The era of mainframe computers and directly programming machines with switches is long past, but plenty of us look back on that era with a certain nostalgia. Getting that close …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/21/a-mainframe-computer-for-the-modern-age/)

Looking Back On 30 Years of Debian
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/21/looking-back-on-30-years-of-debian/

Debian Buzz (1.1) running under Bochs. (Credit: Thomas Stewart)
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/debianbuzz.jpeg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/debianbuzz.jpeg?w=800">The early history of Linux is a rather murky period to most, long before the era of glitzy marketing and proclamations of ‘the Linux desktop’ being the next hot thing. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/21/looking-back-on-30-years-of-debian/)

Where Did Your PCB Go Wrong? KiRI knows
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/21/where-did-your-pcb-go-wrong-kiri-knows/

When working on a PCB design in KiCad, it’s helpful that the files are all text and can easily be checked into Git or other source control. However, stepping back …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/21/where-did-your-pcb-go-wrong-kiri-knows/)

Random Access Memory From a Rotating Drum in a Bendix G15
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/22/random-access-memory-from-a-rotating-drum-in-a-bendix-g15/

When it’s the 1950s and you are tasked to design a computer system that features not only CPU registers but also a certain amount of RAM, you do not have …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/22/random-access-memory-from-a-rotating-drum-in-a-bendix-g15/)

Liberté, égalité, fraternité: France Loses Its Marbles On Internet Censorship
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/22/liberte-egalite-fraternite-france-loses-its-marbles-on-internet-censorship/

Over the years we’ve covered a lot of attempts by relatively clueless governments and politicians to enact think-of-the-children internet censorship or surveillance legislation, but there’s a law from France in …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/22/liberte-egalite-fraternite-france-loses-its-marbles-on-internet-censorship/)

Decompiling Sonic Runners
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/22/decompiling-sonic-runners/

Usually, when you hear about games being decompiled and rebuilt, the games are often decades-old relics, loving and saved from the ravages of time. [MattKC] recently set out to decompile …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/22/decompiling-sonic-runners/)

2023 Cyberdeck Challenge: Modular Cyberdeck Creation Kit
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/22/2023-cyberdeck-challenge-modular-cyberdeck-creation-kit/

Cyberdeck on a table
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" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2023-08-20-OTS-Cyberdeck-feat.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2023-08-20-OTS-Cyberdeck-feat.jpg?w=800">We were fortunate to run into [Sp4m] at DEFCON31 and see his Modular Cyberdeck Creation Kit in person. In fact, he was wearing it around the hallways like a rogue …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/22/2023-cyberdeck-challenge-modular-cyberdeck-creation-kit/)

Start Your Semiconductor Fab with This DIY Tube Furnace
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/22/start-your-semiconductor-fab-with-this-diy-tube-furnace/