Now that Commodore is Back, Could Amiga Be Next?
Now that Commodore has arisen from the depths of obscurity like Cthulhu awoken from R’lyeh, the question on every shoggoth’s squamose lips is this: “Will there be a new Commodore Amiga?” The New Commodore is reportedly interested, but as [The Retro Shack] reports in the video embedded below, it might be some time before the stars align.
He follows the tortured history of the Amiga brand from its origins with Hi-Toro, the Commodore acquisition and subsequent Atari lawsuit, and the post-Commodore afterlife of the Amiga trademark. Yes, Amiga had a life after Commodore, and that’s the tl;dr here: Commodore might be back, but it does not own the Amiga IP.
If you’re wondering who does, you’re not the only one. Cloanto now claims the name and most of Amiga’s IP, though it remains at loggerheads with Hyperion, the distributors of AmigaOS 4. If you haven’t heard of them, Cloanto is not an elder god, but in fact the group behind Amiga Forever. They have been great stewards of the Amiga heritage over the decades. Any “new” Amiga is going to need the people at Cloanto on board, one way or another. That doesn’t mean it’s impossible– the new Commodore might be able to seduce Cloanto into a merger, or even just a licensing agreement to use the name on reproduction or new hardware.
While a replica C=64 was a no-brainer for the revived Commodore brand, it’s not quite so clear what they should do with the Amiga name. An FPGA reproduction of the popular A500 or A1200? Would anyone want newly-made 68000-based machines, or to follow Hyperion and MorphOS to now-outdated generations of PowerPC? All of these have been proposed and argued over for years.
We’d love to see something fully new that captures the spirit of the bouncing ball, but it’s hard to imagine bottling magic like that in the twenty-first century. For now, Amiga lies dreaming– but that is not dead which can eternally lie, and we hold out hope this Great Old One can return when the stars are right.
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Replicating the World’s Oldest Stringed Instrument
Posts on Hackaday sometimes trend a little bit retro, but rarely do we cover hacks that reach back into the Bronze Age. Still, when musician [Peter Pringle] put out a video detailing how he replicated an ancient Sumerian instrument, we couldn’t wait to dig in.
The instrument in question is the “Golden Lyre of Ur”, and it was buried at the Royal Cemetery of Ur with a passel of other grave goods (including a Silver Lyre) something around 4400 to 4500 years ago. For those not in the know, Ur was an early Sumerian city in the part of Mesopotamia became modern-day Iraq. A lyre is a type of plucked stringed instrument, similar to a harp.
That anything of the instrument remains after literal millennia buried under the Mesopotamian sand is thanks to theThis representation was unearthed in the same dig as the remains of the Golden Lyre and its silver sister.
extensive ornamentation on the original lyre– the gut strings and wooden body might have rotted away, but the precious stones and metals adorning the lyre preserved the outline of the instrument until it was excavated in 1922. Reconstruction was also greatly aided by contemporary mosaics and pottery showing similar lyres.
For particular interest are the tuning pegs, which required that artistic inspiration to recreate– the original archeological dig did not find any evidence of the tuning mechanism. [Peter] spends some time justifying his reconstruction, using both practical engineering concerns (the need for tension to get good sound) and the pictographic evidence. The wide “buzzing” bridge matches the pictographic evidence as well, and gives the lyre a distinct, almost otherworldly sound to Western ears. [Peter]’s reconstruction sounds good, though we have no way of knowing if it matches what you’d have heard in the royal halls of Ur all those dusty centuries ago. (Skip to 17:38 in the video below if you just want to hear it in action.)
The closest thing to this ancient, man-sized lyre we’ve seen on Hackaday before might be one of the various laser harp projects we’ve featured over the years. If you squint a little, you can see the distant echo of the Golden Lyre of Ur in at least some of them. We also can’t help but note that the buzzing bridge gives the Sumerian lyre a certain droning quality not entirely unlike a hurdy-gurdy, because we apparently can’t have a musical post without mentioning the hurdy-gurdy.
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X di Elon Musk potrebbe finalmente risolvere la causa di buonuscita da 500 milioni di dollari
Dopo aver acquistato Twitter nel 2022, Musk ha licenziato oltre 6.000 dipendenti di Twitter, riducendo l'organico dell'azienda di circa l'80%. Sebbene Musk abbia offerto tre mesi di buonuscita, la causa sostiene che molti ex dipendenti non hanno ricevuto pagamenti completi, mentre alcuni non hanno ricevuto alcun pagamento.
