The Keychain 6809
When you think of tiny microcontroller boards, you probably think of a modern surface mount processor. Not [Andreas Jakob]. His 5×5 cm keychain computer rocks a 6809 CPU at a …read more Continue reading The Keychain 6809
Category Archives: retrocomputer
The MouSTer Adapter Now Has Amiga Scroll Support
The MouSTer is a device that enables modern USB HID mice to be used on various retro computers. The project has been through its ups and downs over years, but …read more Continue reading The MouSTer Adapter Now Has Amiga Scroll Support
Teensy Twofer of Plug-In Emulated Retro CPUs
[Ted Fried] wrote in with not one but two (2!) new drop-in replacements for widespread old-school CPUs: the Zilog Z80 and the Intel 8088. Both of the “chips” run in …read more Continue reading Teensy Twofer of Plug-In Emulated Retro CPUs
How To Restore a Musical Amiga
Despite the huge strides in computing power and functionality that have been achieved in the past few decades, there are still some things that older computers can do which are …read more Continue reading How To Restore a Musical Amiga
Hackaday Links: November 13, 2022
Talk about playing on hard mode! The news this week was rife with stories about Palmer Luckey’s murder-modified VR headset, which ostensibly kills the wearer if their character dies in-game. …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: November 13, 2022
An Oscilloscope Trigger For Vintage Video Processors
Working on retro computers is rarely straightforward, as [ukmaker] recently found out while designing a new display interface. Their oscilloscope was having trouble triggering on the video signal produced by …read more Continue reading An Oscilloscope Trigger For Vintage Video Processors
Aqua PCB Is a Big Upgrade for the Mattel Aquarius
In case you weren’t around in the 80s, or you happened to blink, you may have missed the Mattel Aquarius computer. [Nick Bild] has a soft spot in his heart …read more Continue reading Aqua PCB Is a Big Upgrade for the Mattel Aquarius
Why Learn Ancient Tech?
The inner orbits of the Hackaday solar system have been vibrating with the announcement of the 2022 Hackaday Supercon badge. The short version of the story is that it’s a …read more Continue reading Why Learn Ancient Tech?
Building a Replica Of An Obscure Romanian Computer
We’ve all seen emulated Apple II and Commodore 64 boards about the place. Few of us have heard of the Romanian ZX Spectrum clone known as the Cobra, let alone …read more Continue reading Building a Replica Of An Obscure Romanian Computer
Tiny Dongle Brings the Hard Drive’s Song Back to Updated Retrocomputers
Back in the “beige box” days of computing, it was pretty easy to tell what your machine was doing just by listening to it, because the hard drive was constantly …read more Continue reading Tiny Dongle Brings the Hard Drive’s Song Back to Updated Retrocomputers