Pebbling Club 🐧🪨

  • The VTech Socratic Method | Leaded Solder
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    So we’ve managed to pick up an arbitrary educational computer off the side of the road, figure out its ROM pinout, make a composite mod for it, and draw pixels to the screen. Why am I still feeling dissatisfied? It’s because I don’t have printf working still.
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  • This blog is hosted on a Nintendo Wii
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    If you are reading this message, the experiment below is still ongoing. This page was served to you by a real Nintendo Wii.
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  • Coin Cell Be Gone
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    Got soldering kits that take side-insert CR2032 holders? Want to get rid of that coin cell holder and convert it to USB? The Coin Cell Be Gone does exactly this! Solder it directly to either a through-hole or surface mount side-insert footprint at the 3 castellations
  • wrightwriter/Bonzomatic-Compute: Live shader coding tool and Shader Showdown workhorse
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    This is a live-coding tool, where you can write a 2D fragment/pixel shader while it is running in the background. It's a fork of Bonzomatic that add network communication (WebSocket Server). The goal is to send a shader as text across a network and receive it somewhere else for display. The shader is send when you ask for compilation (ctrl+r) and also at regular updates (interval can be set in config.json) Bonzomatic can be launched as "sender" or as "grabber" if you want to send your shader or visualize a distant shader.
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  • The Sorbus Computer
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    The Sorbus Computer started with the idea on building a very simple and cheap 65C02 based computer. It was intended to show the operation of the CPU for a talk about historic computers during a talk and workshop (slides blow).
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  • SvOlli/sorbus: The Sorbus Computer is a very simple 65c02 computer for tinkering and learning
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    The attempt to build a very simple 65C02 based computer by utilizing a Raspberry Pi Pico clone for the rest of the functionality.
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  • nurpax - Dirty tricks 6502 programmers use
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    This post recaps some of the C64 coding tricks used in my little Commodore 64 coding competition.
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  • Using a ZX Printer on an RC2014 - Robert Price
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    Both the ZX81 and ZX Spectrum are Z80-based, and so is the RC2014 computer. So I wondered if the RC2014 could use a ZX Printer?
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  • Citronics, meet the world’s first Circular Microcomputers
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    The embedded computers powered by repurposed smartphone components.
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  • 360 Hack Pack - The Ultimate Xbox 360 Starter Pack | Alex
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    Everything you need to hack an Xbox 360, ready to be copied onto a USB drive in one download!
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  • Nine Explained
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    In this video and accompanying article I reveal how the seemingly impossible effect in Nine was pulled off.
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  • A USB interface to the "Mother of All Demos" keyset
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    Engelbart's demo also featured an input device known as the keyset, but unlike his other innovations, the keyset failed to catch on. The 5-finger keyset lets you type without moving your hand, entering characters by pressing multiple keys simultaneously as a chord. Christina Englebart, his daughter, loaned one of Engelbart's keysets to me. I constructed an interface to connect the keyset to USB, so that it can be used with a modern computer. The video below shows me typing with the keyset, using the mouse buttons to select upper case and special characters.
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  • Give Your Animal Crossing Villagers The Gift Of Linux | Hackaday
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    thanks to the work of [decrazyo] there’s a piece of furniture that you can add to your Animal Crossing house that will never get old: an x86 emulator that boots Linux. As explained in the video below, this trick leverages the fact that Nintendo had already built a highly accurate Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) emulator into Animal Crossing on the GameCube, which could be used to run a handful of classic games from within the player’s virtual living room. But it turns out that you can get that emulator to load a user-provided ROM from the GameCube’s memory card, which opens the doors to all sorts of mischief.
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  • My favourite computer ergonomics hack
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    The Beeper consitst of three parts: the hardware, the firmware runnning on the hardware, and software running on my work computer. If my computer screen is unlocked for too long, the Beeper starts beeping and because it is situated away from my desk I must get up to silence it. Mission accomplished: I stopped sitting still.
