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Computer Collector, later called Technology Rewind, was an e-mail newsletter published nearly every week from Jan. 2004 to March 2006. Contributing editors included myself (Evan Koblentz), Christine Finn, Sellam Ismail, Erik Klein, Bill Loguidice, and Michael Nadeau. Below are some of the best articles from the newsletter's run. Note: No attempt has been made the update old URLs or to re-verify facts that may now be obsolete. However, please contact me if you spot any obvious mistakes.


Jan. 12, 2004 - Copy protection robs the future
Jan. 26, 2004 - Jef Raskin on ZoomWorld, the Bone Fone, and more
Feb. 2, 2004 - Bradley's invention of Ctrl-Alt-Del
Feb. 17, 2004 - Notes from a differently wired island
March 8, 2004 - Cloutier and the inkjets
March 16, 2004 - A brief history of computer data storage media
April 12, 2004 - Computer advertising and you
April 20, 2004 - My father, my tech, my memories
May 3, 2004 - VCF Europa 5.0: The geek empire continues to expand
May 10, 2004 - PC software: the first decade
May 16, 2004 - Vintage computer cleaning and maintenance
June 7, 2004 - The history of ACP
July 18, 2004 - VCF East 2.0 wrap-up
July 27, 2004 - Computers as art
Aug. 3, 2004- K-Fest 2004 Report
Aug. 9, 2004 - My Adventures at SAGE
Sep. 15, 2004 - A media preservation standard
Oct. 26, 2004 - Atari 2600 to Media PC conversion
Dec. 7, 2004 - LED calculators rule her house
Jan. 17, 2005 - Introduction to an Altair 8800 restoration
Jan. 25, 2005 - The history of computer text-to-speech synthesis
Feb. 8, 2005 - Rest in peace, Ma Bell
Feb. 28, 2005 - Kapor clean up at Christie's
March 22, 2005 - Goodwill and vintage computers
April 26, 2005 - Baer autobiography worth its quirks
May 2, 2005 - VCF Europa 6.0 report
May 10, 2005 - V-E Day and the Enigma Machine
May 24, 2005 - Ten vintage computing safety tips
June 13, 2005 - Building robots with vintage computer parts
July 5, 2005 - SHARE - The first user group?
July 19, 2005 - Bring on the BastelCard
July 25, 2005 - Not just an office: EMCC
Aug. 9, 2005 - The controversial birth of the TRS-80
Oct. 18, 2005 - Potential home located for San Diego museum; CHM gets $15M
Oct. 25, 2005 - Warpstock 9 conference report
Nov. 8, 2005 - VCF 8.0: The final report
Dec. 23, 2005 - 2005: A year in vintage computing
Jan. 10, 2006 - Paul Allen checks in on the hobby
Jan. 26, 2006 - Virus gets vintage
Feb. 7, 2006 - The end of software
Feb. 7, 2006 - The meaning of tech collecting
Feb. 7, 2006 - What's better about going vintage
Feb. 14, 2006 - Atari at another crossroads
Feb. 28, 2006 - Museums "discovered" in Texas and Colorado
March 12, 2006 - Digi-Comp comes back to life