While visiting the Bay Area Maker Faire this past weekend, I was struck by something: we’re seeing the emergence of a full-fledged retrocomputer industry. There were at least two retrocomputing-specific businesses exhibiting (GGLABS and Manila Gear), and a couple of…
The Bay Area Maker Faire is this weekend. Who’s going? I’ll be there today – and if you want to meet up and say hi, I’ll be at the Make: Electronics stage in building 2 at 3:00 PM. Look for…
Retro USB is available for sale now – visit the BMOW shop to be the first kid on your block to get one! Retro USB is an input converter for USB and ADB keyboards and mice. It works in two…
Retro USB boards are here. They look pretty! And they actually work – minus some small fixes I had to apply. I was in the midst of typing up a description about how my test board didn’t work, and feeling…
Now that I’ve been using a PIC32MX microcontroller for a while, and its associated software tools from Microchip, it’s time for a mini-review. My previous microcontroller experience was primarily with 8-bit Atmel AVRs, so my comments will reflect that. Many…
I recently got some very surprising junk mail that contained a full-fledged embedded computer. This was a first for me, but I wonder if there will be more to come? Of course I couldn’t resist the temptation to tear it…
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