Category Archives: The Hardest Hardware

Underwood Zork

Posted on November 3, 2010 by admin

I learned to type on an IBM Selectric, but many other folks learned to type on a trusty manual typewriter. My folks had one when I was a kid, and I never failed to jam all the keys and leave … Continue reading →

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3 Axes = 3 Part Harmony

Posted on October 4, 2010 by admin

A CNC machine makes sweet, sweet music. It is playing the theme tune from MacGyver by varying the speed of the motors that control it’s position. I have seen this done with printers and floppy disks before, but never with … Continue reading →

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Farewell, HDMI, we hardly knew ye

Posted on October 4, 2010 by admin

I found out today that HDMI was something of a stop-gap measure. It is being replaced with something called HDBaseT. According to the industry website, it is to have these features: Uncompressed video/audio up to 10.2 Gbps. HDBaseT technology is … Continue reading →

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