14 November 2026

Old gadgets with modern chips

Today's news that Microsoft is back on track after two days of nightmarish outage to users all over the world, especially those who use it's Outlook email system. Let us hope that this is not repeated in furure.

This evening's 'Tech It Out' episode on WION TV Channel telecast a very interesting documentary on vìntage gadgets such as Valve Radios, Gramophone Record Equipment, Cameras and Typewrtiers. I think that at 75, my nostalgic remembrance of using these items is quite normal. The episode fearured professionals who use modern semiconductor chips to run these old machines (New wine in an old bottle?).

I do miss my valve radio, taperecorder and portable typewriter. I regret that I discarded these as most people do. I have mentioned about some of these gadgets that used in my previous posts.

I tried to provide a link to the episode but in vain as usual.

Technology changes but not traditions.


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I am a retired K-12 Education Management Professional. I have worked at different levels in K-12 school systems, textbook publishing, elearning and Education NGOs. I have held memberships in The Association for Science Education (UK), American Association of Physics Teachers and The Malaysian Institute of Physics. I hold a 1st class B Sc Degree in Physics followed by B Ed [English and Physical Science] and M A [Childcare and Education] degrees. My published works include 59 articles in teacher development magazines in India and the US and a book entitled `Creative Classrooms and Child Friendly Schools' (listed in Amazon). This book is almost an anecdotal account of my professional experience in six countries (including Cambodia where I worked as Technical Adviser to the Ministry of Education, Youth And Sports). I served as mentor in the Certificate of Teaching Mastery Program offered by Teachers Without Borders.