[HN Gopher] Edge of Emulation: Game Boy Sewing Machines (2020)
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       Edge of Emulation: Game Boy Sewing Machines (2020)
        
       Author : mosura
       Score  : 103 points
       Date   : 2026-01-14 14:35 UTC (8 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (shonumi.github.io)
 (TXT) w3m dump (shonumi.github.io)
        
       | ChrisArchitect wrote:
       | (2020)
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       | Some discussion then:
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23425524
        
       | mock-possum wrote:
       | Wow crazy that there aren't more screenshots of the actual
       | software UI that's what I was really hoping for here
        
       | vessenes wrote:
       | I wasn't sure whether this was emulating the sewing machine, or
       | driving an actual sewing machine from the emulator -- it's the
       | latter.
       | 
       | Followup request - digital emulated sewing machine! Should be a
       | breeze based on the blog!
        
         | jogu wrote:
         | In the video at the end you can see it's the former. They're
         | drawing a digital representation of the commands the emulator
         | is sending to the "sewing machine".
        
         | giancarlostoro wrote:
         | If you can emulate the sewing machine... can you run it fast
         | enough to run a GB emulator inside of it? : )
        
       | dfajgljsldkjag wrote:
       | I had no idea you could connect a Game Boy to a sewing machine.
       | The Mario embroidery patterns actually look kind of cute now that
       | they are working. It is nice to see people preserving weird
       | pieces of history like this.
        
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