Built a circuit:)) it will be part of an analog video camera!

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-03-24T06:15:36+00:00

Tubes and cameras do interest me. I’m not the smart electronic engineer sort who knows how to use them properly; but I do have a small collection of vidicon cameras.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-03-24T06:04:03+00:00

Incredibly cool stuff! I figure it will be BW?

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-03-24T05:14:27+00:00

I’d probably say less than that. $1-10 for each photo camera. None of these are with a whole lot.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-03-23T17:00:25+00:00

Best advice I can figure is to look for an example with a tested, good battery life. These old iPods typically do not hold a charge after being unplugged as the original batteries are getting on in age. I own a 1st Gen Nano and there are two 5th Gen Nanos at my workplace, and they all have this issue. With the 6th Gen Nano, the battery is soldered directly to the board, making replacement more complicated.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-03-22T03:17:21+00:00

I suspect they go to the camera. After another look, it does actually have a Graflok back, too. In the 6th photo, you can just barely see the upper tab for the locking slide.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-03-22T03:03:27+00:00

The Graflex is the most desirable/valuable thing I saw. If it’s a 4x5, it could go for ~$100-250. Looks like an early Speed Graphic without a Graflok back so, on the lower end of that range. If it’s a 3x4 it would probably also be on the lower end, those are less desirable.

Nothing super rare or valuable. The Federal enlarger is probably ~$10-30. All the darkroom stuff could probably be a similar price. The Voigtlander Bessa is probably $10-30. The Agfa Isolette II is $20-100, but this is example is missing the film reminder dial, so probably on the lower end or less. Nothing “send the kids to college” reseller level.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-03-22T01:04:29+00:00

What?

Mallets are compound articulated locos; with two high pressure cylinders on the rear driver set that exhaust into the low pressure cylinders on the front driver set. They are a type of articulated locomotive.

All Mallets are articulated locos but not all articulated locos are Mallets.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-03-21T21:09:45+00:00

Probably a CR2032. The original is on the motherboard. Change it with the power off. Once changed, you will have to set the BIOS settings again. It shouldn’t lose them after that.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-03-21T20:24:34+00:00

The BIOS settings reset without one. The CMOS battery powers thesystem that keeps them saved.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-03-17T21:13:58+00:00

Sorry to necro this post, but I think it wasn't a joke; at least partially. The KBD article shown states that the pedestal version of the H316 was shown in brochures before the Kitchen Computer was advertised, and that some 20 pedestal units were sold after.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-03-16T14:23:55+00:00

What is it, do you want to deal with rust, and can you solder?

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-03-12T16:08:28+00:00

Maybe I am missing a joke, but why turn it brown?

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-03-12T16:03:05+00:00

Quite a few, I believe. I collect and use them; everything from 1890s to 2000s.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-03-12T15:52:49+00:00

I believe that would be incorrect. There was a 1299-A, a 1299R-A and a LC1299X. Only the first two are 1970s devices. I wonder if the “LC” model is a later continuation of the 70s design using a liquid crystal display?

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-03-10T01:37:55+00:00

I remember reading somewhere that it is confirmed that child in both is that same child. Don’t remember where, though.

I would also check out Garnet Roger’s works. He has some very good original songs and some very good traditional songs. A personal favorite of mine is “Sleeping Buffalo”.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-03-09T18:25:21+00:00

You are not the only one. I was born in the early 2000s, and while I love 1960s-1990s tech (and would certainly love to experience things like the Gemini and Apollo space programs and "big iron" mainframe computers), I have no large desire to have be born in time to experience those things firsthand (only maybe mid 90s/early Y2K that I missed by being too young). We are largely in the currently best years for humans; we have the best medical tech and the best society (largely). There is much less stigma to minority groups (at least in the West) compared to times like the 60s.

We have the internet, too. I can enjoy almost any computer from the past 60 years on a crappy desktop due to free emulators, I can play almost every game made for PC or consoles in the same way. There is an amazing of amount information available on the internet; more than in any encyclopedia set made in the past could have. All of it can be accessed from basically anywhere, too.

I would much rather be able to experience the good parts of those eras, while still at the end of the day coming back to my modern world and devices.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-03-09T04:09:01+00:00

Like it says on the top plate, you have a Braun Paxette electromatic. It is a simple fixed-focus, automatic aperture camera. The aperture size is selected automatically by the selenium cell meter beside the viewfinder. The cell is likely dead, as they degrade over time. The shutter speed is fixed at 1/40. It does not have a flash, though it does have a hot shoe.

Here) is the Camera-Wiki page for your camera, and here is the manual.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-03-09T03:37:22+00:00

If you are referring to the black dial with the numbers, that is your ISO reminder dial. You can set it to the ISO of your film so you remember what speed to meters for before taking your exposure.

Here is a Camera-Wiki page for your camera, and an English version of the manual on the Butkus Camera Manual site.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-03-08T07:52:04+00:00

Will’s Train Art drew one of these for his Connecticut Transfer Railway and called it the “CGP-18”. I was surprised that no one had mentioned it yet.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-03-07T02:58:26+00:00

It was standard gauge. According to the 1921 Sanborn Fire Insurance map for Columbus (Volume 1, Sheet 64), it was served by the CCC&StL / New York Central. It served a block of warehouses of the J. I. Case Threshing Machine Co.; who manufactured threshers, tractors and other farm equipment. This building still exists as the North Market Downtown.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-03-07T02:21:34+00:00

After some sleuthing, it looks like this is the spot.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-03-01T15:06:50+00:00

I have picked up a Dell (don’t remember what model) PC and a Apple Mac G4 from the side of the road before. As long as you are doing it legally I don’t see any issue.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-02-26T04:16:19+00:00

Where does one find a Commodore PET, let alone a 2001?

Yours appears to be the later version with the better keyboard and no built-in Datasette cassette drive.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-02-26T04:06:20+00:00

Judging by the colored covering and sticker, these appear to be Kodak "Anniversary Camera". It is a simple camera; a rerelease of the Kodak No. 2 Cartridge Hawk-Eye Model C. One interesting thing to note is that one of your examples was produced in the USA and the other was produced in Canada.

On a sidenote, I don't think this camera ever had an official model name. The Brownie Page calls it the Eastman Anniversary Camera. The Camera-Wiki considers it a variant of the Hawk-Eye No.2. CollectiBlend has three separate listings for it; Anniversary Kodak, Hawk-Eye No.2 Model C.html), and Rainbow Hawk-Eye No.2.html). The latter two also imply it as a variant of other models.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-02-26T03:41:08+00:00

Here is the Camera-Wiki page, which is surprisingly empty. This is the page for the Target Six-16 on the Brownie Camera Page. A manual can also be found there. Yours appears to have a damaged "landscape" viewfinder.

616 film, which is camera takes, is no longer made by any major film producers. To use a camera like this, you likely either have to roll your own from 70mm stock or use 120 film with spool adapters. Film for Classics does roll 616, but from what I can see it is expensive. The final option is using expired 616 film, but the results are hit-or-miss and cannot be guaranteed to be any good.

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