HAWK 370 gives a Pentium III an ESP32-powered slow mode for DOS games

HAWK 370 throttle interface and benchmark. Still from Bits und Bolts’ video. A fast Pentium III is not always an advantage in DOS gaming. [...]

How the Apple II disk drive turns magnetic pulses into data

Apple II 4-and-4 encoding diagram. Still from CompuSAR’s video. A new 15-minute explainer from CompuSAR, published 14 October 2026, takes [...]

EEVblog examines a hardware-wallet supply-chain attack at board level

Board reconstruction shown in EEVblog’s video; still captured from the video at 14:24. A hardware wallet can have a certified secure chip [...]

RetroRGB tests the Live Gamer Ultra S with tricky retro signals

Capture-software demonstration in RetroRGB’s Live Gamer Ultra S video. Still: RetroRGB / YouTube. n RetroRGB has tested AverMedia’s Live [...]

CuriousMarc restores a 1968 HP Nixie counter — and gives it a sixth digit

Still from CuriousMarc’s HP 5221B restoration video. A 1968 frequency counter gets more than a cleanup in CuriousMarc’s new HP 5221B res [...]

A 1979 RAM upgrade brings new life to a 1977 Commodore PET

Commodore PET and memory chip. Still from Commodore History’s video. A 1977 Commodore PET with just 8 KB of RAM is a tight fit for anythin [...]

A simple MC6847 video card takes shape for homebrew 8-bit computers

Video still from The 6502 Show, “The super-simple video card takes shape” (12 October 2026). A small 8-bit computer does not need a mode [...]

Usagi Electric adds dual 8-inch floppy drives to a PDP-11/44 project

DSD 440 hardware shown in Usagi Electric’s PDP-11 video (video still). Usagi Electric is expanding a PDP-11/44 restoration with a Data Sys [...]

Toggle65: a 6502 computer you program with switches

Anders Nielsen builds Toggle65, a 6502-family computer with a switch-and-LED front panel, garage-milled boards and a hardwood case. [...]

A homebrew relay computer gets a purpose-built front panel

Backplane and ribbon-cable connection inside DiPDoT’s relay computer. Still from DiPDoT’s video. After nearly three years of building a [...]
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