Hackaday Links: May 12, 2024
https://hackaday.com/2024/05/12/hackaday-links-may-12-2024/

Don’t pack your bags for the trip to exoplanet K2-18b quite yet — it turns out that the James Webb Space Telescope may not have detected signs of life there …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/05/12/hackaday-links-may-12-2024/)

Answering All Your iSCSI Scanner Questions
https://hackaday.com/2024/05/12/answering-all-your-iscsi-scanner-questions/

iSCSI is a widely used protocol for exposing SCSI devices over a network connection, and some scanners have in the past been equipped with SCSI ports. So, could you have …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/05/12/answering-all-your-iscsi-scanner-questions/)

Emulate a KIM-1 with a Commodore 64
https://hackaday.com/2024/05/12/emulate-a-kim-1-with-a-commodore-64/

When you think about virtualization, you usually think about making some CPU pretend to be another CPU. However, there are sometimes advantages to making a computer pretend to be the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/05/12/emulate-a-kim-1-with-a-commodore-64/)

CP/M on an Eight Line Display
https://hackaday.com/2024/05/13/cp-m-on-an-eight-line-display/

How many lines do you need on a CP/M terminal? More is usually better, of course, but the MicroOffice RoadRunner managed with an 8-row, 80-column LCD screen. That may sound …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/05/13/cp-m-on-an-eight-line-display/)

This Tiny Game Boy Lets the Real Thing Play Online
https://hackaday.com/2024/05/13/this-tiny-game-boy-lets-the-real-thing-play-online/

Back in 2021, [stacksmashing] found that it took little more than a Raspberry Pi Pico and some level-shifters to create a USB connection with the Game Boy’s link port. Add …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/05/13/this-tiny-game-boy-lets-the-real-thing-play-online/)

You’ve Probably Never Considered Taking an Airship To Orbit
https://hackaday.com/2024/05/13/youve-probably-never-considered-taking-an-airship-to-orbit/

There have been all kinds of wild ideas to get spacecraft into orbit. Everything from firing huge cannons to spinning craft at rapid speed has been posited, explored, or in …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/05/13/youve-probably-never-considered-taking-an-airship-to-orbit/)

New Quadcopter Speed World Record Set At Nearly 500 Km/h
https://hackaday.com/2024/05/13/new-quadcopter-speed-world-record-set-at-nearly-500-km-h/