Category Archives: Nostalgia

Boolean Logic with 555s

Posted on 2011-02-26 by M. Eric Carr

555 ICs make good timers and oscillators. It turns out that they’re also universal digital gates! Continue reading →

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Windows 98 Speed Limit

Posted on 2011-01-24 by M. Eric Carr

Windows 98 doesn’t like modern, high-speed CPUs. Here’s a timer fix to prevent NDIS crashes. Continue reading →

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Yesterday’s supercomputer; today’s junk?

Posted on 2010-11-17 by M. Eric Carr

An “obsolete” junker of a computer — an old 64-bit, 2.66+GHz machine. The mind boggles. Continue reading →

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Old-school BASIC

Posted on 2010-08-03 by M. Eric Carr

Why is it that with all of the capabilities of modern computers, writing programs to do simple tasks has become so complex? Continue reading →

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