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  • Advent of Code on the Nintendo DS
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    The problem with Advent of Code is that it is a waste of time. Most of the puzzles are in the realm of either string processing (somewhat applicable to programming), logic puzzles (not really applicable to most programming), or stupid gotchas in the input format (annoyingly, very applicable to most programming). So to combat this a lot of people use Advent of Code as an excuse to learn a new programming language that they wouldn't otherwise have a reason to use.
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  • Install Docker natively on Android Phone and use it as a Home Server | CrackOverflow
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    In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Docker on your Android phone, specifically using a OnePlus 6T with postmarketOS. I also wrote another blog post explaining how you can run this phone without a battery, allowing it to run forever as long as it remains connected to a power source. If you’re interested, feel free to check it out! This guide can be adapted only for phones on the postmarketOS device list. Please note that this process will erase all data on your phone, so it’s important to use a device you don’t need.
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  • The NES Expansion Port Is Finally Emerging From The Darkness. Why Now?
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    After 39 years, console modders have begun to develop ways to use the Nintendo Entertainment System’s infamous expansion slot, a key example of vestigial manufacturing. In honor of this amazing feat, which is being used to add Bluetooth and Famicom Disk System support to the console, I thought it might be good to take a look back at this fascinating wrinkle of history. Today’s Tedium ponders the legacy of the NES Expansion Port, and where it’s going next.
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  • PyMyFlySpy: track your flight using its headrest data | Robert Heaton
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    When you connect to an airplane wi-fi network, you’re usually met with a payment page where you can purchase access to the internet. The page also usually gives you the same flight information that you’d find in the back of your headrest, like speed, direction, and estimated flight length. Perhaps it would have a map as well, I thought.
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  • Forget About Raspberry Pi! Use Your Old Phone Instead. (Really???) - YouTube
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    You don't need a Raspberry Pi any more! Re-use an obsolete mobile phone in electronics projects and program it like an Arduino.
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  • Introducing Jelly-Load! – TFW8b.com
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    Why load your 8bit things via the convenience of Cassette, Disk or Cartridge when you can load things via YouTube video? Because it’s horribly slow that’s why! But it is rather cool! And if like me you’ve got a million electronic bits and bobs lying around the house, you may have enough electronic purchase left-overs to start making your own Jelly-Load interface right now! 😀
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  • [TOOL] XperiFirm ~ Xperia Firmware Downloader [v5.6.1] | XDA Developers Forums
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    Allows you to download the current firmware for all Sony Xperia-line smartphones, tablets and accessories running Android (except really old ones).
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  • ESP32 Web Server (WebSocket) with Multiple Sliders PWM | Random Nerd Tutorials
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    This tutorial shows how to build an ESP32 web server that displays a web page with multiple sliders. The sliders control the duty cycle of different PWM channels to control the brightness of multiple LEDs.
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  • PERSEUS-8 homemade 6502 computer | Hackaday.io
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    Since this computer uses a CPU that is about 45 years old, it cannot compete at all with today's computers in terms of performance. However, I wanted the PERSEUS-8 to have functions and appearance that would remind us of concepts that today's computers has lost.
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  • vnIIc
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    Desktop streaming to an Apple II with Super Serial Card
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  • Atari 65XE as USB keyboard
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    Making retro Atari 65XE as USB-keyboard for a modern computer. And it will leave the opportunity to use this Atari in the native mode. Arduino Leonardo is used for connect the Atari's keyboard to an USB. With an UNIX this keyboard will works without any restrictions.
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  • My Rust Powered linux.conf.au e-Paper Badge - WezM.net by Wesley Moore
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    I built a digital conference badge to take to the conference. It used a tri-colour e-Paper display and was powered by a Rust program I built running on Raspbian Linux.
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  • SQL 3d engine (interactive preview) / Observable
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    My brain asplode
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  • Make your own S-Video for your 8-bit card easily and quickly - Atari 8-Bit Computers - AtariAge Forums
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    Heres how you can make your own top quality S-Video video board for almost any Atari 8 bit. It uses few parts and would take minutes to install.
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  • OSH Park ~ Atari SIO23v3
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    The board fits like an edge connector in between the two rows of pins in the Atari SIO port and is modeled after the Atari8Warez “Poor Mans SIO Cable”. The side labeled “SIO23V3” is the top/up side.
