Retrogadgets: Oscilloscope Cameras
Today, if you want to get a picture from your oscilloscope — maybe to send to a collaborator or to stick in a document or blog post — it is …read more Continue reading Retrogadgets: Oscilloscope Cameras
Category Archives: classic hacks
Building a DIY Nipkow Disk Display
Before flat screen technologies took over, we associate TV with the CRT. But there were other display technologies that worked, they just weren’t as practical. One scheme was the Nipkow …read more Continue reading Building a DIY Nipkow Disk Display
An RP2040-based PC-FX Development Cartridge
[David Shadoff] has a clear soft spot for the NEC console systems and has been collecting many tools and data about them. When developing with these old systems, having a …read more Continue reading An RP2040-based PC-FX Development Cartridge
Hands On With a Giant Nixie Tube
[Sam Battle] is no stranger to these pages, nor is his Museum is not Obsolete. The museum was recently gifted an enormous Nixie tube created by Dalibor Farný, a B-grade (well, …read more Continue reading Hands On With a Giant Nixie Tube
Keeping Tabs on an Undergraduate Projects Lab’s Door Status
Over at the University of Wisconsin’s Undergraduate Projects Lab (UPL) there’s been a way to check whether this room is open for general use by CS undergraduates and others practically …read more Continue reading Keeping Tabs on an Undergraduate Projects Lab’s Door Status
Seven New Street Fighter 2 Arcade Rom Hacks
[Sebastian Mihai] is a prolific programmer and hacker with a particular focus on retrocomputing and period games, and this latest hack, adding new gameplay elements to Capcom’s Street Fighter II …read more Continue reading Seven New Street Fighter 2 Arcade Rom Hacks
75-In-One Music
It’s likely that many Hackaday readers will have had their interest in electronics as a child honed by exposure to an electronics kit. The type of toy that featured a …read more Continue reading 75-In-One Music
Symbolic Nixie Tubes Become Useful For Artistic Purposes
When it comes to Nixie tubes, the most common usage these days seems to be in clocks. That has people hunting for the numerical version of the tubes, which are …read more Continue reading Symbolic Nixie Tubes Become Useful For Artistic Purposes
Braun TS2 Radio Turns 68, Gets Makeover
The Braun TS2 radio was a state-of-the art tube set in 1956. Today it still looks great, but unsurprisingly, the one that [Manuel Caldeier] has needed a little tender loving …read more Continue reading Braun TS2 Radio Turns 68, Gets Makeover
What Happened to Duracell PowerCheck?
Remember Duracell’s PowerCheck? The idea was that a strip built into the battery would show if the battery was good or not. Sure, you could always get a meter or …read more Continue reading What Happened to Duracell PowerCheck?