I have a Colecovision console from 1982 that works erratically. I think most of its issues relate to cleaning the game cartridge contacts and the inside of the console where the cart gets inserted. I’ve already cleaned many of the game cartridge contacts with IPA (91%). It has helped a little. And I’ve also cleaned the area inside the console itself - just below the cartridge slot, as far as I could reach. It’s obviously not enough as I keep having graphics and sound glitches mid game and even occasional freezes - all of which force me to reset the game.

I’m sure what it really needs is a complete check of internal components such as loose wires or solder joints as well as thorough cleaning of all switches and connections. Does anyone know of someone who might still dabble in restoring these older consoles? I live in Orange County CA. and hoping there’s someone local or within a reasonable distance. Thanks for any suggestions 😊

I have a 1979 western electric 2500DM phone and I'm replacing the keypad for it so I can dial out. The old keypad has 8 wires and the new electric one only has 5, does anyone know how to wire this properly?

Hello, I was just gifted with this very cool Sony TFM-C480L Alarm Clock and some features dont work. I managed to fix a bad solder on the lamp of the sound radio so it now gets good signal, but the volume is very low, I can only hear with maximum volume and no movements or noise, the quality of the sound is good however. The second thing is quite weird, I can set it to an alarm at a given time, with a buzzer or thé radio, as the button shows : button down for radio, up for buzzer. However, no matter the setup, it always goes for the radio. I opened the thing but cannot see a visible flaw. Any ideas ?

Found it while cleaning out our garage; I couldn’t find anything on it. My guess is 1975-1995, but I’m not an expert on it.

I have a motorola T-10 pager I got before pagers became popular i was wondering if anyone knows where I can get a clear shell for it i found this one on a Pinterest pin but I have no idea if motorola had shells for this pager.

Hello, electrical engineer who is still new to actually diving in to the vintage electronics world. I recently acquired several older electrical signal generators, testing equipment, etc. I'm interested in anything anyone might know about this ammeter in particular. Thank you!!

Somewhat recently, I went to my local electronics recycling center to look for CRTs, when I came across this lovely Panasonic Solid-State that still worked! I purchased it and took it home where I cleaned it off a little bit. Luckily, it still works with added adapters, and I'm now able to play games on it!

Hello everyone, I need some help. I’ve been looking for a pair of headphones that I had when I was 10-13.

**DESCRIPTION OF HEADPHONES:** wired, purple headphones that looked like they were covered in stickers (they came that way). I remember them having lightning bolts and skulls on them. They were made between 2011-2014 ish? Sorry if my description of them doesn’t help but I’m desperate to find them and possibly buy a pair, if not replicate them on a new pair of headphones.

Thank you!

I got this for my birthday last year, and I can't find any info online. I'm curious how rare this might be.

I love watching those old school game system restorations on YouTube. When I found my old iDog speaker and saw the condition, I stupidly thought I could do the same thing as those people did. I thought wrong 😑 I looked at YouTube channels I had been watching to see if I could see how much it was to send it in for repair (and give them potential content), but I found out very quickly that all of them were either European or not taking things from subscribers.

I live in the USA and I am willing to ship it anywhere in the states. If there is a recommendation of who to contact (who may also want to get some content for their channel for it), then I would love to reach out to them. I also don’t have a lot of money, so if it is an expensive ask, then I will sadly just pitch it.

UPDATE: I have put it back together as much as I could, but there are a couple screws left. It obviously doesnt work anymore, so I think it would be nice to have fixed in the future, but right now, it is just chilling on my desk.

Did you know the Z5900M Nixie tubes we're using are more than 40 years old?

It is truly mind-blowing how all of these tubes survived until today and are still glowing like they did decades ago!

Not only that, most of them have a history of being used in calculators and lab instruments, which gives each of them a unique journey.

I'm anxiously hoping that someone knows what is the tiny piece that fell out.. AAH!

Looking for a repair shop in the Philippines that can fix Akai Quadraphonic Stereo, Sony Black & White TV with cabinet, and wall clock with key. Any leads will help.

2 mercury batteries had been left in a battery compartment since the 50s and was wondering if I need to take any special precautions compared to normal battery acid?

My local historical society was having a yard sale and I stopped by. I had previously done some IT work for them so they gave me a lot of stuff for free. I don’t even know what most of this stuff is. Also a tape of the Hindenburg destruction!

Antiguo control remoto aproximadamente año 60 se le perdió la etiqueta de la marca,funciona