A photo of a USB keyboard, a Raspberry Pi Pico mounted on a PCB, a computer monitor, and a partially-used sheet of stickers. Some of the stickers have been applied to the keyboard. The stickers replicate the special keywords and characters that were silkscreened on the original ZX Spectrum keyboard.

I've been enjoying the pico-zxspectrum emulator, but I got tired of having to consult an image of an original ZX Spectrum keyboard. I made some keyboard stickers and shared the PDF: github.com/bjepson/ZX-S...

A power supply enclosure labeled Acorn with its replacement power supply waiting in the wings.

The inside of a filthy BBC Master Series computer

Finally made a start on that BBC Master Series restoration I've been meaning to get to!

Better Pico Audio for the Raspberry Pi Pico! Using an Inexpensive DAC (CircuitPython School) YouTube video by Build With Prof. G.

Want to eliminate the clicks and pops from #RaspberryPi #Pico audio? Here's a lesson I created for my students that shows how to use a simple Digital to Analog Converter (as low as $3.95, with audio-jack included) to vastly improve Pico sound. Wiring & CircuitPython code demoed. youtu.be/776nkK9-3Ko

After 10 years of development, the emulator that lets you play NES games in full 3D has been fully released 3dSen, the amazing emulator that lets you play all the NES games in full 3D, has left Early Access and has been fully released.

This unique NES emulator not only lets you play classic Nintendo games on modern hardware - it lets you play 100 titles in 3D thanks to custom profiles that add 3D effects (including lighting and shadows). Version 1.0 is now available after 10 years in development. www.dsogaming.com/news/after-1...

They call it RiverFire! www.wakefieldvillageassociation.com/riverfire

Wakefield, Rhode Island

CLICK NANCY'S CAT SATURDAY

NANCY’S CAT SATURDAY

AL CAPONE
DILLINGER
NANCY

TARIFF TALK!

Got tariff questions? 🌍🚢 Join us TONIGHT on ASK AN ENGINEER at 8PM ET with Ladyada for TARIFF TALK! We’re diving into pricing, BOMs, reshoring, and more. Drop your questions now and tune in for answers! youtu.be/fVrmZe67Xcs

#adafruit #tarifftalk #askanengineer #tariffs #electronics

Spacewar! on the PDP-12 at the Rhode Island Computer Museum.

VIC 20 Ultima III Journey Onward

VIC 20 port of Ultima III is now out: vic20ultima3.wordpress.com

GIMP - Downloads The official download page for all things GIMP! Please only use the official binaries provided here unless you really, really know what you’re doing (it’s the only way to be safe). We try to provide b...

The Gimp 3.0 is OUT! What's that? It's a free and open-source Photoshop-like image editor! You can install it free in seconds on the Microsoft Store for Windows! www.gimp.org/downloads/ (and Mac and Linux, natch!) congrats to the team for this major release!

The PDP-1 and Arpanet | Details | Hackaday.io <p>We spent the last four days investigating how we can bring our PiDP-1 on Arpanet. Yes, really. Because (1) there is some major history there, and (2) there&apos;s a major new project from Lars Brin...

A piece about the PDP-1 and the Arpanet, written by @oscar-ceds.bsky.social. hackaday.io/project/2025...

Linux command line, with keyboard

Full Linux command line, native on my Pixel! Find it in developer settings.

Joining Bluesky - with updates on Obsolescence Guaranteed and the PDP-11, PDP-10, PDP-10 replicas. The main web site: obsolescence.dev

#PiDP-11, #PiDP-10, #PiDP-8

Adafruit Fruit Jam - Mini RP2350 Computer Coming soon! Sign up to be notified when these are in stockWe were catching up on a recent hackaday hackchat with eben upton&nbsp;and learned some fun facts: such as the DVI hack for the ...

We're working on getting some fun emulators ported to the FruitJam www.adafruit.com/product/6200. Of course, we wanted to start with the C64,

A hand holding a Lotus 123 cartridge for the IBM PCjr

"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should."

Data General Dasher terminal and keyboard.

Brian Jepson enthusiastically brandishing a Data General Dasher terminal keyboard.

2022 flashback: Data General Dasher terminal at the RI Computer Museum warehouse. The keyboard was still in plastic, having been recently returned by someone who may or may not have used it to build something that you may (or may not) have seen in a moving image on a screen somewhere.

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A table with posters, activity leaflets, and a computer from the Unplugged Tots exhibit at the Cambridge Raspberry Jam 2025.

A table with a computer monitor, printed circuit boards, computer keyboard, and mouse at the Cambridge Raspberry Jam 2025.

A table with a variety of colorful lights and electronic devices at the Cambridge Raspberry Jam 2025.

A computer monitor and keyboard at the Cambridge Raspberry Jam 2025.

Images from today's Cambridge Raspberry Jam

They already tried, with MOOCs. We were told we'd need only like 5 universities to produce "the best" content, the rest could shut down and everyone could learn from MOOCs instead. Which showed exactly how much they understood about education, learning, humans, and other things not measured in bits.

Fruit Jam RP2350B credit-card mini computer with all the fixin's 🍓🍇💾

That's it. I've done it. Automated button tapping is finally and forever a Solved Problem™️. Now no one change *anything*, understand? No new phones, no new buttons, that's it. We're done now.

ОН, ВОУ-- THIS IS MY LUCKY DAY CRUNCH

OH, BOY - - -
THIS IS MY
LUCKY DAY

Relatable.

BlueSCSI Wi-Fi Desk Accessory

Version 1.3 of my BlueSCSI Wi-Fi Desk Accessory is available today

This version brings internationalization support and some bug fixes

jcs.org/bluescsi

YOU'RE RIGHT--IT'S A GOOD DAY TO STAY HOME AND PLAY MY ROCK 'N' ROLL RECORDS ROCK N' ROLL FRIDAY

ROCK ‘N’ ROLL
FRIDAY!

A zoomed-in photo of a receipt that reads "1 cup RI."

If you order a cup of clear RI clam chowder at the Matunuck Oyster Bar it will show up on your receipt as one cup of Rhode Island, itself. And I find this beautiful.

Save 40% on Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story on Steam 42 of the weirdest, trippiest, sheepiest games ever created. Enter the mind of Jeff Minter, the legendary creator of Attack of the Mutant Camels, Gridrunner, and Tempest 2000, in this interactive docu...

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Scrooge asking "What's to-day my fine young fellow?"

Current state of mind.