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Written companions, how-tos, and notes from the workbench.

Unboxing an Amiga 600: My First Amiga Purchase Since 1987

I’m a Commodore 8-bit guy at heart, but at some point I moved from my Commodore 128 to an Amiga 500 and used it for several years. I hadn...

Commodore

Clockwork Pi DevTerm A06: Unboxing, Assembly, and First Look at a TRS-80 Model 100 Inspired Cyberdeck

DHL dropped a little package at my door: a Clockwork Pi DevTerm A06. I’ve been a fan of handheld computers since the early days of the Ap...

Handhelds

How to Replace the Clockwork DevTerm LCD Panel (and My Ribbon Cable Hack)

The backlight on my Clockwork DevTerm A06 stopped working because the LCD panel’s ribbon cable was split. I got it working again with a h...

Handhelds

Can You Stream From the Clockwork uConsole? My OBS Studio Tests

After my last Clockwork uConsole video, quite a few of you asked the same question: can it run OBS Studio and livestream? So I wiped the ...

Handhelds

Can a Vilros PiDOCK 400 Recreate the Commodore SX-64?

An SX-64 is missing from my collection. I’ve always wanted one and haven’t been able to find one. If you have one, let me know. So I trie...

Commodore

Installing Twister OS on a Raspberry Pi 500, Using Only the Pi 500

Twister OS is an alternative operating system for the Raspberry Pi. What caught my eye is that it gives you more out of the box. It inclu...

Embedded

Roguecraft DX on the MEGA65: From 2.7KB to 240 Colors

A pitch-black dungeon, 15 levels of eldritch horror, one life, and a chicken that pecks like a demon. Roguecraft DX came out in February ...

MEGA65

Raspberry Pi 5 and an M.2 SSD Hat: From the Box to Booting From an SSD

I have a Pi problem, and I mean that in a good way. I have Raspberry Pis all over the house, from an original Raspberry Pi 1 I found in a...

Embedded