Sharp Font Writer FW 600 Vintage 1984 Word Processor with Printer
In late 2022, I acquired the Sharp FW-600 Font Writer – a vintage word processor with a built-in printer, originally
Read moreIn late 2022, I acquired the Sharp FW-600 Font Writer – a vintage word processor with a built-in printer, originally
Read moreI came across the Toshiba 14AF43, a rare 14″ stereo CRT TV with composite, S-Video, component inputs, and decided to
Read moreI got to know the Internet in secondary school, using a 33.6Kbps US Robotics dial-up modem on my Pentium I
Read moreMy first introduction to computers came in primary school with the Tandy 1000RSX, an 80386SX machine running at 25 MHz.
Read moreIn June, my Tecsun S-8800 which was purchased in Feb 2020 stopped working totally. It had started 2 months earlier
Read moreUPDATE (May 2025) – Check out Hackaday’s write-up of the dsMP3 project here In my previous post I described how
Read moreUPDATE (May 2025) – Check out Hackaday’s write-up of the dsMP3 project here Wondering why even high-end multiband radios such
Read moreIn a recent embedded project, I need to access data stored on a USB thumb drive using a dsPIC33EP512MC502. As
Read moreOver a period of five years I have bought myself three low-end modern digital oscilloscopes, the Rigol DS1054Z, GW-INSTEK GDS1054B
Read moreIn my store room I have a collection of three VCRs, Panasonic NV-FJ625, Phillips VR 330 and Grundig GV509M. The
Read moreOne thing I don’t like about the dsPICEE3P (and the PIC32MX) lines is that these devices do not have EEPROM
Read moreI got from eBay a FSC Futro S210 thin client, which can support up to 512MB RAM, 32GB CompactFlash card
Read moreBy default, DOS does not come with a command to shut down or power off the computer. Back in the
Read moreIn an attempt to find a laptop which has a parallel port but is modern enough to run Windows 7,
Read moreAfter having fun with the VFO4351A 140MHz~4.4GHz RF signal generator on my Rigol and Hantek oscilloscopes, I decided to do
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