Collaborate Disseminate
As obsolete as the original IBM Model 5150 PC may appear, it’s pretty much the proverbial giant’s shoulders upon which we all stand today. That makes the machine worth celebrating, …read more Continue reading Book8088 Slows Down to Join the Demoscene
What’s the difference between a 64k ROM in a 28-pin DIP and a 128k ROM in a 32-pin DIP? Aside from the obvious answers of “64k” and “four pins,” it …read more Continue reading Stuffing a 32-Pin Chip Into a 28-Pin Socket
Sometimes, you know where the data you need is stored, you just don’t have a way to access it. In this case, [GetHypoxic] needed to rip data off an eMMC …read more Continue reading Dumping An eMMC Chip With Many Bodge Wires
We might be amidst a chip shortage, but if you enjoy reverse-engineering, there’s never a shortage of intriguing old chips to dig into – and the 2513N 5×7 character ROM …read more Continue reading Factory Defect IC Revived With Sandpaper And Microsoldering
We all make mistakes, and there’s no shame in having to bodge a printed circuit board to fix a mistake. Most of us are content with cutting a trace or …read more Continue reading PCB Microsurgery Puts the Bodges Inside the Board
We love watching the creativity unleashed by the democratization of once-exotic technologies. The casualness by which one can order a cheap, small run of PCBs has unlocked a flood of fine pitch components and projects which look commercial quality even with a total build volume of one. Now the once …read more
Continue reading Micro-Sized Flex for Commercial Quality Bodging