131d ago
A Voltage Regulator Before Electronics https://hackaday.com/2026/03/16/a-voltage-regulator-before-electronics/
#Carhacks #Electromechanical #Generator #Voltageregulator
A Voltage Regulator Before Electronics

Did you ever wonder how the mechanical voltage regulator — that big black box wired up to the generator on a car from the ’60s or before — worked? [Jonelsonster] has some answers.…

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LEGAL VSTMar 6

Pianet T by Martinic 🎹
Hohner electro-mech piano plugin, 3-mo license, ACE® modeled

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👉 #freeplugin #martinicaudio #pianet #electromechanical #vintagekeys #musicproduction

Ari [APz] SovijärviMar 5
Mars Trek's player unit seems to be having some kind of an issue so we took it apart. One of these snowshow contacts has a bad spring. #repair #pinball #electromechanical
Tilda Moose, citizenFeb 18

HAS ANYONE SEEN THIS RARE ARCADE GAME LATELY?

#arcadegames museum curators!

I'm trying to find a working "Target UFO" by #Alca from 1970. I last saw it in a Welsh arcade c.1975. A rare #electromechanical #amusement.

See https://forums.arcade-museum.com/threads/target-ufo-by-alca.253651/

Used very little #electronics to support it. Relied on clever use of projections, I surmise.

If anyone knows of a working one, I would make a pilgrimage to play it! Might even buy an old one...

Target UFO by Alca

Anyone see one lately or have one?

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Poking TechnologyJan 26

I found a 1980 Alps #electromechanical #handheld game in a brockihaus for 5 francs, so bought it and took it apart. Putting it back together again was somewhat harder. Thank goodness for 3D printers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwBfIazJR_I

Tearing down (and then repairing) a 1980 Alps ActionRider electromechanical non-video game

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SetSideBNov 29

Mechanical Hand-Held Games
Robin from 8-Bit Show-And-Tell has mentioned Loadstar, the magazine that I am trying to help preserve with the itch.io version of Loadstar Compleat. I say that just to mention anything that might even be slightly considered to be conflict of interest. There, done. All of this said, this post has nothing to do with any of that!

Before Tiger's li
https://setsideb.com/mechanical-hand-held-games/
#retro #8bitshowandtell #ElectroMechanical #handheld #retro #Robin

Mechanical Hand-Held Games

Robin from 8-Bit Show-And-Tell has mentioned Loadstar, the magazine that I am trying to help preserve with the itch.io version of Loadstar Compleat. I say that

Set Side B
N-gated Hacker NewsSep 28
Ah yes, the 1960s—a time when #electromechanical calculating #machines valiantly fought their last, hopeless battle against the inevitable electronic tide, like an aging rock band refusing to retire 🎸💾. The article nostalgically chronicles the era's "complex" mechanical marvels, which are about as relevant today as a manual typewriter in a Wi-Fi café ☕📚.
https://www.mortati.com/glusker/elecmech/index.htm #1960s #Technology #Nostalgia #Vintage #Computing #Retro #Tech #HackerNews #ngated
Electromechanical calculating machines of the 1960's

Hacker NewsSep 28

Electromechanical Calculating Machines from the 1960's

https://www.mortati.com/glusker/elecmech/index.htm

#HackerNews #Electromechanical #Calculators #History #Vintage #Tech #Innovation

Electromechanical calculating machines of the 1960's

SetSideBSep 25
A huge old-timey penny arcade in Yorkshire
It's hard to believe, but an "arcade" didn't used to mean video games. Across "the pond," to trade in ludicrous understatement, in "old blighty," there is an amazing collection of old-style mechanical machines. Northern Introvert has an 'alf-hour video exploration of them that makes for fascinating viewi
https://setsideb.com/a-huge-old-timey-penny-arcade-in-yorkshire/
#niche #retro #arcade #ElectroMechanical #niche #PennyArcade #retro #Yorkshire
A huge old-timey penny arcade in Yorkshire

It's hard to believe, but an "arcade" didn't used to mean video games. Across "the pond," to trade in ludicrous understatement, in "old blighty," there is an am

Set Side B
ICMSep 20

Our precursor tech room features electromechanical machines from the 1950s and 1960s

https://icm.museum

#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #em #electromechanical