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Greaseweazle is an open source project intended to be a universal floppy disk archiving tool. It consists of a USB connected floppy drive controller with custom firmware and accompanying host tools. By extracting the raw [magnetic] flux transitions from a Continue reading The post Building a Greaseweazle Station first appeared on hackup.net .
Recently, an Amiga 500 in generally good condition found its way to me. It s my first Amiga ever, because back in the day I was loyal to Commodore s 8-bitters for a long time. So I missed the heyday of the Continue reading The post Amiga 500 Samsung Keyboard Repair first appeared on hackup.net .
As I mentioned a while ago, I had the opportunity to repair a bunch of broken boards for Commodore C16 and Plus/4 computers. This led to a couple of new projects, the ROMulator and the PLA264. To help with the Continue reading The post Making Cartridges for the Commodore C16, C116, and Plus/4 first appeared on hackup.net .
Recently I had the opportunity to buy a Commodore SX-64 for a very reasonable price. Back when I had my Breadbox C64 as a kid, I was fascinated by this portable version and dreamed of owning one myself to take Continue reading The post SX-64 Tiny Reset – Count Reset Button Presses first appeared on hackup.net .
A few years ago, when Xiaomi was making its Dafang WiFi camera, I bought two of them for a relatively low price. Since then, before every family vacation, I ve set up one of them to spy on monitor our cat Continue reading The post How to Unbrick the Xiaomi Dafang Camera first appeared on hackup.net .
The refurbishment and repair of the C16 and Plus/4 motherboards is largely complete. Next up is a small stack of C128 boards. Recently I received a C128 diagnostic cartridge with harness as a donation, which was also only slightly tattered. Continue reading The post C128 Diagnostic Cartridge #325093-01 Replicated first appeared on hackup.net .
In my previous post I described in detail how I created a ROM replacement for the Commodore Plus/4 computer and how I made sure that it would fit into the very tight space of the closed case. The four ROM Continue reading The post How to Lower Your PLA: The PLA264 first appeared on hackup.net .
The Idea Recently, I ve been repairing a few broken and slightly weathered motherboards for Commodore C16 and Plus/4 computers. When I ran out of spare parts, I replaced the defective Kernal ROM on one of the Plus/4 boards with a Continue reading The post Four at One Blow: The ROMulator first appeared on hackup.net .
I ve been meaning to build myself a mouse adapter for the Commodore 64 for quite some time. The recent release of the unofficial port of Eye of the Beholder for the C64 was a welcome excuse to finally get to Continue reading The post Building a PS/2 to 1351 Mouse Adapter first appeared on hackup.net .
Around this year s Black Friday I noticed the Hama 176584 WiFi LED-Bulb on sale for as low as €2.49 with free shipping here in Germany. Although Hama doesn t mention it, chances were high that such a dirt-cheap device would be Continue reading The post Hama WiFi LED-Bulb Teardown first appeared on hackup.net .