There was a time when seeing an actual computer was a big deal. They were in air-conditioned rooms with raised floors and locked doors. Even at a university, you were likely only to get access to a ...

The unique look of early desktop computer systems remains popular with a certain segment of geekdom, so it’s no great surprise when we occasionally see a modern hacker or maker unceremoniously chuck ...

If you feel like every OS now feels too polished, flat, and boring, there’s a new museum that takes you down a rabbit hole of all the vintage computers. Virtual OS Museum, curated by Andrew Warkentin, ...

Once part of Canadian tech history, the NABU personal computers disappeared into oblivion in 1986 because of the company's financial difficulties. However, thousands of NABU machines recently surfaced ...

Now buffering in Penn Hills: a museum of computer history. The Bloop Museum, founded by programmer, chiptune composer, and collector Brendan Becker, has been operating in some for ...

Photo: Drew Dalzell Cutting-edge computer setups are cool. Vintage computer museums are also cool. But do you know what’s super-cool? Both. Together. Los Angeles-based sound designer Drew Dalzell sent ...

If you grew up before the age of smartphones, you probably remember when electronics were built to last-and when owning the latest gadget actually meant something. Now, those same "outdated" devices ...

The Verge video crew took a weekend trip to get some hands-on experience with as many vintage computers as possible. The Verge video crew took a weekend trip to get some hands-on experience with as ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Vintage Geek Museums is home to a collection of vintage computers. Aaron Ishmael, the owner of Vintage Geek at 100 W Fifth Ave in Knoxville, thought of the idea to open the ...

Old computers — everyone has one (or at least parts of one) collecting dust in the attic somewhere. Depending on when you bought it, it might have been obsolete within a year, or, if you were a very ...

A creator panel at a Vintage Computer Federation event. Sean Malseed is third from the right. When it comes to computers, Sean Malseed believes there’s no such thing as junk. Malseed’s day job is as a ...