It’s quite probable that any of you who have built a keyboard will have done so using a matrix of keys connected to a microcontroller, or if you are old-school, a microprocessor. A CPU can scan the ...

I'm trying to get Python's ncurses module to display extended ASCII characters, similar to those found here. I've written a little test program to try and output these characters, but I'm having ...

The encoded characters are decoded by the electromagnet and printed on paper. CuriousMarc first decided to create a mechanism to send characters from a computer to a typewriter. Consider how to mount ...

How do I set up a dumb terminal under linux? Particularly a link MC5.<BR>I have a terminal connected to an Arnet Multiport 8 board. What is the baud? Handshaking? Emulation? I'm a noob at linux, but I ...

Bottom line: Repurposing obsolete hardware is a popular pastime among the tech community, and the latest project from the YouTube channel Artillect is a fine example of what's possible when thinking ...

An interesting new chat client has been spotted today. The old-school style video chat app has appeared as a download on Github recently and is able to render its users in glorious text based images.