Posts by ghalfacree@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #B0oew4g8faw8rn2Xjs by ghalfacree@mastodon.social
2025-12-01T16:27:30Z
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Then some great work from @psychotimmy: you can now emulate a Sharp MZ-700 (as well as the earlier MZ-80) on your #RaspberryPi Pico, Pico 2, or other RP2040/RP2350-based microcontroller board - colour at last!https://www.hackster.io/news/tim-holyoake-turns-your-raspberry-pi-pico-pico-2-into-a-classic-sharp-mz-700-microcomputer-114ad090de1e#Technology #Microcontroller #Emulator #VintageComputing #RetroComputing #News #Hackster
(DIR) Post #B0oewB1H5vPOX4yVW4 by ghalfacree@mastodon.social
2025-12-01T16:29:21Z
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Speaking of retro-themed vintage computing stuff, Tynemouth Software's released a bit-bashed serial card built with just four 74-series logic chips. Hardware-compatible with the @rc2014 family, but currently the only software is for Tynemouth's own Jupiter Ace-inspired Minstrel 4th.https://www.hackster.io/news/tynemouth-software-unveils-the-four-chip-bit-bashed-software-serial-card-for-the-minstrel-4th-c02bf6ce47c7#Technology #VintageComputing #RetroComputing #News #Hackster
(DIR) Post #B0oewGzisbjT40ILvk by ghalfacree@mastodon.social
2025-12-01T16:30:39Z
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This, meanwhile, is a bit more modern (albeit only just - Cortex-A7s aren't exactly cutting-edge!): the Linux Platform Kit, an #OpenHardware phone-like touchscreen gadget for your #Linux needs on-the-move.https://www.hackster.io/news/the-handheld-linux-platform-kit-is-capable-of-practically-anything-its-creators-promise-56db695f04ec#Technology #SingleBoardComputer #Handheld #Makers #News #Hackster
(DIR) Post #B0oewNE7hyogOP4wD2 by ghalfacree@mastodon.social
2025-12-01T16:32:31Z
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And lastly, at least until my final piece of the day gets burped out of the queue and onto the site, a 3D-printable compact mini-ITX PC case which runs its hardware "exceptionally cool" - despite relying on the PSU and CPU fans alone.Oh, and it's stackable, too - and there's an optional full-colour front-facing status display screen with live graphs!https://www.hackster.io/news/dimitrios-kallivroussis-stackable-3d-printable-mini-itx-pc-case-runs-exceptionally-cool-0f06f96af76e#Technology #3DPrinting #Computing #News #Hackster
(DIR) Post #B0oewTSWXLttinrWUK by ghalfacree@mastodon.social
2025-12-01T16:33:48Z
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And, as always, all that's also available on the #GeminiProtocol - now with a new site layout which puts this month's stuff front-and-centre and moves previous articles down to an "Archives" section at the bottom.(I still need to look into how to make it a valid "gemlog" so people can be notified of new articles - but that's a job for a less busy day!)gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree
(DIR) Post #B0oewZdNZu9IsCzHF2 by ghalfacree@mastodon.social
2025-12-01T19:15:41Z
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Right, last piece of the day is up on #Hackster: the Graytimer, a 3D-printed ePaper watch with 54-and-counting watchfaces, built by soldering together only off-the-shelf parts - no custom PCB required.https://www.hackster.io/news/hari-r-s-graytimer-is-a-simple-epaper-watch-built-from-a-seeed-studio-xiao-nrf52840-fd19aaf84232#Technology #Wearables #News #Gadgets #Makers
(DIR) Post #B0oewfs8NxW6Dhw94a by ghalfacree@mastodon.social
2025-12-01T19:21:48Z
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And big thanks to @rqm for revealing the scary, complex, highly-technical secret behind #GeminiProtocol "gemlogs": you.... err, prefix the link text with a date in YYYY-MM-DD format. That's it, that's all you do.Which means you can now subscribe to my Gemini capsule to get notified when new articles go live!gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree
(DIR) Post #B0xwF6sc9ndIq5B3Z2 by ghalfacree@mastodon.social
2025-12-05T17:26:16Z
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Right, last #Hackster round-up of the week, and we're starting with an all-in-one development board from RT-Thread which comes running an on-board local large language model, because of course it does:https://www.hackster.io/news/rt-thread-targets-energy-efficient-edge-ai-ml-with-the-compact-all-in-one-edgi-talk-board-db7097bc98ef#Technology #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #LLM #News
(DIR) Post #B0xwF7vqFHoC6Nh9EW by ghalfacree@mastodon.social
2025-12-05T17:27:44Z
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NVIDIA, meanwhile, has announced CUDA Tiles, a new programming paradigm which it says will make writing portable yet performant (NVIDIA) GPU-accelerated programs easier - and the first language to benefit is Python, via cuTile Python.https://www.hackster.io/news/nvidia-makes-gpu-acceleration-easier-more-portable-with-cuda-tiles-cutile-python-b808c1ad7e4d#Technology #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Hackster #News
(DIR) Post #B0xwF9Q0ibXEiEoktc by ghalfacree@mastodon.social
2025-12-05T17:29:20Z