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Dopo aver acquistato Twitter nel 2022, Musk ha licenziato oltre 6.000 dipendenti di Twitter, riducendo l'organico dell'azienda di circa l'80%. Sebbene Musk abbia offerto tre mesi di buonuscita, la causa sostiene che molti ex dipendenti non hanno ricevuto pagamenti completi, mentre alcuni non hanno ricevuto alcun pagamento.
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This Pocket Multitool Weighs less than a Penny
A multitool that weighs less than a penny? Yes, it exists. This video by [ToolTechGeek] shows his titanium flat-cut design tipping the scales at only 1.9 grams—lighter than the 2.5-gram copper penny jingling in your pocket. His reasoning: where most everyday carry (EDC) tools are bulky, overpriced, or simply too much, this hack flips the equation: reduce it to the absolute minimum, yet keep it useful.
You might have seen this before. This second attempt is done by laser-cutting titanium instead of stainless steel. Thinner, tougher, and rust-proof, titanium slashes the weight dramatically, while still keeping edges functional without sharpening. Despite the size, this tool manages to pack in a Phillips and flathead screwdriver, a makeshift saw, a paint-lid opener, a wire bender (yes, tested on a paperclip), and even a 1/4″ wrench doubling as a bit driver. High-torque screwdriving by using the long edges is a clever exploit, and yes—it scrapes wood, snaps zip ties, and even forces a bottle cap open, albeit a bit roughly.
It’s not about replacing your Leatherman; it’s about carrying something instead of nothing. Ultra-minimalist, featherlight, pocket-slip friendly—bet you can’t find a reason not to just have it in your pocket.
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Using the 74HC595 Shift Register to Drive 7-Segment Displays
In a recent video our hacker [Electronic Wizard] introduces the 74HC595 shift register and explains how to use it to drive 7-segment displays.
[Electronic Wizard] explains that understanding how to apply the 74HC595 can increase the quality of your projects and also help keep the demands on the number of pins from your microcontroller to manageable levels. If you’re interested in the gory details you can find a PDF datasheet for the 74HC595 such as this one from Texas Instruments.
[Electronic Wizard] explains further that a shift register is like a small one byte memory where its data is directly available on its eight output pins, no input address required. When you pulse the clock pin (CLK) each bit in the eight bit memory shifts right one bit, making room for a new bit on the left. The bits that fall off the right hand side can daisy chain into another 74HC595 going out on pin 9 and coming in on pin 14.
[Electronic Wizard] goes on to extol the virtues of pin 13, the active-low Output Enable, which can be used to make sure junk doesn’t appear on your 7-segment displays during initialization. Also the 74HC595 can provide current itself which lessens the power demands on your micro.
[Electronic Wizard] covers how to use multiplexing to drive multiple 7-segment displays but notes the drawbacks of this method including large pin counts and high frequency flashing which, while invisible to the human eye, can become visible on some cameras and recording equipment making the 74HC595 a superior solution to multiplexing.
The bottom line is that using only three pins from the microcontroller you can drive one or more 7-segment displays. To learn more, including how to use the other pins and features of the 74HC595, be sure to click through to watch the video. If you’re interested in the 74HC595 you might like to read about how the Bus Pirate 5 used two of them to get an extra 16 pins on the board.
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How Intel’s 386 Protects Itself From ESD, Latch-up and Metastability
To connect the miniature world of integrated circuits like a CPU with the outside world, a number of physical connections have to be made. Although this may seem straightforward, these I/O pads form a major risk to the chip’s functioning and integrity, in the form of electrostatic discharge (ESD), a type of short-circuit called a latch-up and metastability through factors like noise. Shielding the delicate ASIC from the cruel outside world is the task of the I/O circuitry, with [Ken Shirriff] recently taking an in-depth look at this circuity in Intel’s 386 CPU.The 386 die, zooming in on some of the bond pad circuits. (Credit: Ken Shirriff)
The 386 has a total of 141 of these I/O pads, each connected to a pin on the packaging with a delicate golden bond wire. ESD is on the top of the list of potential risks, as a surge of high voltage can literally blow a hole in the circuitry. The protective circuit for this can be seen in the above die shot, with its clamping diodes, current-limiting resistor and a third diode.
