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Odd Inputs and Peculiar Peripherals: Using a Commodore Light Pen on a Modern(ish) Computer
https://hackaday.com/2022/06/11/odd-inputs-and-peculiar-peripherals-using-a-commodore-light-pen-on-a-modernish-computer/
If you worked with computers back in the 1970s, there’s a good chance you used a light pen at some point: a simple input device that you’d point at the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/06/11/odd-inputs-and-peculiar-peripherals-using-a-commodore-light-pen-on-a-modernish-computer/)
Sometimes it might seem as if your electronics are just jinxed. For [Niva_v_kopirce] it was the control board of his nephew’s RC car that kept frying the transistors. In situations …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/06/12/rc-car-repair-with-beer-can-solder-stencil/)
We’ve seen hackers run DOOM on a variety of appliances, from desk phones to pregnancy tests. Now, the final frontier has been conquered – we got DOOM to run on …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/06/12/doom-in-your-bios-more-likely-than-you-think/)
One of the drawbacks of being an early adopter is that you might end up investing in equipment that becomes obsolete rather quickly. Although it’s clear that electric vehicles are …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/06/12/modernizing-an-outdated-electric-vehicle-charging-station/)
[Konrad Dybcio] tells about his journey booting Linux on A7/8/8X processors, playing around with an old iPhone 5 he’s got in a drawer. It’s been a two-year “revisit every now …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/06/12/boot-mainline-linux-on-apple-a7-a8-and-a8x-devices/)
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" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/hadimg_sipeed_opentoolchain_feat_2.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/hadimg_sipeed_opentoolchain_feat_2.jpg?w=800">[Sevan Janiyan] shares their research on putting an open FPGA toolchain together. Specifically, this is an open toolchain for the Sipeed Nano Tang FPGAs, which are relatively cheap offerings by …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/06/12/an-open-toolchain-for-sipeed-tang-nano-fpgas/)