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All The Best Computers Boot To… Python?
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (35+ words) Among all the machines of the 8-bit home computer era which booted straight to a BASIC prompt, there were a very few that went their own way with another language. The Jupiter Ace springs immediately......
Trying To Fix A Suspiciously Cheap Enterprise-Grade Network Switch
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (40+ words) When you see a listing for an Ethernet switch whose specification list is in effect 'yes', with a four-digit price tag when new, and with the seller asking for less than 10% of said $3,000 asking pric......
Decoding The NEC V20 Microcode ROM
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (35+ words) The NEC V20 is an Intel 8088-compatible processor that features the same use of microcode, though with its own characteristics. This makes it important to use this same microcode if your goal is to cr......
One Bit Sound With The ZX Spectrum
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (44+ words) [Michael] has a thing for playing audio over beepers using a single bit. He's done it with the Apple ][ and the IBM PC. This time he turns to the ZX Spectrum. He didn't get quite as good a result -- a......
Is This The Year Of The Linux… Television?
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (43+ words) The Year of the Linux Desktop hasn't been on its way for quite as long as nuclear fusion plants, but somehow it seems to recede into the horizon at just about the same rate. Every year, it's another y......
Can AI Now Design PCBs That Just Work?
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (32+ words) With the recent release of its GPT-6 Astra model, OpenAI explicitly pushed the claim that it is capable of designing complete circuit boards in KiCad, starting from a provided schematic and outputting......
Running Generative AI On An RP2350
1+ week, 1+ day ago (36+ words) Driven by a desire for privacy, customization, and lower costs, there’s growing interest in AI models which can be run on local hardware. Few of them go as far as [Tim], though, who built an image......
Hackaday Podcast Ep 385: 3D Printers With Lasers, Wicked RAM Prices, And Reverse Polish Notation
1+ week, 1+ day ago (35+ words) As the calendar turns a leaf into September, Elliot Williams is joined by Jenny List for our weekly look at all things Hackaday. In the news, our retrocomputing competition is well under way, but the......
How A 1981 RAM Expansion Worked
1+ week, 4+ day ago (37+ words) Sir Clive Sinclair and his company were notorious for pushing the limits of electronic parts in search of a low price, and his ZX series 8-bit computers were fine examples of this art. The ZX81 came w......
HDMI For The Color Computer 2
1+ week, 4+ day ago (41+ words) [Scott Baker] bought a TRS-80 Color Computer off eBay some five years ago. He'd always intended to add a CoCoVGA or CoCoDV upgrade to hook it up to a monitor, but the device was sold out and his name......