Miscellaneous distractions and diversions.
Did you ever wonder what’s used to stuff the sausage of a Windows executable file? In yesterday’s post I examined a simple text-only C program, and discovered that 18 lines of C code created a 6144 byte executable program. Using…
Want to know more about how assembly code works, and how Windows executable programs are put together? I thought it would be fun to write a “hello world” program in C, and then examine it with some common reversing tools,…
A 14-year-old Texas high school student has been arrested, suspended, and threatened with expulsion for bringing a hand-made digital clock to school, after officials and police believed he’d tried to make a bomb. This kid loves robotics, makes his own…
How would you use modern RAM and interface logic to replace 8 MB of vintage SRAM? A cheap and simple solution would make a big difference for many retrocomputing and hobby electronics projects. This question arose from a discussion at…
Growing up during the heyday of Apple II computers, I learned about something mysterious called copy-protection. This meant floppy disks could be used to run software, but the software couldn’t be copied to other floppy disks. As a 10-year-old nerd,…
What’s the perfect gift for a guy who’s obsessed with disk emulation for antique Apple computers? How about a 5 1/4 inch floppy disk signed by Steve Wozniak, inventor of the Apple II. Bonus points if you know what D5…
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