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" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/hp1973-feature.png?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/hp1973-feature.png?w=800">[Sarah K Marr] dabbles in retrocomputing and has a fascination with the Hewlett Packard HP-45 calculator, the second calculator in HP’s series introduced in 1973. Over a year ago, she …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/24/hp1973-project-highlights-workings-of-hp-45-calculator/)

DisplayPort: Tapping The Altmode
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/24/displayport-tapping-the-altmode/

Really, the most modern implementation of DisplayPort is the USB-C DisplayPort altmode, synonymous with “video over USB-C”, and we’d miss out if I were to skip it. Incidentally, our last …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/24/displayport-tapping-the-altmode/)

A Vintage Transistor Radio Gets a Repair
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/24/a-vintage-transistor-radio-gets-a-repair/

Here in 2023 the field of electronics covers a breathtaking variety of devices and applications, but if we were to go back in time far enough we’d enter an age …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/24/a-vintage-transistor-radio-gets-a-repair/)

CircuitPython Happenings Hack Chat with Adafruit
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/24/circuitpython-happenings-hack-chat-with-adafruit/

Join us on Wednesday, July 26 at noon Pacific for the CircuitPython Happenings Hack Chat with The folks from Adafruit! It’s always a party when the good folks from Adafruit …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/24/circuitpython-happenings-hack-chat-with-adafruit/)

Retro Gadgets: The Real Desktop Computer
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/24/retro-gadgets-the-real-desktop-computer/

People argue about the first use of the computer desktop metaphor. Apple claims it. Xerox probably started it. Yet, when I think of computer desktops, I think of the NOVAL …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/24/retro-gadgets-the-real-desktop-computer/)

Text-to-Speech Model Can Do Music, Background Noises, and Sound Effects
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/24/text-to-speech-model-can-do-music-background-noises-and-sound-effects/

Bark is a universal text-to-audio model that can not only create realistic speech, it can incorporate music, background noises, and sound effects. It can even include non-speech sounds like laughter, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/24/text-to-speech-model-can-do-music-background-noises-and-sound-effects/)

Nail, Meet KiCad
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/24/nail-meet-kicad/

You know the old saying. When all you have open is KiCad, everything looks like a PCB. That was certainly true for [Evan], who needed to replace a 2.5D small …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/24/nail-meet-kicad/)