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All The Best Computers Boot To… Python?
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (35+ words) Among all the machines of the 8-bit home computer era which booted straight to a BASIC prompt, there were a very few that went their own way with another language. The Jupiter Ace springs immediately......
Trying To Fix A Suspiciously Cheap Enterprise-Grade Network Switch
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (40+ words) When you see a listing for an Ethernet switch whose specification list is in effect 'yes', with a four-digit price tag when new, and with the seller asking for less than 10% of said $3,000 asking pric......
Local LLMs Can Work Better Than Claude, At Least For Some
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (302+ words) Hackaday This is going to be a very personal question, because when youâre talking cloud vs local anything, it comes down to this: how much are you willing to pay for independence? The local option might save you long…...
Decoding The NEC V20 Microcode ROM
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (35+ words) The NEC V20 is an Intel 8088-compatible processor that features the same use of microcode, though with its own characteristics. This makes it important to use this same microcode if your goal is to cr......
Sick Of Wayland Vs. Xorg? How About GEM?
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (37+ words) Between lawsuits from Apple, and Microsoft being Microsoft, Digital Research's GEM desktop for DOS never really had a chance. It did have another life on Atari home computers, but it's the DOS version......
One Bit Sound With The ZX Spectrum
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (44+ words) [Michael] has a thing for playing audio over beepers using a single bit. He's done it with the Apple ][ and the IBM PC. This time he turns to the ZX Spectrum. He didn't get quite as good a result -- a......
Is This The Year Of The Linux… Television?
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (43+ words) The Year of the Linux Desktop hasn't been on its way for quite as long as nuclear fusion plants, but somehow it seems to recede into the horizon at just about the same rate. Every year, it's another y......
Can AI Now Design PCBs That Just Work?
1+ week, 17+ hour ago (32+ words) With the recent release of its GPT-6 Astra model, OpenAI explicitly pushed the claim that it is capable of designing complete circuit boards in KiCad, starting from a provided schematic and outputting......
Voicebox FX Is A Blueprint For CircuitPython I2S Audio
1+ week, 1+ day ago (31+ words) [Adafruit]'s Voicebox FX gadget is a fun, well-documented project that serves another useful purpose: being a fantastic reference design for audio on CircuitPython, with I2S audio components. Be sure......
Running Generative AI On An RP2350
1+ week, 1+ day ago (36+ words) Driven by a desire for privacy, customization, and lower costs, there’s growing interest in AI models which can be run on local hardware. Few of them go as far as [Tim], though, who built an image......