Essential Retro: The Vintage Technology Guide

Join retrothing.com author James Grahame as he introduces you to some dazzling devices from years past. You'll encounter hundreds of vintage and neo-retro cameras, audio components, televisions, computers, video games, vehicles, toys, electronic musical instruments and mechanical gadgets. This is a fantastic opportunity to revisit a bygone age of elegant mechanics and hand-drawn design. Many brilliant old machines are hidden away in attics and garages throughout the world - forgotten movie cameras lie on dusty shelves beside obsolete computers and clever mechanical toys, all crying out to be rediscovered and brought back to life. The wonderful contraptions on these pages will capture your imagination and encourage you to explore the world of classic technology.

James Grahame is CEO of Reflex ASI, a consumer electronics company. His obsession with classic gizmos led him to start retrothing.com, a successful web site dedicated to vintage gadgetry. He is also on the editorial staff of small format, a European magazine focused on small format moviemaking. James lives in Western Canada with his wife and young son.

He encourages you to visit retrothing.com for a glimpse of even more classic gadgetry and vintage technology.