The purpose of this page is to show you the more unusual items. Everybody knows what a computer or VCR looks like, but not everybody has seen a Beam-X tube or a homemade radio.
Fair warning - I sometimes go off on tangents, but I try to make it interesting.
Calculators
Clone Computers and Programmers
Old Computer Boards and Core
TRS-80 Computer
The 7 Inch Hallicrafters TV Set is one of the oldest sets I have come across - it has Channel One.
This old RCA TV with Channel One is another Oldie but Goodie.
The Dumont RA-103 features a continuous tuner.
I only had one old Philco tv chassis.
The Arvin TE-282 had a two-band continuous tuner and a 7 inch metal tube.
The old sets that I have the most fun with are the 7 inch electrostatic sets from
Admiral and Emerson and
Motorola.
Here's a non-descript GE portable TV.
My first TV was a Westinghouse portable which needed some work.
Here's a portable TV that I just repaired back around 1968.
Singer made more than sewing machines - they put out some well-built TV sets.
These Candle and Delmonico were also built well.
Sinclair announced a 2 inch TV in a package about 3 inches square back in 1965. It never made it to market, but they did produce a lot of LCD sets.
Sony has always been a prolific manufacturer.
A while back, Fisher-Price got into the kiddie video market with the PXL-2000 system.
Here's a cute Panasonic transistor TV.
Modeled after the movie of the same name, here's a Brazil TV.
The TV Parts Page shows a few items you don't see anymore.
Today we have remotes and VCR's. Way back when, they had Clickers and VTRs
Mention old radios, and Philco comes to mind.
Radiola sets were also very popular.
Here are some ancient sets from Crosley and Ozarka
Belmont was lesser known manufacturer.
Motorola got into the game rather early.
Emerson made lots of reasonably priced sets.
Here are a couple of early FM radios.
Sears and Wards sold a lot of sets also.
Here are some Home-Made radios.
Japan got into the radio business long before transistors.
Typical of European radios, the Emud was well designed and built.
The Philmore radio kit
Transistor radios made in the USA
Japanese radios Part 1
Japanese radios Part 2
Other Foreign radios
A/D and DACs
Home Made Electronic Music Equipment
PAIA equipment.
Junk I hauled home in my Valiant
Junk I hauled home in my Ford LTD
Junk I hauled home in my Escort
Junk I hauled home in my Caravan
Miscellaneous Car Radio stuff
Old Parts from the past.
Old Batteries
Miscellaneous Parts
Special Tubes
Power Tubes
Old Tubes
Eye Tubes
Foreign Tubes
Light Bulbs
Miscellaneous Tube Stuff
I have collected a good amount of Heathkits, but among the items I have not photographed are the:
Older Miscellaneous Stuff.
Newer Miscellaneous Stuff.
Philips Experimenter's Kit.
Piles of Stuff.
Wierd Stuff I have collected
Wierd Stuff I have built
Odd and Unusual speakers.
Meters
Home-Made equipment.
Equipment from DeForest's Training
Miscellaneous test equipment.
OOPS!
Stuff from MAD Magazine
Unusual Records
The Pinball Machine
Last but not least, the Miscellaneous Miscellaneous stuff that defies classification.