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There’s treasures hidden in old technology, and you deserve to be able to revive it. Whether it’s old personal computer platforms, vending machines, robot arms, or educational kits based on …read more Continue reading Relatively Universal ROM Programmer Makes Retro Tech Hacking Accessible
There are 0x10 ways to look at ROM programmers: they’re either relatively low-cost tools that let you quickly get about the business of programming vintage ROMs and get back to …read more Continue reading A Low-Cost ROM Programmer With an AI Twist
Original retrocomputing hardware is now decades old and showing its age, so the chances are it’s more common in 2024 to experience a machine from the 1970s or 1980s by …read more Continue reading It’s a CoCo! No, it’s an Apple II!
When is 14 volts not actually 14 volts? Given [Anders Nielsen]’s recent struggles with erasing an old-school EEPROM, it’s when you really need it that things tend to go pear-shaped. …read more Continue reading Erasing EEPROMs isn’t Always as Easy as it Seems
We all know that fake chips are a risk when it comes to buying parts on eBay or from Chinese markets such as AliExpress. It’s a simple enough scam, take …read more Continue reading When Is A 6502 Not Quite A 6502?
Nice, visual simulators of CPUs such as the 6502 are usually made much later and with more modern tooling than what they simulate. But what if that wasn’t the case? …read more Continue reading A Mysterious 6502 Apple 2 simulator
Twenty years ago, if you wanted an LCD for a project, you’d probably end up with something salvaged from a mobile phone or an HD44780 character display. These days, little …read more Continue reading Driving an OLED Screen With A 6502 Single-Board Computer
Some of you may have heard of the ROMulator, a device that can emulate RAM and ROM on 6502-based computers. But how does it work? How do you use it? …read more Continue reading Debug Your Senile Computers With The ROMulator
In a wonderful ode to tech nostalgia, The Taylor and Amy Show, comprised of YouTubers [Taylor] and [Amy], have released a new video “THE 6502 SONG”. This song had me …read more Continue reading Celebrating the 6502 With Song
Calculator maker Commodore was almost forced into bankruptcy in 1975 when Texas Instruments (TI) directly entered the market with far less expensive products. Incensed by this, co-founder Jack Tramiel discovered that vertical integration was the key to… Continue reading Tech Nostalgia: Vertical Integration (Premium)