Articles Tagged “Retro Computing”
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Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W Hits 1080p HDMI Without a Framebuffer
A Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W now outputs 1080p30 HDMI in 24-bit color by building each scanline on the fly, beating the old 720p record for Pico-class chips.
Local LLMs on a GPU-Less 14-Year-Old Server
A $600 secondhand Dell PowerEdge R720 with 348 GB of DDR3 and no GPU at all runs flagship open models at roughly four tokens per second.
Olimex Neo6502kbd Puts a Real 6502 CPU in a Keyboard
Olimex's 50-euro Neo6502kbd hides a real W65C02 CPU and an RP2040 in a keyboard case with four USB hosts, HDMI output and fully open KiCad schematics.
Firehat HAT Brings FireWire DV Capture to Raspberry Pi
The $79 Firehat is an open-source FireWire HAT that digitizes MiniDV, Digital8 and HDV tapes straight from a Raspberry Pi 5, with no laptop needed.
AGI-64 Makes Space Quest Playable on a Commodore 64
Mean Hamster Software's AGI-64 runs Sierra's Adventure Game Interpreter on a 1 MHz Commodore 64, with Space Quest 1 already fully playable and free.
ESP32 Web Browser Loads Real Web Pages in Text Mode
Alun Morris built babe32, an open-source text-mode web browser that fetches and renders real web pages on an inexpensive ESP32 display board.
Globalscale Case8 Cyberdeck Snaps Into Four Editions
The Globalscale Case8 is a modular MediaTek Genio cyberdeck with up to a 10 TOPS NPU, sold in gaming, home, education, and hacker editions from $299.
This Kubernetes Homelab Hides Modern Compute Inside Retro Linksys Cases
Justin Garrison retrofitted a modern Raspberry Pi and mini-PC Kubernetes cluster into vintage early-2000s Linksys router cases — a nostalgic, fully working homelab.
ESP32-P4 Runs Classic Mac OS: A BasiliskII Port on a $40 Devkit
A tiny RISC-V ESP32-P4 touchscreen board now boots Mac OS 7.1 to 8.1 via a BasiliskII 68k emulator port, hitting ~24 FPS on a Quadra-class virtual Mac.
Flip-Screen Mini PCs Are Here — AYANEO's AM01S Leads a Charming New Hardware Category
A wave of mini PCs with built-in flip-up touchscreens is redefining what a desktop computer can look like in 2026, blending retro aesthetics with modern AI silicon.
A Maker Built a Stunning 1970s Terminal Replica With a Raspberry Pi and a 3D Printer
David Green's ADM-3A terminal replica pairs a 3D-printed vintage enclosure with a Raspberry Pi 3 to recreate the dawn of interactive computing for under $100.
Jeff Geerling Builds a Working Macintosh for $20 Using a Raspberry Pi Pico
A Raspberry Pi Pico running Pico Micro Mac firmware delivers 63% more RAM than the original 128K Macintosh — all for about twenty dollars in parts.