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The ESP32 series from Espressif have been a successful line of products, offering a powerful microcontroller with on-chip wireless networking. There’s a snag though in their practice of calling all …read more Continue reading Much Better VGA From An ESP32
In 1996, the 3Dfx VooDoo VGA chipset changed computer graphics forever. Because of the high cost of memory, most of the boards had only 4 MB of memory — which …read more Continue reading Upgrade Your Voodoo with More Memory
If you wanted to create a VGA card, you might think about using an FPGA. But there are simpler ways to generate patterns, including an old-fashioned EPROM, as [DrMattRegan] points …read more Continue reading EPROM Does VGA
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
We love retrocomputing and tiny computers here at Hackaday, so it’s always nice to see projects that combine the two. [Eivind]’s TinyLlama lets you play DOS games on a board …read more Continue reading TinyLlama is a 486 in Your Pocket
When it comes to building a split keyboard, you have a lot of options when it comes to the cable. Many will use a standard 3.5 mm TRRS cable, and …read more Continue reading Colorful Split Keyboard Uses VGA Connections
To call [Glen Kleinschmidt] a vintage computing enthusiast would be an understatement. Who else would add the ability to control and address multiple VGA monitors to a rack-mounted TRS-80 Model …read more Continue reading TRS-80 Gains Multiple Monitor Support, and High-Resolution Graphics
Most retrocomputer builds seem to focus on either restoring old machines or rebuilding them from scratch. Either way, the goal is to get as close as possible to the original …read more Continue reading Z80 Single-Board Computer Looks Like It Could Have Been a Killer Product
In the world of PC graphics, the early standards followed the various video cards of the day. There was MDA, familiar through the original text-based DOS prompt, CGA, then EGA, …read more Continue reading Have You Heard Of MCGA?
The hobbyists of the early days of the home computer era worked wonders with the comparatively primitive chips of the day, and what couldn’t be accomplished with a Z80 or …read more Continue reading Retro Serial Terminal Uses Modern Chips to Get CP/M Machine Talking