Some computers are ready for a new lease on life. Computer companies come out with new machines every year: faster, better, more powerful, more efficient, and sometimes even cheaper. But what do you ...

Apple IIs. Commodores. The Amstrad CPC 464. If you're a fan of retro hardware, a visual artist from Canada has something you're going to want to check out. Reading time 2 minutes There’s pretty much ...

The following is a weekly 60 Minutes commentary by CBS News correspondent Andy Rooney. I wish the people inventing things would slow down and give us some time to catch up with the last thing they ...

Most people don't throw away old electronics --they relocate them. The laptop goes from the desk to the closet, the closet to a storage bin, the bin to the garage, where it joins a growing collection ...

Whether it’s collecting coins, stamps or computers, I love the enthusiasm of people who hoard. Putting coins, stamps and computers in the same sentence about collecting might seem a little strange.

Whether you repurpose it, rehome it, or recycle it, that dusty old computer in your closet may still be surprisingly valuable. Russell McLendon is a science writer with expertise in the natural ...

Every durable good built by man find itself in an awkward period where its immediate value has been used up, but its historical value is not yet realized. Every future antique is destined to be ...

I recently spotted an eBay auction for collection of books and floppy disks for the three decades old Xerox 16/8 (not the computer itself) which were offered for the tidy sum of $249 — which left me ...

One of the challenges of keeping a vintage computer up and running is the limited availability of spare parts. While not everything has hit dire levels of availability (not yet, anyway), it goes ...

If you don’t have the budget for a $500 Oculus Rift headset and a thousand dollar VR-ready gaming PC, here’s a far cheaper solution. A die-hard Commodore 64 fan created a pair of virtual reality ...

Just because something is “never used” doesn’t mean it’s good. [Inkoo Vintage Computing] learned that lesson while trying to repair an Amiga 500 and finding parts online that were claimed to be “new” ...

A vintage Apple-1 computer sold today for a whopping $365,000, despite failing to meet the pre-auction estimate. This comes two months after another original Apple-1 sold for nearly a million dollars.