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A tricky Commodore PET repair: tracking down 6 1/2 bad chips
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69 points
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todsacerdoti
7 days ago
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24 comments
Undocumented 8086 instructions, explained by the microcode
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3 points
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thunderbong
19 days ago
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Undocumented 8086 instructions, explained by the microcode
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14 points
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birdculture
19 days ago
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3 comments
Notes on the Pentium's microcode circuitry
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183 points
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leotravis10
20 days ago
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32 comments
A USB Interface to the "Mother of All Demos" Keyset
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321 points
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zdw
28 days ago
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86 comments
The Pentium contains a complicated circuit to multiply by three
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374 points
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Tomte
49 days ago
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153 comments
Two bits per transistor: high-density ROM in Intel's 8087 FPU (2018)
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5 points
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Syonyk
55 days ago
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The Intel 1405: die photos of a shift register memory from 1970 (2014)
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righto.com
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2 points
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redbell
73 days ago
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The origin and unexpected evolution of the word "mainframe"
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righto.com
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160 points
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todsacerdoti
78 days ago
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44 comments
Risky line printer music on a vintage IBM mainframe (2019)
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righto.com
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4 points
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CharlesW
86 days ago
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Interesting BiCMOS circuits in the Pentium, reverse-engineered
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righto.com
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57 points
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DamonHD
89 days ago
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14 comments
Reverse-engineering a carry-lookahead adder in the Pentium
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righto.com
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69 points
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DamonHD
3 months ago
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14 comments
The origin of the cargo cult metaphor
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righto.com
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291 points
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zdw
3 months ago
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678 comments
Reverse Engineering the Constants in the Pentium FPU
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righto.com
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151 points
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mef
3 months ago
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23 comments
555 timer teardown: inside the world's most popular IC (2016)
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righto.com
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6 points
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wizardforhire
3 months ago
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Intel's $475M error: the silicon behind the Pentium division bug
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righto.com
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378 points
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gslin
3 months ago
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116 comments
Mining Bitcoin with Pencil and Paper (2014)
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righto.com
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2 points
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lispybanana
4 months ago
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Antenna Diodes in the Pentium Processor
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righto.com
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266 points
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chmaynard
4 months ago
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51 comments
Apple iPhone Charger Teardown (2012)
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righto.com
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1 point
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tosh
5 months ago
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Mining Bitcoin with pencil and paper: 0.67 hashes per day (2014)
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righto.com
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13 points
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jakey_bakey
6 months ago
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4 comments
Wealth Distribution in the United States
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righto.com
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84 points
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ssklash
6 months ago
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120 comments
The Globus INK: a mechanical navigation computer for Soviet spaceflight (2023)
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righto.com
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193 points
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dangle1
6 months ago
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25 comments
Reverse-engineering a three-axis attitude indicator from the F-4 fighter plane
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righto.com
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212 points
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zdw
6 months ago
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65 comments
Inside a Ferroelectric RAM Chip
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righto.com
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141 points
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chmaynard
6 months ago
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74 comments
The Pentium as a Navajo Weaving
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righto.com
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484 points
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GavinAnderegg
7 months ago
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84 comments
The guidance system and computer of the Minuteman III nuclear missile
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272 points
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magnat
8 months ago
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175 comments
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Reverse-Engineering the Mechanical Bendix Central Air Data Computer
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righto.com
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1 point
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XnoiVeX
8 months ago
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1 comment
Reverse engineering XC2064, the first FPGA (2020)
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righto.com
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72 points
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vinnyvichy
8 months ago
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13 comments
Reverse engineering the 59-pound printer onboard the Space Shuttle
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righto.com
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340 points
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chmaynard
8 months ago
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96 comments
"Maxwell's equations of software" examined (2008)
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75 points
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behnamoh
9 months ago
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36 comments
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