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Toradex has announced new ultra-tiny computers-on-modules, available in solder-down or replaceable board-to-board variants - specs won't set the world aflame, but there's still a lot of power packed into a very small footprint!https://www.hackster.io/news/toradex-announces-new-osm-lino-computer-on-module-ranges-for-edge-ai-industrial-and-iot-3255d71e527d#Technology #News #Hackster
(DIR) Post #B0xwFATamlzhzdV87M by ghalfacree@mastodon.social
2025-12-05T17:31:12Z
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And Olimex has launched yet another open hardware development board, this time based on the Espressif ESP32-C6 and packing Wi-Fi, BLE,, and IEEE 802.15.4 radios plus 18 GPIOs into a compact breadboard-friendly format - and there's even support for an optional battery!https://www.hackster.io/news/olimex-s-new-mod-esp32-c6-devkit-lipo-is-a-breadboard-friendly-iot-gadget-with-battery-backed-ups-c5913ea50c71#Technology #Microcontroller #IOT #OpenHardware #DevelopmentBoard #News #Hackster
(DIR) Post #B0xwFBSv6l3D3qC6i0 by ghalfacree@mastodon.social
2025-12-05T17:32:19Z
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Science next, and a fascinating project which appears to deliver a big boost to #mindfulness... by putting microphones near your hands and feeding amplified audio into your ears.https://www.hackster.io/news/this-simple-audio-augmentation-system-enhances-mindfulness-focus-say-researchers-e7adbe53ebfb#Technology #Wearables #Science #News #Hackster
(DIR) Post #B0xwFCkgKCqv3DVo24 by ghalfacree@mastodon.social
2025-12-05T17:34:56Z
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Finally, the ridiculously talented @gloriouscow has decided making one of the, if not *the*, most accurate IBM PC emulators around isn't enough - and is now working on CC0-licensed reference book going into component-by-component detail of exactly how the IBM PC and later PC XT work.https://www.hackster.io/news/martypc-creator-daniel-balsom-begins-a-mammoth-undertaking-writing-the-pc-emulation-book-9da02298ae3e#VintageComputing #RetroComputing #ComputerHistory #ComputerScience #Emulation #News #Technology #Hackster
(DIR) Post #B0xwFGyecCPE9i51Mm by ghalfacree@mastodon.social
2025-12-05T17:36:15Z
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(There's one more in the queue, but its embargo doesn't lift for another five hours...)As always, all of that is also available on the #GeminiProtocol:gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacreeAnd with that, I'm done with work for the week!
(DIR) Post #B15gsIjVycEWtQGZc0 by ghalfacree@mastodon.social
2025-12-09T21:47:59Z
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Digging out some Commodore stuff I haven't touched in a while, for Reasons.There's a bee in my Simons' BASIC cartridge.
(DIR) Post #B1HjQraNQvFyda7TOK by ghalfacree@mastodon.social
2025-12-15T09:41:37Z
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It's a rainy Monday here in Bradford, but a happy one - despite the fact I was working all weekend.Why? Because I was working on something fun: going hands-on with the #Commodore 64 Ultimate, an FPGA-powered recreation of the world's best-selling home computer.#Technology #FPGA #VintageComputing #RetroComputing
(DIR) Post #B1HjQsP4ORo3AnpxPE by ghalfacree@mastodon.social
2025-12-15T09:44:12Z
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And when I say "hands-on," I mean putting the thing through the wringer. You want to tell me it's "99% compatible" with existing hardware? Okay, let's try it...#Technology #RetroComputing #VintageComputing #Commodore #FPGA
(DIR) Post #B1HjQz5TXhI9u3iuKu by ghalfacree@mastodon.social
2025-12-15T09:48:40Z
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And... yeah, it works. The only thing that gave it even the slightest pause was the Sound Expander, and only because I had to manually disable the internal virtual "cartridge" to route the signals properly - a quick flip in the settings menu, no more than that.#Commodore #FPGA #VintageComputing #RetroComputing
(DIR) Post #B1HjR5JsN4NNESVUcC by ghalfacree@mastodon.social
2025-12-15T09:51:18Z
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My full review will be going up on #Hackster later in the day, and it's a big 'un - written, because as I've said before I will always commit to the bit, on the Commodore 64 Ultimate itself, in Mini Office II. Got to admit, I haven't used that in a few years. Or, err... decades.#VintageComputing #RetroComputing #Commoodore #FPGA
(DIR) Post #B237xRQWBjDRuglMTw by ghalfacree@mastodon.social
2026-01-07T09:52:08Z
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Getting tired of the ongoing "world's first AI-powered [thing that in no way needs AI]" trend in my press release inbox. Absolute flood now CES is in full swing.My "favourite:" the world's first AI-powered wearable UV sensor. A wearable for tracking UV exposure isn't new (hell, you can buy electronics-free stickers that do it), and assuming the "AI" is an LLM (which, of course, it is) what could that add except the possibility it'll just invent readings?Bubble burst now plzkthx?