Science
Predicting eclipses with clockworkWe'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
They don't make 'em like that any more: the Casio VL-1 pocket synthesizerThis mostly-forgotten device was the very first commercially-available all-digital music synthesizer. It was also a lot of fun.
