Lego Apple ][+
Hong Kong builder Chiu-Kueng Tsang built this recreation of an Apple ][+, even detailing the internals! I think that daughter card over there gives it upper and lower case! Also see his Brickshelf page.
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Niklas Roy’s Cardboard Plotter
Uber-maker Niklas Roy (see all his MAKE mentions) built this excellent pen plotter out of Finnish cardboard, welding rod, rubber bands, tape, and glue. I especially love the all-cardboard interface! When I gave a workshop at the School of Art and Design in Offenbach about building digital devices out of cardboard, the students asked me […]
Floppy Drives Play “What is Love?”
We’ve heard past examples of hard drives and disk drives being programmed to play music, but this version of club hit “What is Love?” has an undeniable funkiness to it that’s worth noting.
Check out MrSolidSnake745 on Youtube for many more tracks he’s produced with this method.
Following MAKE (or any RSS feed) on a tiny LCD
Flickr user YILDIRIM Ahmet put together this simple LCD RSS feed reader so that he could stay up to date with the latest MAKE Online posts, even when his computer monitor is off.
Small form factor homage to the Altair 8800
Maker Bob Alexander has built this awesome small form factor, Core i5, Windows 7 computer inside of a case that’s an homage to the Altair 8800. He found the case on eBay and it looks like the type used on the Altair 680. He built the front panel himself. Nice work, Bob! Mini Altair 8800 […]
Flashback: Computer Cursive
How cool would it be if every time you tippety tapped on your keyboard, the font that resulted was your very own unique handwriting? Pretty cool, if you ask me. If you haven’t heard of Fonifier yet, read on to see how you can create your own handwriting font for under $10. This week’s Flashback […]
ASCII keyboard emulator makes connecting to Apple I easy
Flickr user llemarie wanted an easy way to upload programs to an Apple I replica computer that he was building, because typing them in by hand was tedious and error prone.