Linux Fu: Speak Up!
Apparently, people hate typing. As every movie and TV show suggests, the future is talking to computers. There was a time when speech recognition was complex and not very good. …read more Continue reading Linux Fu: Speak Up!
Author Archives: Al Williams
Rosy Retrocomputing
Most of us are guilty of romanticizing the past. Do you long to be the captain of a tall ship? Just as long as you don’t mind weevils in your …read more Continue reading Rosy Retrocomputing
Rusting an E-scooter (In a Good Way)
It is a classic Hackaday situation. You have an Egret GT E-scooter. It has a screen that shows the usual dash stats, but that led to an annoyance. You could …read more Continue reading Rusting an E-scooter (In a Good Way)
Tech In Plain Sight: Meet The Robot That Does CPR
Usually in Tech In Plain Sight, we talk about technology you probably see every day, even if you don’t notice it. But we hope you don’t get to see one …read more Continue reading Tech In Plain Sight: Meet The Robot That Does CPR
One Bit Sound with the ZX Spectrum
[Michael] has a thing for playing audio over beepers using a single bit. He’s done it with the Apple ][ and the IBM PC. This time he turns to the …read more Continue reading One Bit Sound with the ZX Spectrum
A 1024 Byte Python Interpreter
Like many of us, [Austin] finds writing code satisfying — especially if it is challenging. His latest challenge: shoehorn something that looks like Python into 512 bytes. Ok, that didn’t …read more Continue reading A 1024 Byte Python Interpreter
WordStar Lives Again (and Again)
Word processors and editors are a funny thing. It doesn’t really matter what’s “best,” whatever that means. If you have finger memory built up for one program, it’s painful to …read more Continue reading WordStar Lives Again (and Again)
Running Apple ][ Software on a Commodore 64 — Silently
The computer business in 1984 was a bizarre mix of hobby-level companies, a few small companies that had made it big, and a lot of big companies starting to take …read more Continue reading Running Apple ][ Software on a Commodore 64 — Silently
COSMAC Elf Turns 50
If you were interested in computers in the early 1970s, you struggled to get time on real computers since owning your own was all but impossible. In the middle of …read more Continue reading COSMAC Elf Turns 50
From a Ten-Line Script to a Real Utility with Codex
I’m an experienced programmer, and I’ve worked in many different languages. Sometimes being a programmer is a two-edged sword. You want to accomplish something, and you can do it easily …read more Continue reading From a Ten-Line Script to a Real Utility with Codex