Retrotechtacular: IBM’s The World Of OCR

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) forms the bridge between the analog world of paper and the world of machines. The modern-day expectation is that when we point a smartphone camera at some charac…

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This walkman from hell is still not fully repaired 🤬

Its last problem (no sound on the right or only when touching certain parts of the circuit) is driving me crazy, but I'll get to the bottom of it 🤔

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De 'Persoon' van het Jaar was... geen persoon?! 🤯

Op deze dag in 1982 riep TIME Magazine de pc uit tot 'Machine of the Year'. De eerste keer dat een niet-mens de titel kreeg! 🤖

Wat was jouw allereerste computer? 💻

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Merry Christmas! 🎅 🔊 Volume up for the conclusion of a Tandy Bears Christmas. Did they get all the ‘80s technology they wished for?

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This 404 article about ditching Spotify for cassette tapes is very joyful. It made me smile.

#Music #RetroTech

https://www.404media.co/why-i-quit-streaming-and-got-back-into-cassettes/

Why I Quit Streaming And Got Back Into Cassettes

In the age of Spotify and AI slop, tapes remind us what we’re missing when we stop taking risks.

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Merry Christmas Eve! 🎄This demo was created in 1987 to play on Tandy computers in Radio Shack stores. 🔊Volume up! Conclusion tomorrow!

#RetroTech #90sComputing #DigitalNostalgia #OldSchoolTech #TechThrowback #1990sTech