Until the late 1990s, the concept of a 3D accelerator card was something generally associated with high-end workstations. Video games and kin would run happily on the CPU in one’s …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/23/musings-on-a-good-parallel-computer/)

Booting a Desktop PDP-11
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/23/booting-a-desktop-pdp-11/

Ever heard of VENIX? There were lots of variants of Unix back in the day, and VENIX was one for the DEC Professional 380, which was — sort of — …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/23/booting-a-desktop-pdp-11/)

The Mysterious Mindscape Music Board
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/23/the-mysterious-mindscape-music-board/

https://theretroweb.com/expansioncards/s/mindscape-music-board
" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/mindscape_music_board_ian_romanick.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/mindscape_music_board_ian_romanick.jpg?w=800">Sound cards on PC-compatible computer systems have a rather involved and convoluted history, with not only a wide diversity of proprietary standards, but also a collection of sound cards that …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/23/the-mysterious-mindscape-music-board/)

Building the Simplest Atomic Force Microscope
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/23/building-the-simplest-atomic-force-microscope/

Doing it yourself may not get you the most precise lab equipment in the world, but it gets you a hands-on appreciation of the techniques that just can’t be beat. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/23/building-the-simplest-atomic-force-microscope/)

RTL-SDR with Only a Browser
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/23/rtl-sdr-with-only-a-browser/

Surely by now you’ve at least heard of RTL-SDR — a software project that let’s cheap TV tuner dongles work as a software-defined radios. A number of projects and tools …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/23/rtl-sdr-with-only-a-browser/)

Hackaday Links: March 23, 2025
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/23/hackaday-links-march-23-2025/

What a long, strange trip it’s been for NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Bruce Wilmore, who finally completed their eight-day jaunt to space after 289 days. The duo returned to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/23/hackaday-links-march-23-2025/)

“Unnecessary” Automation of a DIY Star Lamp Build
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/23/unnecessary-automation-of-a-diy-star-lamp-build/

It all started with a gift idea: a star-field lamp in the form of a concrete sphere with lightpipes poking out where the stars are, lit up from the inside …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/23/unnecessary-automation-of-a-diy-star-lamp-build/)

Build a Starship Starship Bridge Simulator With EmptyEpsilon
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/23/build-a-starship-starship-bridge-simulator-with-emptyepsilon/