cyberspace since 1976 at Sewanhaka H.S., Floral Park, N.Y. on a Honeywell 1646 Time Sharing minicomputer system

Datasheets online [html]

Electronics Suppliers -- updated.05.25.2010 [html]

Resources for Electronics-- updated.05.25.2010 [html]

Tutorials on Electronics-- updated.05.25.2010 [html]

Old Computer Parts List - from my workbench [html]

Vintage Computer Book list [html] *not ready yet*

How I got to here from there [html]

Several projects that I'm currently working on [html]

Local Vintage Computer club [New Jersey] that I belong to--> MARCH