Articles by Jeremy Barr-Hyde

Found this hidden gem at an old book store and couldn’t pass it up. The detail is easy to understand, important, and illustrated with the most charming 1960s aesthetic. Scanned at 1200dpi and some pages manually retouched. Full PDF available as always on public google drive in folder “General Vintage …

Now available on publicly shared Google Drive link (see homepage) in folder Macintosh Software. The two books these floppies belong to were also scanned by me prior, finally got around to ensuring the disks were images! Addison-Wesley Trade …

The aim of this post is to help people searching the internet in finding Pac-Man images. Today I scanned the artwork from my 1982 Vinyl Single by CBS Australia. 1200dpi Scan – > Sattva Descreen – > Content selective surface blur. Enjoy Full resolution available via main Google Drive link under folder …

My keen eyes are always scanning book titles for vintage computing books.  Last week I was lucky enough to see this fun cover in a pile of books at a local ‘green’ recycler in Canberra.  The price? Free! …

Fun fact posted here to help visibility / someone find it when searching online. Tube swap compatibility. SONY PVM-14M4A and SONY PVM-14L5D both use the tube M34LHF21X. …

For the PDF or source resolution images please visit: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1YEyWEW164xPRJvAM3Rm_ZCL_nE9tR7Me?usp=share_link Open the folder ‘Scanned Book and Magazine Collection’ with the green icon, then folder starting with Apple Brochures – > Apple Technology in Support of Learning …

Shared here not just for the retro aesthetic (1969) but the contents holds up to today. It explains analogue electronics and how that relates to computer circuits then goes into fundamental design principles. Worth scrolling through, check out the section on computer character display on cathode ray (CRT) monitors for …

Shared here simply for future reference is a birthday card sent to children registered with the Courier Mail ‘Fun Club’. Post card sized and custom text imprinted on the back that was customised to the birthday boy or girl (redacted the name and date in Adobe Photoshop). Considering the popularity …

Your Computer. Literally the magazine Your Computer features heavily in January’s uploads with 131 magazines scanned (a personal best!). An Australian publication worthy of preservation as it consistently reported on industry news and supported all the ‘micros’ of the time e.g Microbee, Hitachi Peach, Apple II, IBM PC. Be sure …

Hi everyone. Posting essentially to say I’ve been dedicated in scanning books, magazines and anything related to Australian vintage computing. As I’ve hit a personal milestone of over 100,000 unique PDF pages scanned now, I’d like to remind people of the link to browse and find something cool to read. …