In a new installment on computer history, [Bradford Morgan White] takes us through the sordid history of Cyrix, as this plucky little company created the best math co-processors (FasMath) and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/12/a-brief-history-of-cyrix-or-how-to-get-sued-by-intel-a-lot/)
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We have often wondered if people dreamed in black and white before the advent of photography. While color pictures eventually became the norm, black and white TV was common for …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/12/retrotechtacular-color-tv/)
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[Morley Kert] had a problem. He’s a big fan of the lovely Fortune Chair from Heller Furniture. Only, he didn’t want to pay $1,175 for a real one. The solution? …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/12/you-wouldnt-download-a-chair-but-you-could/)
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USB 2 is the USB we all know and love. But about ten years ago, USB got an upgrade: USB 3.0. And it’s a lot faster. It started off ten …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/12/ubiquitous-successful-bus-version-3/)
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An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ian Dudley)
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/minuteman-iii-16x9.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/minuteman-iii-16x9.jpg?w=800" tabindex="0" role="button">On November 5th, the United States launched an LGM-30G Minuteman III ICBM from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Roughly 30 minutes later the three warheads onboard struck their targets …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/12/minuteman-icbm-launch-tests-triple-warheads/)
According to [MTSI], if you used a Z80 chip back in the 1980s, it almost certainly passed through the sole Fairchild Sentry 610 system that gave it the seal of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/12/z80-testing-the-80s-way/)
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Source: Vecteezy
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/lost-skynet-1a-1200.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/lost-skynet-1a-1200.jpg?w=800" tabindex="0" role="button">Space and mystery always spark our curiosity, so when we stumbled upon the story of Skynet-1A, Britain’s first communication satellite from 1969, we knew it was worth exploring. The BBC …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/11/britains-oldest-satellite-on-the-move-a-space-curiosity/)
[Ziddy Makes] describes this cute little guy as a biblically-accurate keyboard. For the unfamiliar, that’s a reference to biblically-accurate angels, which have wings (and sometimes eyes) all over the place. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/11/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-all-the-espionage/)
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The James Webb Space Telescope’s array of eighteen hexagonal mirrors went through an intricate (and lengthy) alignment and calibration process before it could begin its mission — but the process …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/11/the-constant-monitoring-and-work-that-goes-into-jwsts-optics/)
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Gimbal systems proposed for the F-1, oxygen-kerosene engine. The fueldraulic system (left) is simpler, with fewer components than the high-pressure hydraulic system. To simplify the illustration, flexible fittings and hose, and lines to other gimballing actuators and to other fluid power systems on the S-IC stage are not shown. (Source: Hydraulics & Pneumatics, 1963)
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/fueldraulic_system_saturn_v_s-1c_f1_engine.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/fueldraulic_system_saturn_v_s-1c_f1_engine.jpg?w=800" tabindex="0" role="button">We usually think of a hydraulic system as fully self-contained, with a hydraulic pump, tubing, and actuators filled with a working fluid. This of course adds a lot of weight …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/11/why-the-saturn-v-used-kerosene-for-its-hydraulics-fluid/)
If you want to add humidity and temperature sensors to your home automation sensor, you can — like [Maker’s Fun Duck] did — buy some generic ones for about a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/10/cheap-sensor-changes-personality/)
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After extracting all the useful stuff from a mine, you are often left with a lot of empty subterranean space without a clear purpose. This was the case with the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/10/welcome-to-subtropolis-the-limestone-mine-turned-climate-controlled-business-complex/)
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Fair warning, while the first item this week has no obvious connection to hacking, when 43 Rhesus monkeys escape from a lab, it’s just something that needs to be discussed. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/10/hackaday-links-november-11-2024/)
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Building a paper tape reader by itself isn’t super complicated: you need a source of light, some photoreceptors behind the tape to register the presence of holes and some way …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/10/building-a-motor-feed-for-the-ue1-vacuum-tube-computers-paper-tape-reader/)
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In the modern age, when you hear “component tester” you probably think of one of those cheap microcontroller-based devices that can identify components and provide basic measurements on an LCD …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/10/component-tester-teardown/)
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A Brief History of Cyrix, or How to Get Sued By Intel a Lot
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/12/a-brief-history-of-cyrix-or-how-to-get-sued-by-intel-a-lot/
Retrotechtacular: Color TV
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/12/retrotechtacular-color-tv/
You Wouldn’t Download a Chair…But You Could
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/12/you-wouldnt-download-a-chair-but-you-could/
Ubiquitous Successful Bus: Version 3
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/12/ubiquitous-successful-bus-version-3/
Minuteman ICBM Launch Tests Triple Warheads
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/12/minuteman-icbm-launch-tests-triple-warheads/
Z80 Testing the 80s Way
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/12/z80-testing-the-80s-way/
Britain’s Oldest Satellite on the Move: a Space Curiosity
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/11/britains-oldest-satellite-on-the-move-a-space-curiosity/
Keebin’ with Kristina: the One With All the Espionage
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/11/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-all-the-espionage/
The Constant Monitoring and Work That Goes into JWST’s Optics
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/11/the-constant-monitoring-and-work-that-goes-into-jwsts-optics/
Why the Saturn V Used Kerosene for its Hydraulics Fluid
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/11/why-the-saturn-v-used-kerosene-for-its-hydraulics-fluid/
Cheap Sensor Changes Personality
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/10/cheap-sensor-changes-personality/
Welcome to SubTropolis: the Limestone Mine Turned Climate-Controlled Business Complex
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/10/welcome-to-subtropolis-the-limestone-mine-turned-climate-controlled-business-complex/
Hackaday Links: November 11, 2024
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/10/hackaday-links-november-11-2024/
Building a Motor Feed For the UE1 Vacuum Tube Computer’s Paper Tape Reader
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/10/building-a-motor-feed-for-the-ue1-vacuum-tube-computers-paper-tape-reader/
Component Tester Teardown
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/10/component-tester-teardown/
