Hackaday

Diagnosing A Mysterious Fault With A Commodore 1541 Disk Drive

Recently [TheRetroChannel] came across an interesting failure mode on a Commodore 1541 5.25″ floppy disk drive, in the form of the activity LED blinking just once after power-up with the drive motor ...

I’ve spent many hours walking down memory lane with the Commodore 64 Ultimate, and it’s wondrous if sometimes intimidating

More than just an emulation of the iconic home computer, the Commodore 64 Ultimate is a fantastic project for fans of that ...
KTHV

'Friends of Arkansas PBS' pushes back as federal cuts threaten free educational programming

LITTLE ROCK, Ark — With plans in the works to stop programming Arkansas's public TV channels with PBS content, a group of viewers have been pushing back. As it turns out, Elmo and Downton Abbey can ...
EdTech

A Brief History of Computer Programming Languages [#Infographic]

Jimmy is a writer and editor who publishes a weekly newsletter. You can find him on Twitter. Code is the foundation of computing. Whether you are using a social media app on your smartphone or working ...
Computerworld

Microsoft cheat sheets: Dive into Windows and Office apps

These guides will help you find your way around several generations of Microsoft’s Office apps for Windows — and Windows itself. Need to get up to speed on the latest features in Excel? Wrestling with ...