If your school in the 1980s was lucky enough to have a well-equipped computer lab, the chances are that alongside the 8-bit machines you might have found a little two-wheeled …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/02/this-plotter-knows-no-boundaries/)

The Case for Pascal, 55 Years On
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/02/the-case-for-pascal-55-years-on/

The first version of Pascal was released by the prolific [Niklaus Wirth] back in 1970. That’s 55 years ago, an eternity in the world of computing. Does anyone still use …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/02/the-case-for-pascal-55-years-on/)

An Amiga Demo With No CPU Involved
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/02/an-amiga-demo-with-no-cpu-involved/

Of the machines from the 16-bit era, the Commodore Amiga arguably has the most active community decades later, and it’s a space which still has the power to surprise. Today …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/02/an-amiga-demo-with-no-cpu-involved/)

Reverse-Engineering Mystery TV Equipment: The Micro-Scan
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/03/reverse-engineering-mystery-tv-equipment-the-micro-scan/

[VWestlife] ended up with an obscure piece of 80s satellite TV technology, shown above. The Micro-Scan is a fairly plan metal box with a single “Tune” knob on the front. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/03/reverse-engineering-mystery-tv-equipment-the-micro-scan/)

The Nintendo Famicom Reimagined as a 2003-era Family Computer
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/03/the-nintendo-famicom-reimagined-as-a-2003-era-family-computer/

If there’s one certainty in life, it is that Nintendo Famicom and similar NES clone consoles are quite literally everywhere. What’s less expected is that they were used for a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/03/the-nintendo-famicom-reimagined-as-a-2003-era-family-computer/)

Field Guide to North American Crop Irrigation
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/03/field-guide-to-north-american-crop-irrigation/

Human existence boils down to one brutal fact: however much food you have, it’s enough to last for the rest of your life. Finding your next meal has always been …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/03/field-guide-to-north-american-crop-irrigation/)

One ROM: the Latest Incarnation of the Software Defined ROM
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/03/one-rom-the-latest-incarnation-of-the-software-defined-rom/

Retrocomputers need ROMs, but they’re just so read only. Enter the latest incarnation of [Piers]’s One ROM to rule them all, now built with a RP2350, because the newest version …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/03/one-rom-the-latest-incarnation-of-the-software-defined-rom/)