Links
Thanks to the internet there are now more places than ever to find facts, resources and passionate collectors in whichever field of Vintage Technology interests you. Below (and in no particular order) are just a few of those I have personally used and admire. It is an eclectic mix of museums, collections, forums and more and is in no way exhaustive. A large proportion are UK based resources purely due to my own location and language, but there are many fantastic international sites I have not mentioned and will add one day. Please note I have no affiliation to any of these sites nor control over their content. If you have any great sites I should add also do let me know…….
Computers:
Vintage Computer Federation- http://vcfed.org
Steve’s Old Computer Museum- http://oldcomputers.net
IT History Society- http://www.ithistory.org/resources
Eric Klein’s Collection- http://www.vintage-computer.com/index.shtml
The National Museum of Computing, Bletchly park- http://www.tnmoc.org
PDA collection: http://old-organizers.com/index.htm
Centre for Computing History- http://www.computinghistory.org.uk
Ken Shirriff’s Computer Restoration Blog- http://www.righto.com
International Centre for the History of Electronic Games- http://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg
Virtual Vintage Computer Exhibit in Canada- https://vintagecomputer.ca
The Trailing Edge- exhibition of vintage computing- http://www.trailingedge.com/index.html
IPSJ Computer Museum- http://museum.ipsj.or.jp/en/index.html
Community Forum for Acorn Computers- https://stardot.org.uk
Computer History Museum, California- http://www.computerhistory.org
Retro Computer Museum- http://retrocomputermuseum.co.uk
Computer Conservation Society- http://www.computerconservationsociety.org
Sinclair ZX World- A forum for Sinclair lovers- https://sinclairzxworld.com
Audio:
Stereo2Go forum for Walkman and Boombox lovers- http://www.stereo2go.com
Museum of Magnetic Sound Recording- http://museumofmagneticsoundrecording.org
Wiki Boomboxes for Everything Boomboxes- http://www.wikiboombox.com
Cassette Recorder Museum- http://cassetterecorder-museum.com
Audio Karma- a forum for all things audio- http://audiokarma.org
History of Compact Cassettes- http://vintagecassettes.com
The Walkman Archive- http://walkman-archive.com
Martin Mitchell’s Microphone blog- https://martinmitchellsmicrophones.wordpress.com
An Online exhibition of Microphones- http://www.coutant.org
Analogue Alley- service manuals for vintage machines- https://www.analogalley.com
Classic Boombox- a blog- https://classicboombox.com
Dutch Collection of Grundig Tape Recorders- http://www.taperecorders.nl
Ferrograph World- online history of this English company- http://ferrographworld.com
Radio & TV:
British Vintage Wireless Society- https://www.bvws.org.uk
UK Vintage Radio & TV restoration forum- https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum
A transistor Radio Collection- http://www.abetterpage.com
Tabiwallah- A collection of Fine Japanese Transistor radios- http://www.tabiwallah.com
American Radio History- https://www.americanradiohistory.com
Radio & TV forum- https://www.radios-tv.co.uk
History of television- http://www.tvhistory.tv
Calculators:
Vintage Calculators Web Museum- http://www.vintagecalculators.com
The Calculator Site- https://www.thecalculatorsite.com
Museum of HP calculators- http://www.hpmuseum.org
Handheld & Portable Computer Club- http://www.hpcc.org
Dawn of Personal Electronic Calculators Site- http://www.dopecc.net
Phones:
Nokia Museum- an online resource- https://nokiamuseum.info
Mobile Phone History- https://www.mobilephonehistory.co.uk
Mobile Phone Museum, based in Slovakia- https://mobilephonemuseum.org
The Telephone Museum based in US- http://thetelephonemuseum.org
General and other fields:
Jeremy Norman’s History of Information- https://www.historyofinformation.com/index.phpEngineering and Technology History Wiki- https://ethw.org/Main_Page
Crypto Museum – online museum of vintage spy equipment- https://www.cryptomuseum.com
Dusty Gizmos- blog about all manner of vintage tech- http://www.dustygizmos.com
Retro Thing- Vintage Technology Blog- https://www.retrothing.com
Morsemad- a collector of Morse Code Keys- http://morsemad.com
Society for the History of Technology- https://www.historyoftechnology.org
Museum of Technology- Italy- http://www.museotecnologicamente.it
Historic Camera- an online Resource- http://historiccamera.com
Science Museum, London- https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk
Tangible Media- Extensive collection covering history of storage media – https://tangiblemediacollection.com
Telegraph Instruments of Europe- Collection of Fons Vanden Bergen- https://www.telegraphsofeurope.net
Prefer your technology a little bit older?
Fleaglass- Antique Scientific & Medical instruments online mall- http://www.fleaglass.com
Jason Clarke-Dealer of early scientific- https://jasonclarkeantiques.co.uk