Getting the VIC-20 To Speak Again
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/05/getting-the-vic-20-to-speak-again/

The Commodore Amiga was famous for its characteristic Say voice, with its robotic enunciation being somewhat emblematic of the 16-bit era. The Commodore VIC-20 had no such capability out of the box, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/05/getting-the-vic-20-to-speak-again/)

Full-Blown Cross-Assembler…in a Bash Script
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/06/full-blown-cross-assembler-in-a-bash-script/

Have you ever dreamed of making a bash script that assembles Intel 8080 machine code? [Chris Smith] did exactly that when he created xa.sh, a cross-assembler written entirely in Bourne …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/06/full-blown-cross-assembler-in-a-bash-script/)

BreezyBox: A BusyBox-Like Shell and Virtual Terminal for ESP32
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/06/breezybox-a-busybox-like-shell-and-virtual-terminal-for-esp32/

Much like how BusyBox crams many standard Unix commands and a shell into a single executable, so too does BreezyBox provide a similar experience for the ESP32 platform. A demo …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/06/breezybox-a-busybox-like-shell-and-virtual-terminal-for-esp32/)

Welding Nuts Inside Metal Tubes, Painlessly
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/06/welding-nuts-inside-metal-tubes-painlessly/

[Jer Schmidt] needed a way to put a lot of M8 bolts into a piece of square steel tubing, but just drilling and tapping threads into the thin steel wouldn’t …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/06/welding-nuts-inside-metal-tubes-painlessly/)

CIA’s World Factbook is Gone
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/06/cias-world-factbook-is-gone/

Before the Internet, there was a certain value to knowing how to find out about things. Reference librarians could help you locate specialized data like the Thomas Register, the EE …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/06/cias-world-factbook-is-gone/)

Why PlayStation Graphics Wobble, Flicker and Twitch
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/06/why-playstation-graphics-wobble-flicker-and-twitch/

Although often tossed together into a singular ‘retro game’ aesthetic, the first game consoles that focused on 3D graphics like the Nintendo 64 and Sony PlayStation featured very distinct visuals …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/06/why-playstation-graphics-wobble-flicker-and-twitch/)

He’s a Wrapper (Wire Wrapper, That Is)
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/07/hes-a-wrapper-wire-wrapper-that-is/