Usually when we talk about retrocomputing, we want to look at — and in — some old hardware. But [Z→Z] has a different approach: dissecting MacPaint, the Apple drawing program …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/05/a-look-inside-macpaint/)
If You’re 3D Scanning, You’ll Want a Way To Work with Point Clouds
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/05/if-youre-3d-scanning-youll-want-a-way-to-work-with-point-clouds/
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/05/if-youre-3d-scanning-youll-want-a-way-to-work-with-point-clouds/
3D scanning is becoming much more accessible, which means it’s more likely that the average hacker will use it to solve problems — possibly odd ones. That being the case, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/05/if-youre-3d-scanning-youll-want-a-way-to-work-with-point-clouds/)
How a Tiny Relay Became a USB Swiss Army Knife
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/05/how-a-tiny-relay-became-a-usb-swiss-army-knife/
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/05/how-a-tiny-relay-became-a-usb-swiss-army-knife/
Meet the little board that could: [alcor6502]’s tiny USB relay controller, now evolved into a multifunction marvel. Originally built as a simple USB relay to probe the boundaries of JLCPCB’s …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/05/how-a-tiny-relay-became-a-usb-swiss-army-knife/)
How Shrinking Feature Size Made Modern Wireless Work
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/05/how-shrinking-feature-size-made-modern-wireless-work/
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/05/how-shrinking-feature-size-made-modern-wireless-work/
If you’re living your life right, you probably know what as MOSFET is. But do you know the MESFET? They are like the faster, uninsulated, Schottky version of a MOSFET, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/05/how-shrinking-feature-size-made-modern-wireless-work/)
Inside an Edison Phonograph
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/05/inside-an-edison-phonograph/
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/05/inside-an-edison-phonograph/
If you think of records as platters, you are of a certain age. If you don’t remember records at all, you are even younger. But there was a time when …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/05/inside-an-edison-phonograph/)
Ben Eater vs. Microsoft BASIC
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/05/ben-eater-vs-microsoft-basic/
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/05/ben-eater-vs-microsoft-basic/
[Ben Eater]’s breadboard 6502 computer is no stranger to these parts, so it was a bit of a surprise that when [Mark] wrote in asking us if we’d covered [Ben]’s …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/05/ben-eater-vs-microsoft-basic/)
A Low F Number Lens, From Scratch
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/06/a-low-f-number-lens-from-scratch/
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/06/a-low-f-number-lens-from-scratch/