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Blaupunkt Type 43942
Stereogram
The Blaupunkt Arkansas De Luxe is an antique stereogram circa 1971. My example here was destroyed by the Beast From The East here in Britain, but the internals were rescued and are being repaired.
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Mercury Conversion
Autonomous Vehicle
I was given a Mercury Prism 3-wheel. I had no use for it, so let's make it self-driving!
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Neostar Knightsbridge
Stereogram
The Knightsbridge is an interesting blend of modern and vintage hardware - it's fully digital, but it has mostly analog inputs - record player, cassette deck, radio & phono input. It also has a SATA CD drive.
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Net Yaroze
Games Console
The Net Yaroze, or Blue PS1, is the official Sony "homebrew" development kit. I don't have one, but i do have two normal PS1s. Let's make one!
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Tyco Videocam
Camera
The Tyco Videocam is a kids toy from the late 90s. It's a mono camera with a resolution so low it's not even worth trying. However, mine didn't work. Here's how i fixed it.
Complete
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Risograph
Printer
A simple one - a friend bought a used high-print-volume Risograph printer, but it didn't work.
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RM Expert 3020
Computer
One of my old computers - an RM One 300 stopped working. In my adventure to get it working, it turned out that everything i thought i knew about it was WRONG!
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Sony HVC-4000P
Camera
A Sony Trinicon HVC-4000P, straight outta 1981. Came with only a K-Con to VTR adapter, is now fully working.
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RC Car
Autonomous Vehicle
I've had this Remote Control car since i was young, thankfuly both the forward and side-side movement is motorised, this should be trivial to convert to autonomous.
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Shed Conversion
Lab
With all the other projects here, i ended up running out of room inside my house.. So, i turned my shed into a lab.
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E-Scooter
Vehicle
While cleaning out my shed to convert it into a lab, i found an abandoned electric scooter. Well, let's experiment with it a little.
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Archos Gen8 101it
Computer
While constructing my lab, my dad's tablet died. As i was looking through a local audio seller, to get a sound system for the lab, i found they were selling a decent little tablet for cheap. Well, it ended up not so decent after all.
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Software Projects
Chroma
Operating System
Chroma is an experimental, work in progress operating system. Most interface is done without mouse and keyboard - mostly VR and voice. There are sections and features that require m&k, though.
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Guinevere One
AI Assistant
Guinevere is a similarly experimental Virtual Personal Assistant, designed to help me with menial University work tasks, like timekeeping.
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Erythro
Language
Greek for "red". A language developed for an inpromptu challenge with a friend, with the eventual hope of being used for Chroma applications.
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GemGear
Emulator
Sega Game Gear emulator.
Planned
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Helix
Game Engine
A 3D Game Engine, integrated deep into Chroma to run 3D and VR subsystems.
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