Open Hardware/Modding Leftovers
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Linux Gizmos ☛ Comet GL-RM1 Enables Remote Control with 2K Video Resolution
Comet (GL-RM1) is a hardware-based remote KVM solution for remote computer access and control. Its open-source design enables hardware-level interaction, making it useful for remote work, IT maintenance, and server management. It allows full control over offline computers, including BIOS access, troubleshooting, and boot failure recovery.
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Thomas Buck ☛ Game Boy Color modding and experiments - xythobuz.de
To get the pictures off the cartridge I built an ESP8266-based WiFi printer emulator. I ordered these PCBs and soldered them to a LILYGO TTGO D1 mini as mentioned in the README of the PCB repo. The OLED screen was still left over from my E-Cig repair. The software running on there is the wifi-gbp-emulator.
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Old VCR ☛ More pro for the DEC Professional 380 (featuring PRO/VENIX)
In computing the DEC PDP-11 is something of a geologic feature. Plus, as most systems in the family were minicomputers, they had the whole monolith thing going for them too (minus murderous apes and sucking astronauts into hyperspace). Its fame is even more notable given that Digital Equipment Corporation was among the last major computer companies to introduce a 16-bit mini architecture, beaten by the IBM 1130 (1965), HP 2116A (1966), TI-960 (1969) and Data General Nova (1969) — itself a renegade offshoot of the "PDP-X" project which DEC president Ken Olsen didn't support and even cancelled in 1968 — leaving DEC to bring up the rear with the PDP-11/20 in 1970.