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Game consoles typically support a limited number of input devices, meaning that console games are often completely optimized for the default controller supplied with that platform. Nintendo’s tendency to completely …read more Continue reading Play N64 Games the Right Way With This Classic Controller Adapter
With the incredible variety of projects submitted to our Op-Amp Contest, you’d almost forget that operational amplifiers were originally invented to perform mathematical operations, specifically inside analog computers. One popular …read more Continue reading Op-Amp Contest: Virtual Ball-in-a-Box Responds to Your Motions
Op amps are typically used to build signal processing circuits like amplifiers, integrators and oscillators. Their functionality can be described by mathematical formulas that have a single, well-defined solution. However, …read more Continue reading Op Amp Contest: This Lighthouse Sculpture Flickers in the Rhythm of Chaos
If you’re a child of the ’80s or ’90s, chances are you’ve spent hours tracing out intricate patterns using the pens and gears of a Spirograph kit. Simple as those …read more Continue reading Op Amp Contest: Generate Spirograph Shapes Using Only Op Amps and Math
Although many people might remember the recorder as just a simple instrument from their introductory music classes, it can nevertheless produce rich and varied melodies in the hands of a …read more Continue reading Musical Robot Lets You Play the Recorder Hands-Free
Modern processors come with all kinds of power management features, which you don’t typically notice as a user until you start a heavy program and hear the CPU fan spin …read more Continue reading Missing DR-DOS Power Management Source Code Found in Patent
If you’ve never heard of Aerial Imaging by Retro-Reflection, or AIRR for short, you’re probably not the only one. It’s a technique developed by researchers at Utsunomiya University that uses …read more Continue reading Clever Optics Make Clock’s Digits Float in Space
Emulators are easy and convenient, but for some retrocomputing enthusiasts nothing comes close to running classic software on actual era-appropriate hardware. This can become a problem, though, for those into …read more Continue reading Tiny 3D Printed Gaming PC Contains Real Retro Hardware
Although ARM CPUs have been making headway in several areas of computing over the last decade or so, the vast majority of desktop, laptop and server CPUs are still based …read more Continue reading IBM PC Runs BASIC With Motorola 68000 CPU Upgrade
Nixie tubes can add some retro flair to any project, but they can also complicate your electronics quite a bit: after all, you need to generate a voltage high enough …read more Continue reading Modern Components Enable Cheap and Compact Nixie Driver Circuit