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Perhaps the simplest way to regulate a DC voltage is using a voltage divider and/or an active device like a Zener diode. Besides simplicity, they have the additional advantage of …read more Continue reading Drop-In Switch Mode Regulators
The Commodore CHESSmate chess computer might not be terribly well known, but that doesn’t make it any less worthy of being reproduced. If anything it is more important, as it …read more Continue reading Commodore CHESSmate Replica Runs on the ESP32
The Commodore International of the 1970s was a company which dabbled in a bit of everything when it came to consumer electronics, with the Commodore ChessMate being a prime example …read more Continue reading The Quaint History of the Commodore ChessMate
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)
Good news this week from Mars, where Ingenuity finally managed to check in with its controllers after a long silence. The plucky helicopter went silent just after nailing the landing …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: July 9, 2023
Most readers are probably familiar with the near-mythical story of Bill Gates’ improbable rise to riches, infamy, and industry dominance. Which goes something like this. IBM originally met with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates to license BASIC and some … Continue reading Tech Nostalgia: Bill Gates, Jack Tramiel, and BASIC (Premium)
One of the best parts of retrocomputing is that you can obtain so many broken systems and peripherals for repairing and other assorted fun. This was the wholesome activity that …read more Continue reading Commodore Floppy Drive Fixing Chaos
In the 1980s, [Stephen] was working on his own RPG for the Commodore 64, inspired by dungeon crawlers of the era like Ultima IV and Telengard, both some of his …read more Continue reading Well Documented Code Helps Revive Decades-Old Commodore Project
While the Commodore 64 was an immensely popular computer for its time, and still remains a strong favorite within the retrocomputing community, there’s a reason we’re not using modern Commodore-branded …read more Continue reading Commodore 64 Upgrade in Modern Package
It’s always pleasing to see a project we covered in its early stages reach maturity, so were very happy to bring you an update on [Daniel Molina]’s 74HCT6526. It’s a …read more Continue reading The MOS CIA Lives On, In 74HCT