Latch-up is the second major issue, caused by the inadvertent creation of parasitic structures underneath the P- and NMOS transistors. These parasitic transistors are normally inactive, but if activated they can cause latch-up which best case causes a momentary failure, but worst case melts a part of the chip due to high currents.
To prevent I/O pads from triggering latch-up, the 386 implements ‘guard rings’ that should block unwanted current flow. Finally there is metastability, which as the name suggests isn’t necessarily harmful, but can seriously mess with the operation of the chip which expects clean binary signals. On the 386 two flip-flops per I/O pad are used to mostly resolve this.
Although the 386’s 1985-era circuitry was very chonky by today’s standards, it was still no match for these external influences, making it clear just how important these protective measures are for today’s ASICs with much smaller feature sizes.
In addition to Planet Nine, the solar system may also contain a closer, smaller world that could be spotted soon, according to a new preprint study.#TheAbstract
16 countries burned Poland’s bridges on the CSA Regulation: What now?
Poland’s surprising compromise to ease the deadlock on the CSA Regulation – which has been stuck in the Council of EU Member States for the past three years – met with failure. This blog recaps the Polish compromise, the positions of the Member States on the proposal, and it could mean for the future of one of the most criticised EU laws of all time.
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Cosa ci fanno tre navi da guerra americane in rotta per il Venezuela? Trump mette alla prova Maduro
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Nelle ultime ore la Casa Bianca ha confermato che tre cacciatorpediniere di classe Arleigh-Burke della US Navy fanno attualmente rotta per le acque internazionali al largo del Venezuela. Nel frattempo, sarebbero in
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Usa-Ue, raggiunto un primo accordo per gli acquisti militari. Tutti i dettagli
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Il futuro dei rapporti commerciali tra Europa e Stati Uniti inizia a prendere forma, anche sul piano del procurement militare. Washington e Bruxelles avrebbero raggiunto una prima intesa su un accordo-quadro che ridisegnerà gli equilibri degli scambi tra le due
Wikipedia's founder said he used ChatGPT in the review process for an article and thought it could be helpful. Editors replied to point out it was full of mistakes.
Wikipediax27;s founder said he used ChatGPT in the review process for an article and thought it could be helpful. Editors replied to point out it was full of mistakes.#Wikipedia
“Kia Boys will be Flipper Boys by 2026,” one person in the reverse engineering community said.#Features
Il titolo dell’edizione di quest’anno è “Nei luoghi deserti costruiremo con mattoni nuovi”.
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📌 Dal 22 al 27 agosto il #MIM parteciperà al Meeting di Rimini! Il titolo dell’edizione di quest’anno è “Nei luoghi deserti costruiremo con mattoni nuovi”.Telegram
Ho appena saputo che Teva è un'azienda farmaceutica israeliana.
Le statine che prendo sono di Teva Italia e quella attuale sarà evidentemente la mia ultima confezione di questa marca.
Condivido questa informazione nel caso qualcun altro usasse prodotti Teva senza conoscerne l'origine.
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Garanzie di sicurezza per l’Ucraina, cosa può insegnare il caso maltese. L’analisi di Caffio
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La proposta italiana di un gruppo di Paesi amici dell’Ucraina che si impegnino ad intervenire a difesa di Kyiv in caso di aggressione, è un contributo realistico alla soluzione della crisi che è conforme al sistema di sicurezza internazionale delle Nazioni Unite. L’uso della forza è
“Mia moglie”, l’osceno gruppo Facebook di cui parlano tutti ma nessuno chiude
È partito il tam tam delle segnalazioni a Meta e alla Postale, ma i 30mila iscritti continuano a condividere indisturbati foto rubate e commenti misoginiNadia Ferrigo (La Stampa)
cuore e caffè
cuore e caffè
Portami il caffè a letto se vuoi ma non donarmi il tuo cuore dammi retta, so bene che puoi ma tienilo che ti potrà servire se non altro...ordinariafollia
Trump attacca i giudici dell’Aja: sanzioni per fermare le inchieste su Gaza
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Colpiti magistrati impegnati nelle indagini sui crimini di guerra, mentre Washington e Tel Aviv cercano di bloccare i mandati di arresto internazionali
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EDRi Annual Report 2024: Reinforcing digital rights and justice in uncertain times
Read about EDRi’s work in 2024 to build an inclusive and equitable digital world. Last year, we witnessed massive changes in the political realm after the European elections in June, and resisted growing attacks on important digital rights legislation while staying rooted in our long-term vision for digital futures.
