The x86 CPU landscape of the 1980s and 1990s was competitive in a way that probably seems rather alien to anyone used to the duopoly that exists today between AMD …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/09/15/an-80386-upgrade-deal-and-intel-486-competitor-the-cyrix-cx486dlc/)

Archiving Data On Paper Using 2D Images
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/15/archiving-data-on-paper-using-2d-images/

It seems like only yesterday we covered a project using QR codes to archive data on paper (OK, it was last Thursday), so here’s another way to do it, this …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/09/15/archiving-data-on-paper-using-2d-images/)

Hackaday Links: September 15, 2024
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/15/hackaday-links-september-15-2024/

A quick look around at any coffee shop, city sidewalk, or sadly, even at a traffic light will tell you that people are on their phones a lot. But exactly …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/09/15/hackaday-links-september-15-2024/)

Exploring TapTo NFC Inegration On The MiSTer
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/15/exploring-tapto-nfc-inegration-on-the-mister/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73Kx3jwyk0U
" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-13-122242-featured.png?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-13-122242-featured.png?w=800" tabindex="0" role="button">[Ken] from the YouTube channel What’s Ken Making is back with another MiSTer video detailing the TapTo project and its integration into MiSTer. MiSTer, as some may recall, is a set of FPGA images and a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/09/15/exploring-tapto-nfc-inegration-on-the-mister/)

Microwave Forge Casts the Sinking-est Benchy Ever
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/15/microwave-forge-casts-the-sinking-est-benchy-ever/

As a test artifact, 3DBenchy does a pretty good job of making sure your 3D printer is up to scratch. As an exemplar of naval architecture, though — well, let’s …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/09/15/microwave-forge-casts-the-sinking-est-benchy-ever/)

Usagi Electric’s Paper Tape Reader is Ready to Hop With the Tube Computer
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/16/usagi-electrics-paper-tape-reader-is-ready-to-hop-with-the-tube-computer/

After previously working out a suitable approach to create a period-correct paper tape reader for his tube-based, MC14500B processor-inspired computer, [David Lovett] over at the Usagi Electric farm is back …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/09/16/usagi-electrics-paper-tape-reader-is-ready-to-hop-with-the-tube-computer/)

Hack Your Eyesight with High Tech Bifocals
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/16/hack-your-eyesight-with-high-tech-bifocals/

As we get older, our eyes get worse. That’s just a fact of life. It is a rite of passage the first time you leave the eye doctor with a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/09/16/hack-your-eyesight-with-high-tech-bifocals/)

Hack On Self: Collecting Data
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/16/hack-on-self-collecting-data/