Buoyed on by my successful project to add a composite video output to a 1976 Pong game, I decided to move to my next target, the Atari 2600. […]
Vintage Tech
Breathing New (Composite) Life Into a Binatone Pong Console
Pong! What more could a young child want in 1978? Despite my formative years, I was already hooked on my friend’s magic-filled box of delights he described as […]
Vintage Tech
Binatone Pong
The first computer game I ever owned was this Binatone ‘TV Master MK IV’ – a simple unit that could play the standard Pong variants with a pair […]
Raspberry Pi / Vintage Tech
RS232 on the Raspberry Pi (to a Psion 5)
The Raspberry Pi’s General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) connector consists of 26 pins that are a hacker’s delight, allowing for some serious analogue and digital tomfoolery. When drooling over the […]
Bletchley Park
Papercraft Enigma
This has been doing the rounds on Twitter but I thought I’d show off my own attempt. UK security firm Franklin Heath have put together an Enigma machine […]
Raspberry Pi
Clear Printable Raspberry Pi Case
Does your Raspberry Pi need a case? Mine too. I’ve looked at a few options and intend to make a selection. However, my first attempt may well be […]
Bletchley Park
Why Ten Pairs?
As you may know, the German military made a significant addition to the original Enigma design by adding the plugboard, or steckerbrett. The board has twenty-six sockets, one […]