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OScope Advert from 1987 Rocks It

Posted on May 11, 2023 by Al Williams

We can’t remember ever seeing a late-night TV ad for oscilloscopes before but, for some reason, Tektronix did produce a video ad in 1987. You can see it below and …read more Continue reading OScope Advert from 1987 Rocks It→

Posted in nostalgia, oscilloscope, tektronix, tool hacks

WordStar Reborn

Posted on May 10, 2023 by Al Williams

Wordstar was the word processor that helped sell the personal computer. At one time, it was ubiquitous, and many authors had a hard time giving it up. Some, like George …read more Continue reading WordStar Reborn→

Posted in retrocomputing, software hacks, wordstar

Scorched Moon: Secret Project A119

Posted on May 10, 2023 by Al Williams

In today’s world, it is hard to realize how frightened Americans were at the news of Sputnik orbiting the Earth. Part of it was a fear of what a rival …read more Continue reading Scorched Moon: Secret Project A119→

Posted in cold war, history, misc hacks | Tagged Nuclear

Retro Gadgets: I Swear Officer, I was Listening to 45

Posted on May 9, 2023 by Al Williams

Audio in cars has a long history. Car radios in the 1920s were bulky and expensive. In the 1930s, there was the Motorola radio. They were still expensive — a …read more Continue reading Retro Gadgets: I Swear Officer, I was Listening to 45→

Posted in Featured, history, Interest, record player | Tagged Car Audio

Moisture Duck Gives You a Green Thumb

Posted on May 9, 2023 by Al Williams

Around the Hackaday bunker, any plant other than a cactus has a real chance of expiring due to thirst. Perhaps we should build some of [MakersFunDuck]’s Moisture Duck boards. As …read more Continue reading Moisture Duck Gives You a Green Thumb→

Posted in ATtiny Hacks, home hacks, moisture sensor, soil sensor

A Tale of Two Pulse Modulators

Posted on May 8, 2023 by Al Williams

In the realm of test equipment, there are a number of items that you don’t know you need until you need one. That’s probably the case with the HP11720A pulse …read more Continue reading A Tale of Two Pulse Modulators→

Posted in Coax, pulse modulator, teardown, test equipment, tool hacks

A Literate Assembly Language

Posted on May 8, 2023 by Al Williams

A recent edition of [Babbage’s] The Chip Letter discusses the obscurity of assembly language. He points out, and I think correctly, that assembly language is more often read than written, …read more Continue reading A Literate Assembly Language→

Posted in assembly language, Hackaday Columns, rants, software development, software hacks

The Bicycle (and More) Explained

Posted on May 8, 2023 by Al Williams

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but an animation, then, must be worth a million. Make that animation interactive, and… well, we don’t know how many words …read more Continue reading The Bicycle (and More) Explained→

Posted in animations, Science | Tagged Bicycle, Physics

DIY Metal Detector

Posted on May 8, 2023 by Al Williams

If you want to get rich by hunting with a metal detector, you might want to consider how much you invested in the hardware to start with. Finding a tin …read more Continue reading DIY Metal Detector→

Posted in Arduino Hacks, ARM, metal detector

Linux Fu: Supercharge Bash History

Posted on May 5, 2023 by Al Williams

Having a history of shell commands is a great idea. It is, of course, enormously handy when you have to run something repetitively or you make a simple mistake that …read more Continue reading Linux Fu: Supercharge Bash History→

Posted in Bash, Featured, linux, linux hacks

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