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All The Best Computers Boot To… Python?
1+ day, 2+ 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......
2026 Retrocomputing Challenge – Hackaday
3+ week, 4+ day ago (116+ words) 2026 Retrocomputing Challenge Hackaday What is it about retrocomputing? For some people, it’s nostalgia. For others, it’s the appeal of simplicity. For still others, it’s the chance to save old machines from the graveyard. Whatever your motivation, there’s no denying that…...
An Electronic Explanation Of 1960s Fuzz Boxes
2+ week, 5+ day ago (41+ words) It's likely that even those of us who have never picked up a guitar in our lives will recognize the sound of an electric guitar with a fuzz box effects pedal. The raspy distorted sound has been at the......
Hackaday Europe 2026: The 1-Bit CPU That Ran Factories
3+ week, 3+ day ago (400+ words) Hackaday Powered machinery started the industrial revolution, and it was automation that kicked it up another notch in the 20th century The ability for machines to make things by themselves spurred increased output and in turn boosted economic growth The concept…...
Artificial Intelligence As It Once Was
2+ week, 5+ day ago (214+ words) Hackaday One day, people will look back at what we call Artificial Intelligence and laugh We do the same thing today, as chat bots totally outstrip what the computer industry called AI up until pretty recently This didnât escape…...
Reverse Engineering The Philips PM5139
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (34+ words) The Philips PM5139 is not famous. It won no great victories on the battlefield, nor was instrumental in changing the political landscape. It was just a useful function generator that you might find on......
Hackaday Podcast Episode 383: QR Codes, Caving Gear, And The Old School Way To Learn Electronics
3+ week, 1+ day ago (31+ words) In this week's episode, Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi start things off by getting excited about the recently announced 2026 Retrocomputing Challenge. From there the conversation will......
Announcing The 2026 Hackaday Retrocomputing Challenge
3+ week, 4+ day ago (32+ words) What is it about retrocomputing? For some people, it’s nostalgia. For others, it’s the appeal of simplicity. For still others, it’s the chance to save old machines from the graveyard. Whatever y......
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2+ week, 1+ day ago (259+ words) Hackaday Many of us have noted a tremendous price increase in many computer components for some mysterious reason. Whatever this cause is will be debated among the various modern philosophers and Diogeneses, but regardless of cause we all still have…...
Hackaday Europe 2026: Open Source Hardware Goes Underground, Literally
3+ week, 5+ day ago (36+ words) These days open source is everywhere, and frankly, we couldn't be happier about it. But even with as prevalent as open software and hardware has become, we still occasionally hear about a project that......