Do you remember the magazine Popular Electronics? What about Radio Electronics? These magazines were often the first exposure we had to the world of hacking. In December we learned that ...

This magazine was published only 70 years ago, but it feels like it comes from ancient times. As you may recall, I first heard about the existence of the “Man from Mars Radio Hat” way back in the ...

I won't recount the history of each here except to say that the first two published reverse-engineered consumer electronics circuit diagrams for radio-TV repair shops. These shops were plentiful in my ...