r/retrotech

I had this when I moved off to college.

I got it from a friend today. This little gem was left behind in the apartment she moved into by the previous owner. The radio works perfectly, and it sounds beautiful when I manage to tune it properly.

I tried playing a CD on it, but it says “No.” The disc spins, but it doesn’t read it. I tried cleaning it very carefully, but it still didn’t work afterwards.

I haven’t dared to try the cassette player yet. I know it’s probably a laser issue, but I really want to get it working :')

I unearthed the family camcorder from my childhood (it smells exactly how I remembered) and would like to experiment with filming on it.

I bought an RCA & S Video to USB connector because I thought this was S Video, but it’s not! It seems like it could be proprietary? Is there somewhere I can source a capture card or a converter for this?

I could just record to vhs tapes and digitize them. But that will really slow the process and I’d much rather go straight to digital if at all possible.

It’s a JVC GR-C7U if that helps.

iPod nano’s, folded mapQuest sheets , cd wallets or tiny mp3 players, we used to lug around a whole bag of dedicated gadgets. Now one screen does it all.

hi everyone ! First time on Reddit hoping someone can help me !

I recently bought this old clock radio and been having some trouble setting the clock. the radio works fine, however the clock keeps blinking and resets to 00:00, and no matter what button I press/hold down it doesn‘t do anything

I‘ve tried looking around online for a manual or something similar but it seems it’s from a time before the internet and any search has come up bust :[

I tried to open it up but the screws are all stuck and/or broken, so I’m scared of breaking anything by being any more forceful

Does anyone know how to set it or if it’s even worth to take to a professional to take apart ?

I got this phone with severe software problems, someone had installed a ton of wierd apps and stuff and the phone crashed all the time so I tried to reload the os, unfortunately I couldn't’ figure it out

if anyone has or knows where I could find the right firmware and flashing tools I would greatly appreciate it

(blackberry 8530 cmda)

Hi everyone!! My name is Madison and I've been working super hard on putting together my own pixel art mail club. It's brand new, nothing has shipped yet and it has been super fun working on it so far! Theme of the first month is retro tech. If you have any tips, tricks, or even constructive criticism, I would love to hear what you all think :) thank you!
https://pixelartmailclub.com/

Hi everywone! I found on my job this box of Windows XP Professional. Greetings from Argentina

Playing 8k video on a 480i crt

Definitely going to use this for camping trips, hoping to find more early 2000s tech like this. And a question, what other cool tech around that time people rarely talk about? I wanna get stuff I never had growing up and stuff

boots on the windows NT. can’t sign in because it’s from Sprint. does anyone know of a video or guide to get this to run windows 98? :( sorry i’m new to tech/retro tech.

Just brought these vintage light organs, they are in great condition but for the life of me I can't find ANY info on them online. Anyone own these or know how they function/ what the input they need is?

(appreciate it’s not all retro!)

Did you know the Z5900M Nixie tubes we're using are more than 40 years old?

It is truly mind-blowing how all of these tubes survived until today and are still glowing like they did decades ago!

Not only that, most of them have a history of being used in calculators and lab instruments, which gives each of them a unique journey.

I bought this at a yard sale about a year ago for like 30 bucks, and I just recently found it again so I’m asking about if this chip is legit? Also I don’t have the breakaway cable to click around on the screen yet but I know it works.I wanted too know the value on this thing and possibly the rarity?

I found an old Toshiba computer in my dad’s guest bedroom and there was this plug/port that caught my attention and that I’ve seen on various older desktops and I would like to know what it is called and what its purpose was. Thank you!