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Neutrino da record del 2023, ora sappiamo che non era un'illusione
Un nuovo studio conferma che Km3-230213A, il neutrino con più energia mai rilevato, non era un errore statistico. Ma rimane il mistero sulla sua origineJorge Garay (Wired Italia)
The Department of Defense asks its civilian workers to apply for a "volunteer force" to support ICE that may involve working under "austere conditions.#Immigration
Le emozioni devono essere regolate nella mente. Aql (dall'arabo= intelletto) significa legare.
L'amore non è un'emozione, è uno stato del cuore. Anelo a raggiungere questo stato, a non identificare più l'amore nella mente.
Guarda sempre te stessa. Nei confronti degli altri sai che devi comportarti giustamente, e ti basta questo. Guarda sempre te stesso e valuta, giudica dove sta il bene e orientati sempre nella sua direzione.
Tu guarda te stessa perchè la vita è un dono di Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala per essere temporaneamente giudici e fautori di noi stessi, facilitati dalla guida e dalla saggezza dell'Amorevole. Siamo vicari su questa terra.
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CSA Regulation Document Pool
This document pool contains updates and resources on the EU's proposed 'Regulation laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse' (CSA Regulation)
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Mentre i leader discutono, la Nato fa il punto sulla situazione sul campo in Ucraina. I dettagli
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Si è riunito oggi in videoconferenza il Comitato militare della Nato, l’organismo che riunisce i capi di Stato maggiore delle Forze armate dei 32 Paesi alleati. La sessione, presieduta dall’ammiraglio Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, ha
a must read:
8 Things Some A$$#ole Says in Every Debate About Sexism
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#feminism #antifeminism #patriarchy #sexism #sexualinequality
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Il Flamingo rappresenta una svolta per Kyiv. Ecco perché
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L’arsenale di Kyiv continua ad ampliarsi. L’ultima arma delle forze armate ucraine è un missile da crociera denominato “Flamingo”, le cui caratteristiche (e le implicazioni strategiche di queste) hanno attirato l’attenzione della comunità internazionale. Secondo i dati circolati il Flamingo, prodotto dalla
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Bernie Leadon, il polistrumentista membro fondatore degli Eagles, sta per pubblicare il suo primo album solista dopo 22 anni. Intitolato Too Late To Be Cool, il disco uscirà il 10 ottobre 2025 per la Straight Wire Records. Si tratta del terzo lavoro solista nella carriera di Leadon e il primo dopo Mirror
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Bernie Leadon, il polistrumentista membro fondatore degli Eagles, sta per pubblicare il suo primo album solista dopo 22 anni. Intitolato Too Late To Be Cool, il disco uscirà il 10 ottobre 2025 per la Straight Wire Records. Si tratta del terzo lavoro solista nella carriera di Leadon e il primo dopo Mirror
2x BROTECT Screen/Display Protector Smartphone Panzerfolien Notch (Vielleicht iPhone 13/14) - Questo è un post automatico da FediMercatino.it
Prezzo: 6,66 €
Breite: 66,5 mm
Höhe: 151,5 mm
Notchbreite: 8 mm
Die Folien sind neu, unbenutzt und original verpackt.
Leider weiß ich nicht für welches Smartphone, da sie vom Händler falsch ausgezeichnet waren. Mein Smartphone hat jedenfalls keine Notch 😀
Daher oben die genauen Maße.
Copilot vermutet: iPhone 13/14
Versand natürlich möglich.
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in reply to Sandro Santilli (friendica) • • •Sei la prima persona che ha scritto qualcosa in merito, escludendo altri social.
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in reply to ⍼ Cassandra Seldon • •@⍼ Cassandra Seldon così sappiamo che gli hashtag possono servire a qualcosa
Strike One !