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  • SIO2PI -> Raspberry Pi as a floppy - Atari 8-Bit Computers - AtariAge Forums
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    The Raspberry Pi is a small and inexpensive computer that can also emulate ATARI floppies.
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  • Sonoff WiFi Smart Switch With I2C Port - JackenHack
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  • Slack client for Commodore 64
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  • Overview | World's Smallest MAME Arcade Cabinet | Adafruit Learning System
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  • tapDancer Virtual Datasette - Android Apps on Google Play
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    tapDancer converts archives of vintage games and other software into audio waveforms that your classic 1980's-era computer(s) can understand and plays them back, allowing you to once again use these programs on your cherished system(s) using your mobile Android device, and a tape-interface cable or CD-to-cassette adaptor (depending on the computer.)
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  • Modifying a Datassette for audio in - the rift conspiracy
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    It's possible to load tape games into a Commodore 64 using a mobile phone or mp3 players.
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  • Add a Speaker to PocketC.H.I.P. in Less Than 20 Minutes — Blog. by Next Thing
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    Adding a speaker to PocketC.H.I.P. is a great way to start extending its hardware.
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  • Adventures in DIY Engineering: 3D Printer DLP - Rev 2
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  • Startsida
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    We make the chips for your DIY Synthesizer!
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  • Fun With Teensy - Security SiftSecurity Sift
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    I’ve been wanting to write about the Teensy and its application in security testing or some time now. It’s extremely useful for executing scripts on a target machine without the need for human-to-keyboard interaction. It can be used to bypass auto-run, AV
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  • Keyboard Layout Editor
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    Keyboard-layout-editor.com is a web application that enables the editing of keyboard-layouts, i.e., the position and appearance of each physical key.
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  • Finished IBM Model M SSSK Mod - Album on Imgur
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    Carving an IBM Model M down to roughly 60% size
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  • Assembly | Convert your Model M Keyboard to Bluetooth with Bluefruit EZ-Key HID | Adafruit Learning System
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  • IBM Model M USB Controller ¡ antonizoon/archivis.me Wiki
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    this project aims to build, test, and mass produce a Teensy/Arduino USB Keyboard controller, for use as a drop in replacement into any IBM Buckling Spring keyboard.
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  • MacBook Pro Retina LCD interface board - by ROZSNYO | digital cinema devices
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    Currently this board is in production and we have units IN STOCK ! - pricing $149 (USD, per board) - includes free shipping by your choice (registered post, FedEx)
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  • Commodore 1702 s-video mod
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    these days you won't find anything that outputs s-video via two RCA cables. I've seen people make adapters from the standard 4 pin s-video plug to 2 RCA connectors, but I think I have a better solution.
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  • Add Kodi (XBMC) Icon to Fire TV's Home Screen | Sideload Fire TV
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    This tutorial will show you how to add a Kodi (XBMC) icon shortcut to the main menu. You can now access Kodi (XBMC) from the home screen. No root required. Normally, you would have to go to through the Settings menu to access the app.
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  • ifttt-webhook ¡ Abhay Rana
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    A webhook middleware for the ifttt.com service
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  • Renegade BBS in Ubuntu Linux - Telnet|Multi-Node
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    There are many open source BBS resources out there for Linux, but I came up short in finding anything even remotely mentioning renegade and Linux in the same sentence. This left me feeling nostalgically challenged so I set out to find a way to run a telnet multi-node Renegade BBS from my Ubuntu system. In this instructable, I will show you how I achieved this and hopefully inspire some much needed creative improvements as well.
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  • VNC Tight List - TightVNC/QEMU mouse pointer offset problem
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    Use this qemu option: -usbdevice tablet
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  • Replacing obsolete video game circuits with Xilinx CPLDs | EE Times
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    In this article, designer In Choi describes a project for his home business in which he replaces a defective part in a 1980s game system to show his full-time employer that they can adopt a methodology using Xilinx programmable devices to replace a range of parts that other semiconductor vendors are no longer producing.
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