New Beginnings


You ever been laying in bed at night and suddenly think, “Ugh! Where is my birth certificate?” Like you know when you look, you’ll probably find it where think it is, but it’s enough to…
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Allen Telephone Wiring & VoIP


This past holiday season I received as a white elephant gift an older outdoor weatherproof telephone by Allen Tel. Prod. From what I could tell this phone was used at the local community college by the campus…
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DEC VT220 Horizontal Roll & Power Problems


I’ve recently acquired a hand full of older DEC terminals. My favorite of these is a DEC VT220 from September 1984. It originally started up fine, but over the last 6 months it’s acted up in a couple…
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