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PCMCIA Flash Card Gives Up Its Secrets Thanks to Retro Gear

Posted on July 18, 2023 by Dan Maloney

There are two ways to recover data from an obsolete storage medium. One way is to pull out all the tools in the hacker’s kit — with logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, …read more Continue reading PCMCIA Flash Card Gives Up Its Secrets Thanks to Retro Gear→

Pi Pico W Does PCMCIA, Gets This IBM PC110 Online

Posted on September 25, 2022 by Arya Voronova

Card's author typing on the IBM PC110's keyboard, with the Pico W-based card plugged into the PCMCIA slot on the left. PC110's screen shows successful ping 8.8.8.8.8.

Bringing modern connectivity to retro computers is an endearing field- with the simplicity of last-century hardware and software being a double-edged sword, often, you bring a powerful and tiny computer …read more Continue reading Pi Pico W Does PCMCIA, Gets This IBM PC110 Online→

Rex Wasn’t Really a PDA, It was the First Great Digital Rolodex

Posted on March 11, 2021 by Chris Lott

Back in the 1990s I was fascinated with small computers. I used the HP200LX palmtop computer for almost ten years, which I wrote about back in December. Naturally, the Franklin Rex 3 PCMCIA-sized organizer caught my attention when it was …read more

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