Collaborate Disseminate
At the dawn of the PC, IBM provided the Basic Input Output System (BIOS). It took care of bringing the machine up, and exposed a series of software hooks for …read more Continue reading Bring Back The BIOS! (To UEFI Systems, That Is)
In 2025 we are spoiled for choice when it comes to displays, with affordable LCDs, OLEDs, TFTs, and e-ink panels of all sizes only a few clicks away. But in …read more Continue reading Bubble Displays Make a Neat Retro Clock
Plenty of readers will be familiar with CRT televisions, not least because many of us use them with retrocomputers and consoles. But perhaps fewer will have worked with CRTs themselves …read more Continue reading Reconditioning a Vintage CRT Tube
If you ask someone for a piece of received opinion about Bernese mountain dogs, the chances are that the tale of their carrying barrels of brandy round their necks for …read more Continue reading 2025 Pet Hacks Contest: A Barrel Of Fun For Your Dog
Part of the charm of having a cat in your life is that by their nature these animals are very interactive. They will tell you in no uncertain terms when …read more Continue reading 2025 Pet Hacks Contest: A Water Fountain For Your Cat
It’s been a universal trait among the different faithful Hackaday Hounds who have loped around these parts over the decades, that there is no place warm enough for their tastes. …read more Continue reading 2025 Pet Hacks Contest: Keep Your Hound Toasty Warm With This Heated Dog Bed
We’re back in Europe for this week’s Hackaday podcast, as Elliot Williams is joined by Jenny List. In the news this week is the passing of Ed Smylie, the engineer …read more Continue reading Hackaday Podcast Ep 322: Fake Hackaday Writers, New Retro Computers, and a Web Rant
If you work with virtual machines, perhaps to spin up a clean OS install for testing, historically you have either bitten the bullet and used one of the commercial options, …read more Continue reading Now KDE Users Will Get Easy Virtual Machine Management, Too
The ARRL used to have a requirement that any antenna advertised in their publications had to have real-world measurements accompanying it, to back up any claims of extravagant performance. I’m …read more Continue reading Field Testing An Antenna, Using A Field
The Macintosh Plus was Apple’s third version on the all-in-one Mac, and for its time it was a veritable powerhouse. If you don’t have one here in 2025 there are …read more Continue reading A New Mac Plus Motherboard, No Special Chips Required