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

They don't make 'em like that any more: the Casio VL-1 pocket synthesizer

This mostly-forgotten device was the very first commercially-available all-digital music synthesizer. It was also a lot of fun.

Categories: TDMTLTAM, science