Kevin Boone

Science

They don't make them like that any more: the Yamaha DX7 keyboard

Nothing says '80s pop' like a DX7.

Categories: TDMTLTAM, science

Predicting eclipses with clockwork

We're used to computing devices being electronic. But what can we do with a purely mechanical approach? This article looks at how eclipse prediction might have worked in the Antikythera Mechanism, c.2300 years ago.

Categories: retrocomputing, science