Using an Unmodded GBA as a Music Synth
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/23/using-an-unmodded-gba-as-a-music-synth/

The style and sound of older video games is unique enough that they’re still copied in relatively modern games like Undertale, Celeste, or Shovel Knight. There’s also a vibrant chiptune community making music …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/23/using-an-unmodded-gba-as-a-music-synth/)

A Walkie Talkie Interface For Claude
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/24/a-walkie-talkie-interface-for-claude/

[Bookmari] had a problem — working as a delivery driver, they wanted to work on various projects with Claude Code while out and about. Unfortunately, it simply wasn’t practical to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/24/a-walkie-talkie-interface-for-claude/)

Watch VCF Southwest in Retrotastic SGI-Edited Footage
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/24/watch-vcf-southwest-in-retrotastic-sgi-edited-footage/

There’s just something about backing way, way off the cutting edge to rediscover the simpler joys of yesteryear. We’ve got a contest about to wrap up along those lines, and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/24/watch-vcf-southwest-in-retrotastic-sgi-edited-footage/)

Making for Others
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/24/making-for-others/

One of the nicest things about the Hackaday community, and the open-source hardware community at large, is the incredible generosity of one hacker to another. But it’s not purely altruism …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/24/making-for-others/)

That Weird 7-Pin S-Video Port on Old Laptops
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/24/that-weird-7-pin-s-video-port-on-old-laptops/

Even though laptops from around the early 2000s came with just about every conceivable port on them, they still would often feature a somewhat unusual combined video output port. While …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/24/that-weird-7-pin-s-video-port-on-old-laptops/)

2026 Retrocomputing Challenge: I Would Do Anything For Serial Data
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/24/2026-retrocomputing-challenge-i-would-do-anything-for-serial-data/

These days we take high-speed networking for granted, but it can be difficult to get vintage computers talking to modern machines. To help solve this problem [jaime] came up with …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/24/2026-retrocomputing-challenge-i-would-do-anything-for-serial-data/)