From PostScript to PDF
There was a time when each and every printer and typesetter had its own quirky language. If you had a wordprocessor from a particular company, it worked with the printers …read more Continue reading From PostScript to PDF
Author Archives: Al Williams
C64 Assembly in Parts
[Michal Sapka] wanted to learn a new skill, so he decided on the Commodore 64 assembly language. We didn’t say he wanted to learn a new skill that might land …read more Continue reading C64 Assembly in Parts
China Hosts Robot Marathon
China played host to what, presumably, was the world’s first robot and human half-marathon. You can check out the action and the Tiangong Ultra robot that won in the video …read more Continue reading China Hosts Robot Marathon
Open Source DMR Radio
While ham radio operators have been embracing digital mobile radio (DMR), the equipment is most often bought since — at least in early incarnations — it needs a proprietary CODEC …read more Continue reading Open Source DMR Radio
Hackaday Podcast Episode 317: Quantum Diamonds, Citizen Science, and Cobol to AI
When Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Al Williams need a break from writing posts, they hop on the podcast and talk about their favorite stories of the past week. Want …read more Continue reading Hackaday Podcast Episode 317: Quantum Diamonds, Citizen Science, and Cobol to AI
Linux Fu: Stopping a Runaway
The best kind of Hackaday posts are the ones where there was some insurmountable problem with an elegant solution devised through deep analysis of the problem and creativity. This is …read more Continue reading Linux Fu: Stopping a Runaway
A 17th Century Music Computer
We don’t think of computers as something you’d find in the 17th century. But [Levi McClain] found plans for one in a book — books, actually — by [Athanasius Kirker] …read more Continue reading A 17th Century Music Computer
GPS Broken? Try TV!
GPS and similar satellite navigation systems revolutionized how you keep track of where you are and what time it is. However, it isn’t without its problems. For one, it generally …read more Continue reading GPS Broken? Try TV!
Audio Effects Applied to Text
If you are a visual thinker, you might enjoy [AIHVHIA’s] recent video, which shows the effect of applying audio processing to text displayed on an oscilloscope. The video is below. …read more Continue reading Audio Effects Applied to Text
The Jupiter Ace Remembered
It is hard to imagine that it has been more than four decades since two of the original designers of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum broke off to market the Jupiter …read more Continue reading The Jupiter Ace Remembered