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It s been a while since I last posted, sadly I ve struggled to find the time until recently to work on projects. But it s always nice when I m able to put some time aside to work on something fun. And boy was this a lot of fun, not just getting things to work, but also the [ ]
Over the weekend I was sitting in front of the ApplePi doing a little writing and surfing. I walked away for a while and when I came back the screen had blanked out. This is what Raspbian has done since it was installed and up until then I’d not really thought about it. However on [ ]
I ve owned a TRS-80 M100 portable computer for a few years, ever since I grew fed up with the poor screen on my Amstrad NC100. The M100 is hands down a superior machine, the display is bigger and clearer and unlike the NC100, which is essentially a Wordprocessor with some organiser functions. The M100 [ ]
Greetings dear readers, today we are going to cover something I worked on at least two years ago but always felt there was room for improvement. I m of course referring to my Apple Classic, super charged with a Raspberry Pi3b motherboard inside. Now before I continue, I want to make one thing clear, I only [ ]
Crikey it doesn t seem so long ago that I was buying a new shiny Pi3 for my AmigaPi and now there s an all new model out, sporting improved video, CPU, more RAM and no more USB bus bottlenecks, Finally! I can t wait to review this bit of kit, but for now, just had to show [ ]
I thought I would post this sooner than later, as this is something I m presently working on. For those who might not be familiar, the Psion II was an early form of pocket organiser produced and sold by the British firm Psion. During its lifespan the organiser went through several versions. Beginning with the [ ]
Whether you owned one or lusted after them on the shelves at Tandy or Dixons, during the late 80s and throughout the 90s, the personal assistant (or PDA) reigned supreme to anyone after a portable computer but not wanting spend the hefty price tag of much larger, more powerful laptops. Covering the history of these [ ]
The MegaPi Not long ago I bought myself a NESpi and was telling a friend about it. She went on to ask me if there was a Sega equivalent, as her brother was an avid Sega fan growing up. Sadly I had to tell her there wasn’t but that added, that building such a [ ]
Card corruption isn t anything new on the RPi, if your a Raspberry Pi owner it is a fair bet that you shall encounter it eventually. Over the years ever since owning my first Pi, I had to deal with the occasional segmentation fault. But I d never encounter a full blown SD card failure until [ ]
Greetings to all you t’interweb surfers, its that time of year again and here at ByteMyVdu we like sharing the festive spirit. I say we, but really it’s me, muggins sitting at the keyboard doing everything, using the royal ‘we’ just sounds better! Over the past 12 months I’ve built a PiDP8i, a RetroFlag NESPi, [ ]