Don Lancaster: The First Digital Maker
Don Lancaster invented a legendary keyboard, and explained the mysteries of logic chips for generations of DIY hobbyists.
retrocomputer
Democratizing the Demoscene: PicoGUS Brings the 90s Tracker Sound to the Masses
Still entranced by the specific sound of the 90s era Gravis Ultrasound PC card after all these years, Ian Scott set out to emulate it using Raspberry Pi.
Restoring a Late-90s Packard Bell Multimedia PC
Look over the shoulder of an antique computer collector as he’s restoring a homely PC from the last century.
Reverse Engineering the Antikythera Mechanism
A clock maker tries building a copy of an ancient computer using the tools and engineering skills the original creators may have employed.
It’s ALIVE! The MOnSter 6502 Returns to Maker Faire
EMS Labs returns to Maker Faire Bay Area with the latest progress on their giant, retro-licious transistor-scale 6502 microprocessor.
Hello, World (and more) on a PDP-11!
When I read about the PDP-11 videos, I went directly to SIMH, downloaded, compiled, and installed it. But I couldn’t for the life of me get my program to run after toggling it in. Fortunately, lab[oratory] has posted a great HOWTO that explains the parts that were escaping me: I will use Bob Supnik’s amazing […]
Lisp Machine keyboard close up
Joey deVilla has posted some closeup pictures of the Lisp Machine that he donated to HackLabTO: The keyboard is bristling with modifier keys. Yes, we’ve all got shift and control, but most of us don’t have hyper, super, and meta keys. I have a guess as to what the network and local keys do. HackLabTO’s […]
