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A Walk Down PC Video Card Memory Lane

Posted on September 28, 2025 by Al Williams

These days, video cards are virtually supercomputers. When they aren’t driving your screen, they are decoding video, crunching physics models, or processing large-language model algorithms. But it wasn’t always like …read more Continue reading A Walk Down PC Video Card Memory Lane→

Posted in AGP, isa, PCI, repair hacks, retrocomputing, Tseng, vesa, vga, video card

NTRON Plays Games, Music

Posted on September 28, 2025 by Al Williams

What do you get if you meld a Raspberry Pi, a chiptune synthesizer, and a case that looks like an imaginary Kenback-2000? Well, if you are [Artifextron], you get the …read more Continue reading NTRON Plays Games, Music→

Posted in chiptune, game console, games, musical hacks, retropie

The 19th Century Quantum Mechanics

Posted on September 27, 2025 by Al Williams

While William Rowan Hamilton isn’t a household name like, say, Einstein or Hawking, he might have been. It turns out the Irish mathematician almost stumbled on quantum theory in the …read more Continue reading The 19th Century Quantum Mechanics→

Posted in Hamilton, mathematics, Science | Tagged Newton

Active Probe Reaches 3 GHz

Posted on September 26, 2025 by Al Williams

When you think of a scope probe, you usually think of what is basically a wire with a spring hook and an attenuator. Those are passive probes. [Kerry Wong] shows …read more Continue reading Active Probe Reaches 3 GHz→

Posted in active probe, oscilloscope, tool hacks

Set Phone to… Hyperspectral

Posted on September 26, 2025 by Al Williams

While our eyes are miraculous little devices, they aren’t very sensitive outside of the normal old red, green, and blue spectra. The camera in your phone is far more sensitive, …read more Continue reading Set Phone to… Hyperspectral→

Posted in calibration, hyperspectral, phone hacks, Science

Tube Furnace is the Real Hotness

Posted on September 25, 2025 by Al Williams

We aren’t sure what [theglassman] is working on, but based on his recent projects, we think it is probably something interesting. He’s been decapping ICs, growing oxide on silicon substrates, …read more Continue reading Tube Furnace is the Real Hotness→

Posted in chemistry hacks, tool hacks, tube furnace

Trapped Soul in Time for Halloween

Posted on September 25, 2025 by Al Williams

While it is sort of disturbing, it is one of the best uses for a round LCD we’ve seen lately. What is it? Just [vishalsoniindia]’s SoulCage — a pendant that …read more Continue reading Trapped Soul in Time for Halloween→

Posted in Halloween, Holiday Hacks, round LCD | Tagged Art

Spy Tech: The NRO and Apollo 11

Posted on September 25, 2025 by Al Williams

When you think of “secret” agencies, you probably think of the CIA, the NSA, the KGB, or MI-5. But the real secret agencies are the ones you hardly ever hear …read more Continue reading Spy Tech: The NRO and Apollo 11→

Posted in Featured, history, NRO, Original Art, weather satellite | Tagged Apollo

Build Your Own 6K Camera

Posted on September 23, 2025 by Al Williams

[Curious Scientist] has been working with some image sensors. The latest project around it is a 6K camera. Of course, the sensor gives you a lot of it, but it …read more Continue reading Build Your Own 6K Camera→

Posted in 3d Printer hacks, C-mount, camera, digital cameras hacks

First Transistor Computer Reborn

Posted on September 22, 2025 by Al Williams

Ok, we’ll admit it. If you asked us what the first transistorized computer was, we would have guessed it was the TC from the University of Manchester. After all, Dr. …read more Continue reading First Transistor Computer Reborn→

Posted in Big Iron, mainframe, metrovick, retrocomputing | Tagged University of Manchester

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