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ZXGATE - Old Computers in new FPGAs

Monday, July 27 2009 @ 21:07 CEST
Contributed by: tingo
Views: 129

ZXGATE - Old Computers in new FPGAs is interesting. ZX81, ZX Spectrum, Jupiter Ace and TRS80 in a FPGA.

Quick tip: CUPS and windows printers drivers

Sunday, July 26 2009 @ 13:47 CEST
Contributed by: tingo
Views: 96

The CUPS printing system is nice, most open source operating systems have support for it.If you are trying to print from a Windows (XP) machine, using a non-PostScript printer driver you need to enable raw printing in CUPS. Under FreeBSD, simply modify the file /usr/local/etc/cups/mime.convs so that the line that starts with #application/octet-stream will read application/octet-stream instead. And restart CUPS. Note: under other operating systems, you might have to modiify the mime.types file for cups as well.

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Open Programmer

Sunday, July 19 2009 @ 21:32 CEST
Contributed by: tingo
Views: 116

Open Programmer - an open source USB programmer for PIC micros, I2C and MicroWire EEPROMs, some ATMEL micros, generic I2C/SPI devices and (soon) other devices. Quick facts:

Completely free and Open Source (including firmware)
Programs PIC10-12-16-18, 24xxxx I2C EEPROMs, 93SX6 MicroWire EEPROMs, some ATMEL micros, communicates with generic I2C & SPI devices
USB 2.0 Full Speed interface, HID class (same as keyboards, mice, etc.)
Self powered
Built from easy to find components (estimated cost ~10€)
Hardware generated timings for maximum speed and reliability (writes a 18F2550 in 15s, 8s under Linux)
Open source control programs for Linux and Windows

Piklab - IDE for PIC microcontrollers

Sunday, July 19 2009 @ 21:23 CEST
Contributed by: tingo
Views: 104

Piklab is an integrated development environment (IDE) for applications based on Microchip PIC and dsPIC microcontrollers.

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BSD Magazine

Friday, July 17 2009 @ 13:49 CEST
Contributed by: tingo
Views: 64

BSD Magazine is a magazine (about BSD - think FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and more) that have both print and electronic (PDF) subscription options. Four issues each year. Cool!

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EEP: EEPROM Programmer for Linux

Monday, July 13 2009 @ 21:24 CEST
Contributed by: tingo
Views: 125

An oldie, but still: EEP: EEPROM Programmer for Linux: EEP is an open hardware design EEPROM burner for 24-pin and 28-pin 5-volt EEPROMs with Linux support. Cool if you need it.

The Oric IDE Interface

Friday, July 10 2009 @ 01:21 CEST
Contributed by: tingo
Views: 133

For those of you which still have an Oric-1 in working condition The Oric IDE Interface is an interesting idea..

Apple2fpga: Reconstructing an Apple II+ on an FPGA

Friday, July 10 2009 @ 00:25 CEST
Contributed by: tingo
Views: 173

Apple2fpga is an Apple II+ implemented on a FPGA development board, the Altera DE2 FPGA board.

AppleCrate II

Thursday, July 09 2009 @ 22:23 CEST
Contributed by: tingo
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First the AppleCrate 1 cluster which was very impressive, and now - the AppleCrate II. The AppleCrate II is a cluster made from 17 Enhanced Apple //e main boards. Both versions of the AppleCrate cluster uses NadaNet for networking. Extremely impressive.

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VLC Media Player 1.0.0 Released

Tuesday, July 07 2009 @ 23:03 CEST
Contributed by: tingo
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VLC Media Player version 1.0.0 has been released. It took 8 years to get to this release. Version 1.0.0 of VLC introduces support for HD codecs (AES3, Dolby Digital Plus, TrueHD, Blu-Ray Linear PCM, Real Video 3.0 and 4.0, etc.), more formats (Raw Dirac, M2TS, etc.), instant pausing and frame-by-frame support, and much, much more. Very cool!
(first seen on OSnews)

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