Projects Archives - Paleotronic Magazine http://paleotronic.com/category/projects/ Electronics, Computing and Videogame History! Mon, 12 Oct 2020 01:45:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 http://paleotronic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/cropped-keyicon-1-32x32.png Projects Archives - Paleotronic Magazine http://paleotronic.com/category/projects/ 32 32 146320098 Halloween Electronics Project: Screaming Jack http://paleotronic.com/2020/10/15/halloween-electronics-project-screaming-jack/ http://paleotronic.com/2020/10/15/halloween-electronics-project-screaming-jack/#respond Thu, 15 Oct 2020 01:25:41 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=14828 We have a Hallowe’en-themed electronic project for you: a motion-activated “screaming” audio generator for your Jack O’Lantern or other spooky decoration. Ghosts, goblins and integrated circuits?  Electronic devices are a fairly common part of Hallowe’en [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2020/10/15/halloween-electronics-project-screaming-jack/feed/ 0 14828 Build a No-Slot MIDI Interface on the Apple ][ Game I/O Socket http://paleotronic.com/2020/07/05/build-a-no-slot-midi-interface-on-the-apple-game-i-o-socket/ http://paleotronic.com/2020/07/05/build-a-no-slot-midi-interface-on-the-apple-game-i-o-socket/#respond Sun, 05 Jul 2020 03:44:57 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=13180 In today’s world of plug-and-play peripheral devices, it is difficult to understand the fundamentals of what is happening at the lower levels.  How does the computer connect to the device?  How does it communicate with [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2020/07/05/build-a-no-slot-midi-interface-on-the-apple-game-i-o-socket/feed/ 0 13180 Pong: or, how I learned to love getting paddled http://paleotronic.com/2018/11/24/pong-or-how-i-learned-to-love-getting-paddled/ http://paleotronic.com/2018/11/24/pong-or-how-i-learned-to-love-getting-paddled/#respond Sat, 24 Nov 2018 04:43:07 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=2270 In the 1960s, television was something that was a passive occupation, you turn it on an it entertained you. The possibility that you might be able to create or manage what you saw on the [more...]

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