Two Stop Bits | Stories tagged "hardware"

A CT scanner reveals surprises inside the 386 processor's ceramic package (386 hardware reversing) (righto.com)
2 points by DennisOSRM 6 days ago | discuss
Commodore 64 ultimate (commodore 64 hardware remake) (commodore.net)
16 points by DennisOSRM 34 days ago | 10 comments
Building My Own Paper Tape Punch (2025) (papertape peripheral diy hardware storage hangingchads) (unimplementedtrap.com)
4 points by splorp 52 days ago | discuss
1-bit rainbow (retrocomputing parts hardware vintage apple mac) (1bitrainbow.com | ia)
3 points by splorp 77 days ago | discuss
Why the Original Macintosh Had a Screen Resolution of 512×342 (mac hardware historical graphics) (512pixels.net)
10 points by tommasz 79 days ago | 7 comments
Joshintosh Merges Vintage Mac and Powerful PC (2025) (mac pc case hardware recycle maker unsettling) (makezine.com)
5 points by splorp 80 days ago | discuss
Evaluation of Single User Systems (1986) (hardware comparison) (chilton-computing.org.uk)
5 points by boofar 82 days ago | discuss
Lo8: Resurrecting 8-track as a data storage medium (2013) (hardware tape cartridge data storage peripheral) (cassettepunk.com)
6 points by splorp 84 days ago | 4 comments
The Computer Collection: Unix Workstations (unix vintage hardware) (computercollection.net)
8 points by boofar 86 days ago | 6 comments
Emulator Debugging: Area 5150's Lake Effect (2025) (8088 pc cga demo hardware emulation) (martypc.blogspot.com)
14 points by viler 90 days ago | 2 comments
8-pin Linux (linux hardware mips arm emulation assembly) (dmitry.gr | ia)
2 points by glhaynes 131 days ago | discuss
The Fastest MS-DOS Gaming PC Ever (game msdos fastest isa intel retro hardware) (hackaday.com | ia)
5 points by bmonkey325 146 days ago | discuss
The first 3dfx card announced 29 years ago, Orchid Righteous 3D (game 3dfx pc graphics hardware video) (homeip.net | ia)
7 points by dfarquhar 148 days ago | 1 comment
Why SNES hardware is running faster than expected—and why it’s a problem (snes timing speedrunning hardware variations fairness) (arstechnica.com | ia)
1 point by bmonkey325 153 days ago | discuss
CRAY-1 Hardware Reference Manual (1977) (cray1 hardware documentation manual pdf) (trailing-edge.com | ia)
1 point by bmonkey325 154 days ago | discuss
The Coolest Amiga Setup (2025) (amiga demoscene sweden hardware) (datagubbe.se)
4 points by boofar 188 days ago | 1 comment
Building a mechanical keyboard replacement for my CoCo1 (tandy coco keyboard pcb trs80 hardware) (leadedsolder.com | ia)
5 points by barbeque 200 days ago | 6 comments
I Bought the Biggest Hard Drive Ever Made For the PDP-11! (pdp11 bsd kernel modification narrative antique hardware) (youtu.be)
4 points by bmonkey325 208 days ago | discuss
Atari SW/HW Based BBS - Darkforce.org (atari bbs telnet native hardware) (darkforce.org | ia)
3 points by bmonkey325 221 days ago | 1 comment
Introducing the SMD2000 “Bushfire” (Amiga 2000) (amiga hardware project) (amigaretro.com | ia)
3 points by nickt 246 days ago | discuss
Dusting off Dreamcast Linux (dreamcast linux vintage hardware homebrew nostalgia) (oldvcr.blogspot.com | ia)
8 points by bmonkey325 277 days ago | 1 comment
Macintosh SE Reloaded (mac se restoration logicboard reversing hardware) (github.com | ia)
6 points by bmonkey325 301 days ago | discuss
Ez80: A Z80 computer at the next level (z80 computer homebrew electronics retro ez80 design hardware) (hackaday.com)
9 points by bmonkey325 322 days ago | discuss
The Music Industry’s ’90s Hard Drives Are Dying (harddisk harddrive hdd hardware failure mtbf legacy data) (arstechnica.com | ia)
5 points by splorp 323 days ago | 5 comments
Have You Ever Used One of These? (debugging periscope hardware breakout board) (os2museum.com | ia)
1 point by bmonkey325 333 days ago | discuss
The AppleCD Line (1990s 1980s apple cdrom hardware) (512pixels.net | ia)
8 points by bmonkey325 416 days ago | 3 comments
Apple PenLite: The iPad Before the iPad! (apple hardware portable prototype pen stylus) (youtube.com | ia)
3 points by splorp 419 days ago | discuss
Bored students can now enjoy Sonic 2 on TI-84 Plus CE calculators (game sonic ti84 porting hardware z80) (theregister.com)
3 points by bmonkey325 446 days ago | 1 comment
Democratizing the Demoscene: PicoGUS Brings the 90s Tracker Sound to the Masses (peripheral emulation hardware soundcard pc pico gus) (makezine.com | ia)
6 points by splorp 454 days ago | discuss
Serial to parallel port adapter (hardware rs232 parallel ieee1284) (bramblyhill.com | ia)
4 points by classichasclass 463 days ago | discuss
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