Repair shop offers trip down memory lane with decades-old tech
Tim Colegrove has been repairing computers for a long time. He opened The BYTE Shop in Jamaica Plain in 2021, but it's more than a repair shop. It's a trip down tech memory lane and an homage to the history of the personal computer.
The Common · WBUR
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Show Notes
When Tim Colegrove decided to open a computer repair store in 2021, it was partially because he was interested in entrepreneurship. He also really needed a place to keep the vintage computers and gear that were piling up in his home. So, The BYTE Shop was born: A computer repair shop AND museum to the modern home computer in Jamaica Plain.
The Common visited Tim at The BYTE Shop to talk about the store's fully operational computer history exhibit (that is open for the public to come and try), as well as how community and sustainability play into its mission.
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