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James Fossey

26 / bit socially awkward / enjoys upcycling '80s/'90s consumer gadgets for fun...you get the picture :-)

Bristol, UK
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Bringing an Eighties handheld classic into the modern world, via a Raspberry Pi Zero, some rewiring and a bit of luck
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Getting online with a 1987 Psion Organiser II

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Bringing a 1990 Amstrad SRD400 receiver back to life in the age of Netflix, iPlayer and FAST channels
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Streaming TV via an Amstrad analogue satellite box

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Amstrad's pioneering PDA gets a second life...after a bit of cleaning.
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Project PenPad: getting online with Amstrad's PDA

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Put a 90s classic into everyday use as a seriously retro EReader.
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Psion Series 3 palmtop EReader

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Read your favourite novels on a classic 80s handheld device, with a blocky 16x2 LCD screen. It's what the authors would have wanted.
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The Psion Organiser II as an eBook reader

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Combining Twilio Programmable Voice with an old brick phone to create a cumbersome speech-based method of staying online on the move
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Web connectivity on a 30-year-old brick phone

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Things I've Built

Amstrad NC100 RPi Terminal - tablet computing, 90s style

1992 Amstrad NC100 portable computer + Raspberry Pi Zero W hidden in memory-card slot + RS232-to-TTL converter = possibly the most user-unfriendly smart device in history. Made in sporadic bursts between 2016 and 2018. Now in Amstradheaven (RIP)

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Full-on Spotify scrolling and streaming via a Raspberry Pi Zero W and the original iPod clickwheel. Bluetooth, WiFi, and haptic feedback!!
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sPot: Spotify in a 4th-gen iPod (2004)

guy-dupontGuy Dupont

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Follow for the 'Hacklet' and latest news about hackaday.io
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We are re-engineering the old PCB board into a modern PCB for a simple swap. The goal is to get an up to date RPI computer
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Reviving the TI-92 calculator into a RPI PC

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Hack a Raspberry Pi case to include IR LEDs and the NoIR Camera module for a home CCTV setup
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Raspberry Pi Night Vision Camera Hack

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A heating system based on the Raspberry pi to control relays and valves.
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Raspberry Pi Heating System

colin-conwayColin Conway

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The Motorola Advisor was good enough for Cereal Killer, Acid Burn, Crash Override and The Plaque. Let's do something interesting with one.
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Motorola Advisor Connected Device

daniel-karpantschofDaniel Karpantschof

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File transfer between a PC and a Psion Organiser II using an Arduino
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PSION II Datapak and Rampak Reader/Writer

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This project shows how to synchronize live music and lights using DSP/DFT in real-time on ATtiny13 which offers only 64B RAM / 1024B FLASH.
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ATtiny13 – dance lights with FFT

ukasz-podkalickiŁukasz Podkalicki

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A classic 3x3x3 LED cube powered by a PIC 16F84A with built-in MUSIC BEAT DETECTION!
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Music LEDCUBE 3x3x3

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Using an 80s handheld for home automation
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PSION II Remote Control

matt-callowMatt Callow

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An AM radio
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AM Radio Transmitter #4

grant-giesbrechtGrant Giesbrecht

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Reusing an old Motorola LS550 pager for notifications and a clock
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Smart Pager

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I'm giving some VCRs internet controlled. Maybe Twitch.
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Internet Controlled VCR

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