An old — on second thought, make that “very old” — Sony AM/FM broadcast transistor, which I somehow acquired, finally got a little too cranky for me, Figure 1. The analog-dial tuning knob was sluggish ...

This weekend, the Old Pros will share the stage with a tiny door, a couple of boxes of gravel, a miniature wind machine and a styrofoam mannequin head in a throwback presentation of Old Tyme Radio ...

“You can’t put new wine in old bottles” – so the saying goes. But you would if you’re a hacker stuck with a radio built in 2005, which looked like it was put together using technology from 1975.