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ZX Spectrum: Experimenting with 1-Bit Sound
As part of the ZX Spectrum tour, I implemented some routines that would let you play simple tones out of the 1-bit beeper. These were in large part inspired by earlier work I did on the Apple II. W…
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The "$60 Gaming PC" – AMD BC-250 (2025)
Ok it’s not exactly $60 but you can get the board itself for that amount of money on eBay if you’re lucky, but on average the price is around $70-$100 (as of November 2025) which is still very cheap considering you can play Cyberpunk 2077 on this.
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Can AI design circuit boards yet?
A look at what current models can build, where they fail, and how EEBench tests the electronics in simulation.
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Decoding the NEC V20 Microcode
reenigne's decoding of the 8088 microcode in 2020 opened the doors for extremely accurate emulation of the 8088 CPU. Although I had added...
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Delidded Intel I9-14900KS CT Scan
Welcome to LTT Labs - your go-to destination for all things tech. Explore comprehensive test results, insightful commentary, and the latest analysis in hardware.
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Commodore 64 released September 1, 1982
A generation of technology workers grew up using it
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My local model setup on an M4 Pro Mac Mini
I run a local LLM server on my M4 Pro Mac mini with 48 GB of RAM.
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A PCB business card with a batteryless LED, powered by the phone that taps it
I made a circuit-board business card that opens my website and lights an LED with power harvested from the phone tapping it.
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Refurbishing a Tektronix TDS7104 Oscilloscope
A little over a month ago, I ran into a Tektronix TDS7104 at the Silicon Valley Flea Market , where else?
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I turned my security cameras into an automatic bird identification system
I turned three security cameras into an automatic bird identification system using BirdNet-Go. Now my wife and I can track every bird species that visits our yard in real-time.
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Cores in space: The core memory module from a 1980 Spacelab computer
Spacelab was a reusable laboratory that could be carried in the Space Shuttle's cargo bay, providing lab space for astronauts and experiment...
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Hacking IKEA Furniture
When something you want is not available for purchase, well, you can always build it yourself! I recently moved and have a dedicated office room now. I wanted …
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Stopping the smart TV from being used against you
Smart TVs are everywhere! But who is the master? Amid the electronics boom driven by A.I., one piece of electronics has remained almost unchanged financially. That is the digital display or flat-panel monitor. With good reason! The entire entertainment and streaming industry wants one of these devi
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Run Qwen3.8 27B locally: real numbers from my Mac Studio
Qwen3.8 27B benchmarked on a Mac Studio M3 Ultra: Ollama and llama.cpp numbers, the 1-bit quant tested, RAM math, and the hardware that actually fits.
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Previewing the Model Hardware Standard
Anthropic is opening a research preview of the Model Hardware Standard (MHS), a shared specification for AI agents to safely operate physical devices, to a first group of scientific research labs and advanced manufacturers.
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M5Stack Launches PaperMono
M5Stack today launches PaperMono, a compact ESP32-S3-based E-Ink development terminal designed for low-power information display, interaction, and connected IoT projects. PaperMono is now available through the M5Stack Store. Product Value Featuring a 3.97-inch 4-level grayscale E-Ink display, touch input, integrated…
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Dad’s Custom Atari Peripherals
This guest post is from Jim Trageser , a long-time Goto 10 reader.
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IBM Unveils Next Generation Dual-Architecture Processor for IBM Z and LinuxONE
The new processor is being developed to allow organizations to run Arm-native Linux environments simultaneously with z/OS and Linux on IBM Z, while benefiting from IBM’s established security, reliability, and scale.
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New Mac mini, featuring M6 and M5 Pro
Apple announced the new Mac mini with the all-new M6 and powerful M5 Pro, delivering a dramatic boost in performance and more versatility in its supersmall desktop design.
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New Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra
Apple announced the new Mac Studio, featuring M5 Max and the all-new M5 Ultra, delivering a monumental leap in AI performance and even faster graphics.
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Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra
Apple debuted M6 in the new Mac mini and M5 Ultra in the new Mac Studio, providing an extraordinary leap in performance and AI capabilities.
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I spent $266 and four AI models to own my tablet. GLM-5.3 finished it in a day
Owning a tablet Amazon kept shutting down: CVE-2022-38181, four AI models, five months
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The End of an Athlon
When I was researching the mess related to strange and poorly documented CPUID bits in the Athlon MP and XP processors , I had to swap a lot of CPUs. This was uneventful in most cases… but only most.
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AI Chip Architectures
A look at AI Chip Architectures. NVIDIA, AMD, TPUs, Trainium, Groq, Cerebras.
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What happens when a GPU reads memory
Following an LDG.E SASS instruction through the hardware units in an RTX 4090.
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I ran Photoshop on a £0.60 computer chip
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I've always had a fascination with simpler and low power computing. This lead me to run Photoshop on a 60 pence computer chip and it amazes me that this is possible.
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A look under our trunk: what's in our compute
Compute is the brain of the Waymo Driver, translating raw sensor data into real-time driving commands. Operating demonstrably safe, physical AI on the road demands a fundamental shift towards a system engineered for deterministic, low-latency performance. Over the past decade, we have co-designed our hardware…
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Hacking with Claude on a $27 smart watch
The Pine Time is a $27 smart watch that runs open source firmware. I’ve had one sitting in the back of a drawer for a...
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Unlocking a locked/deactivated e-waste Cricut Maker
How I returned a Cricut Maker back to service after Cricut remotely bricked the unit