Try out your assembly and BASIC skills with a ZX Spectrum project

zx-spectrum-coding-tutorial

It can be really hard to warm up to coding in Assembly. But this tutorial looks to make it understandable and (almost) easy. It focuses on programming a game for the ZX Spectrum. But you won't need the hardware on hand as you can just use the ZX Spin emulator as you work your way through the code. Ostensibly this is a 30-minute tutorial but that's a gross underestimate. We finished a cursory … [Read more...]

Hackaday Links August 31, 2012

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Landing a fixed-wing through hotel balcony french doors As you can see, launching an RC airplane off of a hotel balcony is easy. But watch the video and you'll find out trying to fly through the french doors for a landing is another story. [Team BlackSheep] hits (har, har) Thailand in this collection of breathtaking flights. Quieting rack-mount switch for home use [VictorB] got … [Read more...]

Vintage peripheral hacks roundup

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A few days ago, we featured an Apple ][ USB keyboard mod, and several readers chimed in sharing their own retro conversions in the comments section. We had no idea that many of you had made similar modifications of your own, so here’s a quick roundup of what your fellow Hackaday readers have put together. Optical Atari STM1 Mouse [JJ] had a 25-year old Atari STM1 mouse sitting around … [Read more...]