Collaborate Disseminate
The “save” icon for plenty of modern computer programs, including Microsoft Office, still looks like a floppy disk, despite the fact that these have been effectively obsolete for well over …read more Continue reading Using Excel to Manage a Commodore 64
The smart television is an interesting idea in theory. Rather than having the cable or satellite company control all of the content, a small computer is included in the television …read more Continue reading RetroPie, Without the Pi
The world of desktop computing has coalesced into what is essentially a duopoly, with Windows machines making up the bulk of the market share and Apple carving out a dedicated …read more Continue reading SheepShaver: A Cross-Platform Tool For Retro Enthusiasts
While the Nintendo 3DS was capable of fairly impressive graphics (at least for a portable system) back in its heyday, there’s little challenge in emulating the now discontinued handheld on …read more Continue reading Building the World’s Largest Nintendo 3DS
The Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator, now known simply as MAME, started off as a project to emulate various arcade games. The project is still adding new games to its library, …read more Continue reading Classic Calculators Emulated in Browser
Retro games are a blast, and even more so when you can bring the fun on the go. [mac2612] has developed a custom retroarch-based firmware for the Leapster GS and …read more Continue reading RetroArch on a LeapFrog Leapster GS
As disruptive and generally unpleasant as the pandemic lockdowns of 2020 were, they often ended up being a catalyst for significant personal growth. That was often literal growth, thanks to …read more Continue reading From a 6502 Breadboard Computer to Lode Runner and Beyond
A “Check Engine” light on your dashboard could mean anything from a loose gas cap to a wallet-destroying repair in the offing. For [Dean Segovis], his CEL was indicating a …read more Continue reading Replace Your Automatic Transmission With a Bunch of Relays
Generally, when trying to implement some protocol, you are constrained by your hardware and time. But for someone like [EMMIR], that’s not enough. For example, NTSC-CRT is a video signal …read more Continue reading Encoding NTSC With Your Hands Tied
Virtually any platform you might find yourself programming on has some simple method of running a delay. [Joey Shepard] got rather creative on a recent project, though, relying on a …read more Continue reading Blinky Project Is 6502s All The Way Down