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  • Pi to 4000 digits on a Apple //e

    Did you know that before computers humans only knew the first 100 digits of Pi. The ENIAC computer took it to about 2000 digits in the 1950s. Today large, clustered, super computers can exceed a million digits. As a challenge to myself I wanted to see how far I could go with an Apple //e…

  • $8 Macro Keyboard

    $8 Macro Keyboard

    I built a small macro keyboard some years ago but have been unhappy with the number of keys I put on the project. It works great, click click click. eventually I added a shift key to the macro keyboard which doubled the number of macro keys, but if you think about it, defeats the whole…

  • Patent for Augmented Autonomous Driving

  • simple & beautiful menu

    Over the years I have played with various HELLO programs on the Apple II to find something curated (not automatic/catalog driven) which is easy to manage for a wide variety of disk contents. I have put this one together which embodies a few tricks and some assembler code to speed up the slow parts. The…

  • The Case Against Agile

    I. Origins and Intentions: A Narrow Vision The Agile Manifesto’s Authors and Context The Agile Manifesto was authored in 2001 by 17 software developers, primarily consultants and small-team practitioners focused on rapid delivery and adaptability. Their goal was to push back against heavyweight “waterfall” processes. However, they were solving their own problems in limited environments—small,…

  • Finder Re-Launch

    macOS Finder Crash Fix & Reset Tips If Finder is crashing, not relaunching, or missing UI elements, here are step-by-step methods to fix or restore expected behavior. Method 1: Restart Finder with killall Copy killall Finder Method 2: Manually Restart Finder Copy open /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app Method 3: Using launchctl Copy launchctl stop com.apple.Finder launchctl start com.apple.Finder…

  • Apple II Macro Keyboard

    Owners Manual

  • Busy Box

    MP3 Manager Throttle & LED Display Tone Generator Midi & Sound Manager Meters and Knife Switch

  • White Whale Reboot Project

    This describes a project for the Apple II to have a simple and robust reboot option. The intent of this post is to be repository for describing the project, rationale, solutions considered, and status of the project. I have spent many months chasing affordable options to perform a simple and reliable reboot. In a very…

  • Internet Monitor

    This sketch monitors the web via wifi and resets the modem if the network is unavailable for an extended period of time // //ESP8266 NodeMCU CP2102 ESP-12E Development Board with 1306 OLED display (128×32) // #include “setup.h” void setup() {pinMode(16/*D0 (LED1) */,OUTPUT); pinMode(2/*D4 (LED2) */,OUTPUT); pinMode(15/*D8 (speaker) */,OUTPUT); pinMode(0/*D3 (relay)*/,OUTPUT); display.begin(SSD1306_SWITCHCAPVCC,0x3C); display.dim(true); display.setTextSize(2); display.setTextColor(WHITE); show;…