In the ever-evolving landscape of technology, the USB-C standard has emerged as a versatile and powerful solution for powering a wide array of devices. Its compact design and Power Delivery capabilities make it an ideal candidate for modernizing vintage computers, which often rely on bulky and unreliable power supplies. Driven by necessity, I decided to … Read moreUSB-C All the Retro Things
Unique Christmas gifts are the best and when I saw this post on Hackaday about making lapel pins from PCB’s I knew exactly what my family was getting this year. The idea is simple; put some art on the front and a copper pad on the back for soldering a butterfly tie tack pin. In … Read morePCB Lapel Pins From Vector Images In Diptrace
When the first Raspberry Pi 1 Model B was released in 2012, I was fully immersed in the Zipit Z2 community and I had the idea to create my own handheld qwerty Linux computer with the Pi. Back then I didn’t really have the knowledge or skills to follow through with such a project and … Read moreqwertypi – a Handheld Raspberry Pi QWERTY Computer
Back in the 80’s, my first computer was an Atari 8 Bit. I used it a lot until we got our Austin Computer Systems 386 PC. The Atari taught me a little BASIC and a lot of game play. I still have our original Atari 400 which I pull out on occasion to play some … Read moreAtari 400 8-Bit SIO2Zipit
It’s been a year and a half since I came out with the first Z2 Breakout Board. They’ve all found new homes and hopefully some neat projects. I’ve considered making a new board since they all sold out but there isn’t really a Zipit market anymore. I think the buzz may have finally wore off … Read moreZipit Z2 Breakout Mini